Tag Archives: Focus

You Must Love Excuses

My friend and mentor, Lee Cockerell, told me that Bill Marriott once told him, “Lee, you must love flies in your kitchen“. Lee shot back that he hated flies. Bill said, “If you hated them, you wouldn’t have any“. Same … Continue reading

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Out Of Nowhere

How has your health been the past few days? How often does it cross your mind? Never? Rarely? One a year? Occasionally? All day, everyday? What if it did? And what if it was so habitual, you weren’t even conscious … Continue reading

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Where Are You Going With This?

People are very often annoyed by people who know where they are going. It’s easy to hate people who are focused and have enormous self-discipline. Isn’t it? I mean, what part of that is hard? Those self-motivated go-givers are always … Continue reading

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Only Give Advice

Our differences make the world interesting, don’t they? And they also cause conflict. We all know others who have some expertise where we don’t and vice-versa. Sometimes we pay cash for the exchange, but mostly we just try to help … Continue reading

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The Art Of Pace

In running, most sports, and life, pace is a crucial factor. Real life. There’s a runner I know that recently ran two 5k’s. He preaches pace, trains pace, delivers pace. He says pace is key. His goal was to run … Continue reading

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Too Damn Busy

We hear it all the time don’t we? “I’m just so busy, I don’t have time to exercise”. Happens all the time doesn’t it. In fact, we’ve all been guilty of saying something like this. Which begs the next question. … Continue reading

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Christmas Eve Lane 8

A Lane 8 Christmas wish to all of you. May Santa bring you one or all of the following: Lower Cholesterol Lower Blood Pressure Higher HDL Great Triglyceride Levels Lower Resting Heart Rate Lower BMI Appropriate Weight Gain or Loss … Continue reading

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Lane 8 Hypocrite

Maybe. Maybe not. On January 5, 2009 my Family Physician wrote a script for a routine colonoscopy, since this is the year I turned 50. Well, here we are, almost January, 2010 – a year later.  No colonoscopy.  Not even … Continue reading

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The Obvious is Invisible

Because we see it every time we visit Lane 8, we don’t see it any more. The tag line. Huh? The tag line beneath the title, Lane 8, at the very top (header) of this page” “If your goal isn’t … Continue reading

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Caution This Is Most Contagious

Drumroll please…… Wait. But first, let’s just make sure we’re all on the same page. Two days ago was the anniversary of John Lennon’s death, and the topic of yesterday’s post. But today’s Lane 8 blog post is not about … Continue reading

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