Harley David, son of a bitch

I did it, I drove a Harley Vrod for about 500 miles. And you know what?

It was great !!!

The analogy between Sales and Surfing

Last week-end came as a welcome break in a 2 weeks sales training in the US. After having spend a few hours in the ocean, I started to feel some analogy between surfing and selling, or better put, trying to surf and trying to sell.

Here are some thoughts:

• In order to catch the wave, you need to have the same speed as the wave.
• The effort to take a short wave or a big one is the same.
• Bigger waves do surf much better.
• You should choose your wave carefully and not jump on the first one you see.
• When you are tired you need to rest.
• The good waves are not always where all the surfers are. (Surfers tend to flock together randomly)
• Whatever you do there will always be people giving you advice from the beech or at least comment your actions amongst them.
• The adrenaline rush when you are surfing and when you are closing a sales is the same.
  

However the analogy stops with following remarks:
You cannot surf 2 waves at the same time
In surfing, you cannot take over the credit of someone else.
Sales is not an individual sport.

any more ideas ???

The fine art of Mourkezit

Not easy to understand, certainly not easy to practice. The fine art of Mourkezit is certainly more complex than Tai Shi. For outsider it appears basic: just sit down on the wall and watch people pass. For people like us it is an art, a new way of life.

a brother killing the brother he was prepared to die for

It shows how easily communities, indeed families, were torn apart by divisions over the best way forward to achieve Irish freedom and how desperate people were.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc61Cjmmbkg

Spinning

I took up spinning yesterday in a desperate attempt to get fit. From now on, once a week I will spin me to a healthier life.

Stop smoking = 84,7kg

As I stopped smoking early July I slowly started to gain more weight.

In order to give my life more meaning I've decided to start to get fit again. My target is to loose 7kg. Current status: 84,7kg.

Please help me !

Back to normality

Back to school for the kids today.
Back to normality for the parents.

Enjoy daily happiness

It would be so much better to learn to enjoy the little things we do every day instead of waiting for to next big thing to be happy.

easier said than done, thanks, where do we go on holiday in November?

Question of Size?

What was the importance of the size of the wave?

Belgian Style

It is all about style.

Belgian men like their body, any patatohead will confirm this. When we go on holiday we like to keeping up appearances.

healthy bodies with a beatifull mind

Snails are eating my post !

After 30 days of rain in Belgium we are now infested with snails in the garden. They are now even after my mail, ...

"excuse me Judge, I did not receive that letter, it was eaten by the snails."

Problems with my shadow.

My shadow is going mad.
Personally I'm very much 'aware' of my appearance and have worked hard all my life to benefit from such a perfect shape. Recently I had noticed that my shadow was not looking after itself well enough, but once it got to Bracz, it really lost control of itself!

What can I do? (Please don't comment on this one!)

2006-08-14 Brussels - Split: 1700km

Imagine driving this car in the streets of New York

Is this bad taste?


(look at the numberplate)

2006-08-14: Tallinn - Brussels 'thinking fast'

We had a very hard few days in Tallinn and only a few hours on the plane to get back in shape before driving down to Croatia.

No,no, I was not sleeping, just thinking with my mouth wide open ...

2006-08-12: Zotte Pots trouwt in Tallin

Wat zijn onze vlaamse jongens mooi, dat denken de meisjes daar in ieder geval.
We waren blij dat Patrick ons had uitgenodigd op zij eerste huwelijksfeest.

Amaaai mijn kluuuten

2006-07-21: New York, USA

Niets beter dan de nationale feestdag te vieren in New York.
Els was 14 dagen les gaan geven aan een paar kindjes daar en we hebben samen het week end niet ver van de Empire State building doorbracht.

I made it there, can I now make it anywhere?

2006-07-01: Surfing in France

A new sensation, far less painfull than snowboarding. A thrilling experience for my 2 oldest boys and me. It is all about reading the waves, paddling at the right speed, and gliding ...
We camped near the beach, watched the football final, visited 'les Patoux' in the Pyrenees.
It's not the size of the wave, it's the motion of the ocean

Banané 2006

Happy 2006

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