Some of the conflicting and difficult to reconcile statements made in the recent Tory Party leadership contest, reminded me of a tragic incident some years ago in the USA. The pilot of a fast combat jet on a training mission at low level pulled the controls for a...
Vince Lombardi, the great American sports coach once wrote: “Hi, the guy at the top of the mountain didn’t just land there!”. To those who have done any hill walking or mountaineering this statement is one of the blindingly obvious! The mountain top is only...
In his illustrious boxing career, the late and very great Mohamad Ali was recorded as being officially knocked down (that is taking a count) four times. Once was early in his career when he failed to take Henry Cooper seriously and was sat on his pants by Henry’s...
It was Martha Jane Cannary (better known as Calamity Jane) who remarked “If a girl wants to be a legend she should go ahead and be one.” The England woman’s football team certainly proved the truth of the statement made by a pioneering...
Do you ever find yourself working incredibly hard and yet not getting what we really really want? It doesn’t matter what the “want” is – more money, better job, more job satisfaction, more time with the family, a better level of fitness and health etc. Somehow we...
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