Today I have begun my running routine under the training one of the best running coaches in Italy. I have been running with my kids and it has been a double pleasure. We skirted around a gold course that is near my house in Florida and we also watched some of the players: really a great time.
My coach is coaching me from a distance, via e-mail, and the sole fact that I have a routine to follow for actually keeping myself healthy is a wonderful thing. I have purchased the right shoes. I didn’t realize there are different types of running shoes for any type of foot. I have gone to a local sport apparel shop and I have found a very competent young man who got me walking and swinging and standing still, and who by the sole observation of my gait was able to determine what was needed for me.
This is the kind of professional service one expects from any type of business. The competence must be so high that by only looking or listening to your costumer you should be able to know right then what is good for her. And as a matter of fact the shop where I went to buy my running shoes is always busy, despite it being relatively small, kind of hidden inside a secondary mall.
People today chose by word of mouth, so you don’t need necessarily a prominent location or a lot of visibility if you have a product or service that is differentiated enough and if people are willing to talk about it and IF your present on the Web. I go to the store myself following the advice of my friend and partner, Daniele Bogiatto, who was visiting Florida from Italy during the Christmas season and he had found it on the Internet.
Daniele is the very person who has introduced me to my running coach, Fabio, and so it was natural that I would go and buy my running shoes in the place he suggested. But there is more to these shoes than just running: I have the project to participate with Daniele to the New York Marathon but I am definitely overweight and unfit, so now I have a big enough goal to dedicate to this project with enough determination and intensity. I will get my body in shape while I will also continue to dedicate myself to my family life and to my new business with all my might.
Going back to “The Art of Money Getting” and its twenty golden rules on how to make money by P.T. Barnum, I quote rule number 5: “Whatever you do, do it with all your might” and “Depend upon your personal exertions”. You cannot count on other people to build your dream. It is your life and only you can live it to the max by giving all yourself in what you do when you do it. The old proverb applies here: “Whatever is worth doing, is worth doing well”. But don’t fall into the perfectionist trap either (I have many times). Whatever is worth doing, is worth doing now, and if you will have to fix it later, do it with all your might and you will succeed eventually.
Still quoting out of “The Art of Money Getting” we have an apparent contradiction of terms: “Be cautious and bold.” That is you plan with caution and execute with boldness.
Roberto Mazzoni
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Appreciate it… Yet another significant way of looking at things, it is why I come for your wordpress bog frequently…
RT @robertomazzoni: My coach is coaching me from a distance, via e-mail, and the fact that I have a routine to follow is wonderful http: …
RT @robertomazzoni: My coach is coaching me from a distance, via e-mail, and the fact that I have a routine to follow is wonderful http: …
@robertomazzoni Nice article Robert!
@robertomazzoni they say every pro has a coach i need one
@robertomazzoni That’s how i became a good artist and writer doing my passion with all my might
RT @robertomazzoni: My coach is coaching me from a distance, via e-mail, and the fact that I have a routine to follow is wonderful http: …
@robertomazzoni should that be “customer” instead of “costumer”?
It is inspirational to read your blog. I come from a very uneducated family that has the perspective that living of their check weekly is Happiness. I have bigger plan’s for my family. You &People like you are my push.
Thank you for sharing, I wish you all the best in your effort to overcome the initial restistance, which is always the strongest.
@robertomazzoni very good
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#FollowFriday this great coach @robertomazzoni
@EQGal Thank you for mention and #followfriday love
It is a pleasure starting the day wishing you a very good week end!
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