Comments on: Lessons from Running a Race http://www.bold-words.com/lessons-from-running-a-race/ Exploring how bold words can give life to bold ideas. Mon, 31 May 2010 03:27:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: braybould http://www.bold-words.com/lessons-from-running-a-race/comment-page-1/#comment-527 braybould Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:24:25 +0000 http://www.bold-words.com/?p=550#comment-527 I think we've forgotten what it means to participate in society. We aren't owed all the benefits minus the compromises, but that's the attitude I see all too often. I also think it's tied to the concept of delayed gratification. No one wants to "wait" for anything, which I still don't understand. It's like training for my race...if it came easy, if I needed to never run before entering the race, my sense of satisfaction at completing the race would be significantly less. Waiting, despite my impatience, can be a good thing.<br><br>Luckily, my overall race experience was a good one. Hopefully the next one will be even better. I think we've forgotten what it means to participate in society. We aren't owed all the benefits minus the compromises, but that's the attitude I see all too often. I also think it's tied to the concept of delayed gratification. No one wants to “wait” for anything, which I still don't understand. It's like training for my race…if it came easy, if I needed to never run before entering the race, my sense of satisfaction at completing the race would be significantly less. Waiting, despite my impatience, can be a good thing.

Luckily, my overall race experience was a good one. Hopefully the next one will be even better.

]]> By: gurukarm @karma-musings http://www.bold-words.com/lessons-from-running-a-race/comment-page-1/#comment-526 gurukarm @karma-musings Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:40:15 +0000 http://www.bold-words.com/?p=550#comment-526 "Why is this concept so difficult for people to grasp, to accept?" - The universal sense of self-entitlement. Seems to have grown up and grown rampant over the past couple of decades. "It's all about me" is the attitude. And not in a funny, jokey, self-deprecating way. It's the people who cut lines; the people who take a cart-full of items into the express check-out; the people who cut into your lane w/their ginormous SUV; etc etc etc.<br><br>Pet-peevey, much? Well, yes! <br><br>Hope your race was fun and satisfying anyway. “Why is this concept so difficult for people to grasp, to accept?” – The universal sense of self-entitlement. Seems to have grown up and grown rampant over the past couple of decades. “It's all about me” is the attitude. And not in a funny, jokey, self-deprecating way. It's the people who cut lines; the people who take a cart-full of items into the express check-out; the people who cut into your lane w/their ginormous SUV; etc etc etc.

Pet-peevey, much? Well, yes!

Hope your race was fun and satisfying anyway.

]]> By: braybould http://www.bold-words.com/lessons-from-running-a-race/comment-page-1/#comment-510 braybould Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:24:25 +0000 http://www.bold-words.com/?p=550#comment-510 I think we've forgotten what it means to participate in society. We aren't owed all the benefits minus the compromises, but that's the attitude I see all too often. I also think it's tied to the concept of delayed gratification. No one wants to "wait" for anything, which I still don't understand. It's like training for my race...if it came easy, if I needed to never run before entering the race, my sense of satisfaction at completing the race would be significantly less. Waiting, despite my impatience, can be a good thing.<br><br>Luckily, my overall race experience was a good one. Hopefully the next one will be even better. I think we've forgotten what it means to participate in society. We aren't owed all the benefits minus the compromises, but that's the attitude I see all too often. I also think it's tied to the concept of delayed gratification. No one wants to “wait” for anything, which I still don't understand. It's like training for my race…if it came easy, if I needed to never run before entering the race, my sense of satisfaction at completing the race would be significantly less. Waiting, despite my impatience, can be a good thing.

Luckily, my overall race experience was a good one. Hopefully the next one will be even better.

]]> By: gurukarm @karma-musings http://www.bold-words.com/lessons-from-running-a-race/comment-page-1/#comment-509 gurukarm @karma-musings Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:40:15 +0000 http://www.bold-words.com/?p=550#comment-509 "Why is this concept so difficult for people to grasp, to accept?" - The universal sense of self-entitlement. Seems to have grown up and grown rampant over the past couple of decades. "It's all about me" is the attitude. And not in a funny, jokey, self-deprecating way. It's the people who cut lines; the people who take a cart-full of items into the express check-out; the people who cut into your lane w/their ginormous SUV; etc etc etc.<br><br>Pet-peevey, much? Well, yes! <br><br>Hope your race was fun and satisfying anyway. “Why is this concept so difficult for people to grasp, to accept?” – The universal sense of self-entitlement. Seems to have grown up and grown rampant over the past couple of decades. “It's all about me” is the attitude. And not in a funny, jokey, self-deprecating way. It's the people who cut lines; the people who take a cart-full of items into the express check-out; the people who cut into your lane w/their ginormous SUV; etc etc etc.

Pet-peevey, much? Well, yes!

Hope your race was fun and satisfying anyway.

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