I’ve gotten pretty good at this over the years…Keep’n it simple, stupid.KISS, an acronym for keep it simple, stupid, is a design principle noted by the US Navy in 1960. The KISS principle states most systems work best if they are kept simple rather than made complicated, therefore, simplicity should be a key goal in […]
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Did you set a few new year’s resolutions?Most people set one of the top 4. I’m sure you could guess them.Eat healthier, get more exercise, lose weight & save money. I’m sure a ‘less alcohol’ one would be up there too.But as i wrote a few days ago, most will have fugked it by the […]
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Words have power!Power to break, power to heal, power to influence.In fact, i’d say words control your entire life. They direct your focus, if you like.Questions (words) are the steering wheel to where you’re headed. How many times have you looked out the window at the rain and said ‘what a shitty day’?It’s not a shitty […]
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It’s that time of year again…You’ve fugked it all up already.Your 2022 goals, or should i say resolutions, are a distant memory. Again!Listen, i want you to have a great year. I want you to make it better than last year. Even if last year was good.But it’s going to take a bit more than […]
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Ever been on a horse?My dad worked on a farm where one of the owners had girls with horses. They were about my age and we all got on well. (with the girls not the horses)They were always at me to get on and have a go but my answer was always something along the […]
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You heard of the Goggins challenge?Run 4 miles, every 4 hours for 48 hours!I decided to do it 2 weeks before while out running listening to him talk about it. My first thought was it would be quite easy but after thinking about it i worked out it might actually be quite tough I’ve got […]
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It’s our tagline here at Dads on fire!Because they ARE watching. And whether good or bad, you ARE setting an example!So Lynn over at Stoneyview Embroidery finished up our t-shirts and they arrived yesterday. I wanted them here for starting the Goggings 4x4x48 on Saturday am. 4am!I tried it on for size and strolled into […]
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Everyone loves giving you a bit of unsolicited advice, don’t they?My first real memory of people throwing all kinds of advice at me was when at about age 18 or so, when i was working on the farm, i let slip i was going to buy a tractor and start my own agricultural contracting business.It […]
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Rituals are brilliant.If that’s maybe a little ‘woo woo’ sounding for you, call them routines. Either way, you know what’s going on, and when! Then they become habits, and habits rule your life and your results.I’ve always been big on the rituals. Especially the morning ritual. Someone said to me 16 years ago…Win the morning […]
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Apparently a small percentage of people re-use them.Who knew!But i think the second best use for them has to be what my mate used to do on the school bus. Most days!He’d manage to get it over his head and down over his nose, which was a feat in itself as that thing could split […]
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