Two Heads And Getting To The Bottom On Saturday
It’s been a quiet Saturday here, a bitterly cold, wet and quiet day!
Which is good, because I was able to relax and read this morning!
Lunch at a local pub with a friend and mentor was followed by afternoon tea, …well, an afternoon pint, at a local micro brewery.
This post is a record of a relatively quiet, uneventful day!
You can’t climb a mountain from the top, you have to start at the bottom!
This sounds pretty simple, probably too simple for many people, and therein lies the problem when it comes to goal setting.
I have been reading “Getting to the Bottom of It: So you can get to the top of it”, an E-book by Nicola Hughes.
Niki shares how many people look at the aerial view when they are setting their goals, but the key is to start at the bottom.
By starting there, it’s easier to see the way “up”.
She shares in the book how at ten years old, looking at Mt Snowdon in Wales, she expected to look up and see a peak, surrounded by clouds.
But she didn’t, she saw a narrow road up, and that’s where the inspiration for the book starts.
Many people get an idea of where they want to go, and set goals to get there, but start from “the aerial view”.
This can lead to disappointment.
Determining where you are now is essential before you can decide how to get where you want to go.
Of course, once you decide the way to go, working out the how, or the strategy, is another matter.
Looking up and seeing which way the road goes is one thing, adapting to changes on the way up the mountain are another.
The way to achieve our goals is to hold them tightly and our strategies loosely.
I found the above quote on Michael Hyatt’s blog this morning.
It ties in with Nicola’s e-book.
You can have the best laid plans when climbing a mountain, but things can change. There could be a rock fall, the weather might change, or a team member could be injured.
Being flexible or rigid when it comes to making decisions about changing strategy to achieve your goals can mean the difference between ultimate success, or failure.
At just $3.99 I think that the E-Book is good value, and gives the reader plenty to think about.
Self published by the author, you can buy it here!
Lunch at the Family Hotel here in Bathurst with my friend Errol was followed later by a visit to Two Heads Brewery with my wife.
The lunch was excellent value and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the pub to anyone.
Excellent value was t bone steak and prawn cutlets with chips and salad for just $10 each.
Enjoyed with a beer from the wide selection, and coffee to finish, I should probably say GREAT value!
I met Campbell Hedley from Two Heads Brewery a few weeks ago! (He’s pictured on the left with his brother Greg.)
I was doing a tour to Hill End at the time and couldn’t sample his wares, but I finally returned today!
It was certainly worth the visit though, and the Miller’s Porter was a delight to try.
The aromas wafting from the kitchen has me convinced that this will be a place to visit on a cold winter night.
The old mill is surprisingly warm and comfortable given its architecture!
And of course, on a hot summer night there is always the verandah out the front.
So that’s been my Saturday so far, and it has left me feeling relaxed and inspired!
(And probably not needing much in the way of dinner!)
How are you doing today?
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