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Here’s a little ice-breaker. Curling is Cool. Not the hair or eyelash kind (though, yes, it makes you look prettier sometimes)… I mean the large rock sliding and ice-sweeping kind. At least, that’s what Curling is Cool Day is about, an old Scottish game that’s a Canadian favourite at the Winter Olympics, and also right up there amongst Bruce Springsteen and George Clooney’s top-watched sports. Tentatively linked by closeness of spelling and Gaelic beginnings, any time I mention one of Ireland’s national sports, Hurling, I often get questioned as to whether it’s the weird Scottish ice shuffleboard and broomstick one… but it couldn’t be more different. As Jason Statham says in Blitz: "This, lads, is a hurley, used in the Irish game of hurling; a cross between hockey and murder". And seeing as I’m from Limerick, having suffered decades of torment in mediocrity, I currently revel in my hometown’s Man City-esque rise to the top of the pile, chasing an unprecedented five-in-a-row world championship rings. As good an advert for Irish manly excellence as any. Today in 1886, the first-ever classified advert was published in The Times in London. I mean, they call it the first-ever, but the Ancient Egyptians pipped the Brits to the post by about four millennia, creating public notice carvings as far back as 2000 BC. When I was growing up, classifieds were all about Desperately Seeking Susan (a Madonna film – not a cry for female attention), though if you look a little further back in the States, they were a great way of tracking down runaway slaves or far-reaching ransom notes. Both runaways and ransom-seekers could’ve benefited from playing Unesco-noted oldest and fastest field sport in the world (hurling), having begun as a Cú Chulainn hunting weapon as he slayed wild Irish wolves of mythology. I understand that you may be disappointed in curling not featuring more prominently in a Curling is Cool Day post… but, to be fair, it’s only cool in temperature, and hurling is much greater. #Curling #Hurling #Classifieds

Make boats go fast

Ben Hunt-Davis, the captain of the British national men’s rowing team, faced consistent setbacks in 1998. To deal with the failures, Hunt-Davis came up with one simple rule. With every decision or activity, the team asked a brilliant question, “Will it make the boat go faster?” When facing the dreaded morning run, they asked, “Will it make the boat go faster?” When the team discussed going to the pub, they asked, “Will it make the boat go faster?” The focus of the team quickly moved to a single-minded objective. Yes, making the boat go faster. The result was the British men’s rowing team won the Olympic gold in Sydney, Australia in 2000. The first team to win gold for Great Britain since 1912. This is the approach I take when thinking about staffing, systems and processes, and the 100's of decisions we make every day as we support real estate leaders to increase profit, build wealth, and create freedom at Elite Real Estate Systems Today, look at your calendar for the week and ask yourself what’s causing your boat to slow down. Then make decisions on how to make your boat go faster?

Fishing, boating, sunshine, swimming, baseball, long evenings, camp-fires, road-trips, family picnics. My summer fun often involves water and my favorite people and enjoying life a little bit more What is your favorite thing to do in the summer? How 19 Professional Coaches Will Make the Most of Summertime, and not regret it in September. Check out the article https://lnkd.in/g3h6vKTt #ForbesCoachesCouncil #Qualityoflife #BusinessGrowth #WomeninBusiness

Complaining about your situation will get you absolutely nothing. I believe in that though. If you want to make a change then sit down right now and write out a plan to get there. Then take the first step and let each one take you to the next! Get after it in 2024. #goals #smallbusiness #successmindset

Snowmobiles are an inherent risk on ski slopes in California. Appellate court decision finds release stopped claims & plaintiff assumed the risk of hitting a stopped snowmobile on the slope. A season pass holder at Mammoth ski area was injured when he hit a snowmobile that was parked on the slopes. The California appellate court held the season pass stopped the plaintiff’s claims and also found that a snowmobile on the slopes is an inherent risk of skiing. To Read More See: https://lnkd.in/ghzj5-Hj #Lawsuit #SkiFatality #Fatality @RecreationLaw #SkiLaw #SkiAreaLaw #RecLaw #RecreationLaw

Something we maybe take for granted but our waters aren’t as clean as they should be and as well as the environmental issues it’s having a significant impact on a number of our sports #sustainability #waterpollution

I agree with Ryan Lean's perspective on the importance of focusing on missions and goals. It brings to mind a quote by Phil Jackson: "The team's strength lies in each individual member, and each member's strength lies in the team." The crucial aspect is not to prioritize what is already on your schedule, but rather to schedule your priorities and collaborate as a team. #teamwork

Section 250 of the Criminal Code prohibits individuals from water skiing an hour after sunset and sunrise. You might face around 6 months imprisonment, and there’s a fine of $5,000 if you happen to break this rule. Hence, it is best to utilize your skiing skills in the daylight. Keep track of all that’s important about Canada! #makehomecanada #didyouknow #waterskiing #canadianlaw

Mackinac Bridge swim- 7-29-2023- 5 miles, 2 hours 41 min., 7-9 mph winds, swimming against the current the entire way, freighter churn, water temps varying 13 degrees throughout the race but I swam it- lower peninsula of Michigan to the upper peninsula of Michigan across the straits of Mackinac where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet. What an exciting and more fulfilling accomplishment. I trained so hard for this race physically so getting to race week it’s all a mental game. 106 swimmers attempted the straits 100 finished. What we didn’t know was over 200 ft. Above us as cars lined the bridge they were honking their horns in support of the swimmers crossing the straits. How many people are cheering you on to reach your goals from afar and you don’t even know it. No bouys here just the bridge, a few boats and kayaks in the water. The straits are not forgiving and as the waves grew I thought at one point I was going to be catapulted out of the water. Starting and finishing on a very rocky shore made it that much more challenging too. How many internal bumps do you take every day at work or in home life. We are challenged everyday with obstacles that we have to figure out how to overcome. No two days are alike and no two days at the straits were alike either. Shifting mentally to accommodate the bumps, which can be people trying to derail you are important opportunities to create boundaries to help overcome the negative and keep moving forward. Open water swimming is so much like business having to constantly adjust strategies to accommodate the unexpected. #OWS #Mackinacbridgeswim #ACC #strategy #Stignace #Mackinawcity #puremichigan #Roka #Nike #Tyr