20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain
Be decisive even if it means you’ll sometimes be wrong.
More time does not create better decision. In fact it usually decreases the quality of the decision. Decide fast, and trust yourself that you made a right decision.
The only exception – you need more information. More time without more information just creates anxiety, not insight.
Why should you decide fast about everything? Deciding fast saves time and frees a lot of space in your head. That space can be used for other more important thinking, for example creative thinking.
Rule your mind or it will rule you. – Horace
Former Northwestern University swimmer Richard T. Abrahams became the first 50-year-old to break 50 seconds in the 100-yard free-style. His time at age 50 was faster than when he competed at the 1964 Olympic Trials.
A decade later, in 2005, Abrahams became the first 60-year-old to break 50 seconds in 100-yard free-style. His best time during those intervening 10 years actually slowed by only 0.34 seconds.
To swim 100 yards under 50 seconds requires a lot of explosive power and endurance in speed, skills we are suppose to loose firs when we age. But apparently with a proper strength and speed training it is reversible.
My personal best for 100-yard free is 1 min 11 seconds. I guess I have to practice a lot to keep up with some 60 year old guys who are much faster and stronger than me.
