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My friend Mark Gilmour recently competed in the Atlas Mountain Race – an epic, self-supported off-road cycling race through the Atlas Mountains in Morocco 🇲🇦 from Marrakech to Essaouira covering 1,300 km and over 21,000 metres of climbing, including a lot of challenging terrain. 🚵♂️ When Mark lined up, I very much doubt he was looking (or wanted) to set an example of great decision-making, but that’s exactly what he ended up doing. ⁉ Mark made a very tough call – halfway through the race, and doing very well, he slipped on some rocks and twisted his knee. He decided to scratch (i.e. not finish). He tried to continue and did what he could but in the end, decided to withdraw, not wanting to do any long-term damage to his knee. 🤔 You might think this would have been an easy decision – Mark still had half of the grueling race to go after all. Think again. Mark had waited three years to do this event which was cancelled in 2021 during Covid when he originally signed up. He had trained, spent money on travel and kit, planned, and gotten halfway through doing excellent time. I’ve ridden with Mark. He is a very strong cyclist, more than capable of not only finishing the event but doing so in the upper part of the field. When you’re “in it”, it is always difficult to make the right call. In this case, it was all that investment in training and effort, the mindset of not giving up, the short-term goals right in front of him, and the ego not wanting to get a bruising, all of which would have made it difficult to not keep popping painkillers and finishing the race. Mark did not do that. He gave it a try after some rest. He didn’t rush to decide. He zoomed out and thought longer-term and concluded he ought to scratch. I am sure that wasn’t easy. 🏔 There are plenty of decision-making lessons in this, applicable to a wide variety of contexts. You can watch Mark’s videos about the race in his post (it looks stunning!). Mark will be back and will finish the unfinished business of that event. Decision-making is a practice. It’s not easy to understand intellectually at times and even more difficult to put that understanding into practice. Kudos to Mark for doing that here. 💡 Stay tuned for a “Decision Reactions” video from The Decision-Making Studio about this because there is so much good stuff here! https://lnkd.in/e2Ue-2Qt #decisionmaking #cycling #adventure

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I followed Ollie Strachan’s attempt to complete the “Arch to Arc” triathlon challenge that involves running from London to Dover (87 miles), swimming the English Channel, cycling 181 miles to Paris. 🏃♂️🏊♀️ 🚴♂️ I find it fascinating to follow these challenges and people that attempt to do them.  During the Channel swim, in the middle of the night and whilst having a feed, this conversation went on between Ollie and the support crew: Support crew : Ollie all good ? Ollie: Yeah my mind …… (and he starts drinking) Support crew : Ollie your mind is what ? Ollie: My mind is just playing demons with me. Support crew : Ok, sort it out! Positive! You got this! How many times have we found ourselves in the dark, in the middle of a challenge and the negative internal chatter kicks in? How many times have you let the ego take control, and work against you ? 🌑 Another chat between Ollie and his crew whilst feeding at dawn of the day: Support crew : Sunshine is coming , it will burn off . Here is the sunshine! 🌅 Ollie: Little bit of grey patch Support crew : It is ok! you are doing great! 🤗 Everyone needs a support team around them! Everyone needs a mentor or a coach to support them and to show them that  “sunshine is coming”, “that it is ok”, “ sort it out” , “get on with it”, “you are not alone”. You may have done the hard work, you may be very talented, but still you should always have a support network.  Businesses have to enable the creation of that support network. Managers in the “support boat” need to check how their team members are doing and lead them to success ! Hats off to Ollie and to Tracy in the support boat who showed incredible leadership skills! ⭐ https://lnkd.in/eRU7F8_F Ollie completed the completed the the “Arch to Arc” triathlon challenge ! Well done! #teamculture #coaching #mindset #leadership #endurance #sportpsychology

What sustainable element do playgrounds, horse arenas, and running tracks have in common? Tires. Learn more in episode 4 of our #IndustriesOfTheFuture series with IndustrialSage and CM Shredders here http://spr.ly/6008PrPXa

What sustainable element do playgrounds, horse arenas, and running tracks have in common? Tires. Learn more in episode 4 of our #IndustriesOfTheFuture series with IndustrialSage and CM Shredders here http://spr.ly/6008PrPXa

What sustainable element do playgrounds, horse arenas, and running tracks have in common? Tires. Learn more in episode 4 of our #IndustriesOfTheFuture series with IndustrialSage and CM Shredders here http://spr.ly/6008PrPXa

What sustainable element do playgrounds, horse arenas, and running tracks have in common? Tires. Learn more in episode 4 of our #IndustriesOfTheFuture series with IndustrialSage and CM Shredders here http://spr.ly/6008PrPXa

SNEAK PEAK - First Sentry Heater installation and startup of 2024. Any guesses where this amazing pool is located? 🔱 Cloward H2O Mark Pleva #sentryaquaticinnovations #sentryvalve #sentrypoolheaters #poolheater #sentrysmartcontroller #aquatics #swimmingpools #sentry #aquaticsolutions #smartpool #pooloptimization #poolconstruction #swimmingpooldesigns

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