The curious pattern I now see tackling new interests and endeavors is that of periodically finding myself starting all over again, at a new Ground 0. Riding feels comfortable, I nailed my 320-mile overnight solo trip, hopped on a bigger bike, and easily headed out for a long afternoon ride. Now, there is this, tentative-as-of-yet … Continue reading Motorcycle Riding, Ground ZerO
Motorcycle Riding, Hard ‘n Fast
Step 8: Now that I have a prioritized to-do list of items to work on, I push myself to make a list of hard ‘n fast rules for myself that I never allow myself violate, that require me to automatically abandon my pursuit, so as to preserve my well-being. I call them my live-to-play-another-day rules. … Continue reading Motorcycle Riding, Hard ‘n Fast
Motorcycle Riding, Fakin’ It
I do this little exercise for myself, when I’m stretching my concept of what is possible for me. I call it my Fake-Myself-Out-On-It-Math. It’s kind of my own little sanity check. I think about something I’ve already accomplished in relationship to my BHAG, and then extrapolate out to my BHAG from it. In my case, … Continue reading Motorcycle Riding, Fakin’ It
Motorcycle Riding, Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Step 7: Now that I have a list of potential solutions to all my potential problems, I copy that list of solutions and start sorting them out by categories, roughly by the order that you can execute them, by the place or way that you’ll execute them (eg in Nevada, I can do research. I … Continue reading Motorcycle Riding, Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Motorcycle Riding, Making Friends with Bigfoot
Step 6: Alrighty – I’ve got my sizeable list of concerns, sorted out into like items. Now, I start brainstorming my way through the list to make each item either becomes a complete moot point, as in, it is no longer an issue at all – this is the best case scenario – I always … Continue reading Motorcycle Riding, Making Friends with Bigfoot
Motorcycle Riding, Grappling
Step 5: The next step will be to take this big ‘ole messy list of terrors and start to find a way to corral it, grapple with it and knock it down to size, make it manageable, workable! I resort the items into like items, into categories of horrors. It doesn’t have to be exacting, … Continue reading Motorcycle Riding, Grappling
Motorcycle Riding, Oh, the Horror!!
After I set a tentative BHAG for myself, riding LuLu, my Triumph Tiger 800xc 2000 miles from Arizona to Ohio, in the month of April, I move onto the next planning step… Step 4: Now, I get into the serious planning phase, putting finger tips to laptop keys. I do a Stoic Inversion process on … Continue reading Motorcycle Riding, Oh, the Horror!!
Motorcycle Riding, Thinking about Thinking about Tackling a BHAG
Here I am, looking to begin again from what I consider a whole new starting point, a new Zer0 – I have no experience whatsoever riding a motorcycle 2000+ miles across the country . I’m going to show how I work the process that I use, to sneak up on every step along the way … Continue reading Motorcycle Riding, Thinking about Thinking about Tackling a BHAG
Motorcycle Riding, Hitting the Restart Button
In any endeavor, one can continue to tackle virtually endless new horizons of aptitude. You stretch, plateau, celebrate, and, if you’re so inclined, restart the whole process all over again, to stretch your comfort zone yet again. I had gone from no motorcycle riding experience, tackled a basic motorcycle safety course, snagged my motorcycle endorsement … Continue reading Motorcycle Riding, Hitting the Restart Button
Motorcycle Riding, Itti Bitti Baby Steps
How do you go from 0 to (seemingly) Middle-Aged SuperHero, from never having driven a motorcycle to contemplating a 2000 mile cross country trip on the Triumph Tiger 800xc waiting for you in Carefree, Arizona, with just 4 months effort, only 3 of which were spent putting riding experience under your backside?? By taking each … Continue reading Motorcycle Riding, Itti Bitti Baby Steps
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