Lyrics:-
'I knew where I was going has forced my directions' - Byrd
Song Choice:- I spent yesterday coaching my latest #Average2Awesome Group at
Stepnell UK, a building and civil engineering business headquartered in Rugby.
And, as the weeks unfold I'll write more about my work with them and the
journey of discovery the 12 candidates will be undertaking with me.
It’s
always good for the ego of course to speak to a fresh group of people about my
life adventures and achievements – for me though that’s just my history which I’ve
lived a thousand times over and yes, I’m proud of my work but the fascinating part
of my first A2A talk is always where I turn the focus back on the audience and
start to understand the personalities in the room, their needs, the way they
interact with each other and their direction.
'I just spoke my mind' - Byrd
You
see, I knew where I was going on my journey when I set off headlong on 5th
January 1994 – it’s been well document and luckily, I’ve never looked back but
the journey for my #A2A Stepnell People has yet to unfold. For me it feels like
I’ve just been given a favourite ’Boxed Set’ to watch, with a plot that will
twist and turn and a hero that will of course save the day in the final
episode. It's really exciting and as in all of our previous A2A's I'm looking forward to getting to know the
I
came away feeling very buoyant and ran my old ‘Cross Country’ course in
Stratford-upon-Avon on the way home in the searing heat of the day and ran only
a couple of minutes slower than I did back in 1994 when I first started running
when I was 31 so that made me feel quite ‘Awesome’ rather than ‘Average’. That's when I listened to the above track. It's really worth a listen if you are out there pushing
It’s
really ‘forced my direction’ and my advice today is - If you are currently being
diverted from the path by folk, you know the ‘Failure Enablers’ and the ‘Energy
Vampires’ we all interact with on a daily basis, don’t even listen – don’t waste your time telling them
to ‘b***** off’, just get your head down, keep the faith and be the ‘Awesome’
person you want to be TODAY and FIND a direction to follow as the direction isn’t
going to FIND you. I can tell you that one for sure...
Amen.
Rory Coleman - 994 Marathons - 244 Ultras - 14 Marathon des Sables
9 Guinness World Records - 8,568 Days' Alcohol Free - 417 Days' post GBS
& 1 Inspirational Running Memoir - Get your copy here.
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