Alex Mann

Yesterday I was so pleased to witness an act of kindness between one human being and another, from seeing this there was a couple of things I noticed and wanted to share...

1. The giver was moved emotionally as much as the recipient. It reminded that one of the best things in life is our ability to GIVE and SHARE 

2. The second point I noted was that the person giving gave when it actually cost them, it's one thing to give out of your abundance but what I saw yesterday was someone giving even when they were stretched as wel.

I found myself asking, what should I learn from seeing this, but then decided to resist that thought process and just chose to enjoy being part of the human interaction... sometimes there's no where to get

Some days you just feel like you want to just turn off, I get this from time to time, we all do.

So how do we recover from these days?

... here's my strategy

1. Look for something to do that you know you are good at, for me its ringing a past client and saying hi, it has me feel like I have progressed my business and connected to people and takes the focus off what may also be happening in my life.

2. Then pick one wee thing that has been put off for a while, (doing an admin job) finishing it will help you feel like you're over coming and achieving things that are difficult.

3. Obviously for me, it's going for a training ride (it maybe different for you) but remember to reward yourself as this has you feel successful in life.

above is a funny cartoon that inspired this Blog entry...enjoy

Alex

Hi All,

Using twitter has become more main stream in the last two to three months, I've noticed that many more are following my own twitter feed ... So as business people how should we use the forum to promote without annoying others and getting the most out of the time invested in twittering...here are some things I've learn't

1. Only follow people or organisations that you are interested in hearing from, I blocked a person I was following, not on the grounds of content, but the volume of tweets had increased and it was difficult to read the tweets I was interested in occasionally missing other tweets from others that I was really interested in...

2. Dont advertise, I find it frustrating enough that my television viewing is interupted by ads so I don't need yours, this does not mean you don't share 'deals' with your followers occasionally, but don't be so crude about it. Remember that people volutarilly follow you so you don't need to be insecure and hammer what you do 5 times a day!

3. Tweet about your life occasionally, as humans we are interested in each other why did we follow whom we follow in the first place???

4. Share Share Share, the tweeterers I enjoy following are the ones that share their's & others' blogs, interesting info on websites and resources even offline.

5. Reply and send direct messages from time to time, its shows you are watching, listening and are personally interested in whom you have chosen to follow... thnk about it, what person do we all love to be around...thats right generally the sort of person that is interested in us

wow whats going on in the world....seems like its falling apart...(if you live on Wall St that is :)

Well the weather is looking up for a great week of riding...

As i was riding today i recorded my first vblog

Well we finally got a nice day in the weekend... :) fi you are addicted to face book then you may find a benchmark tour group to be part of...great place that we can all stay in touch and maybe even start some discussion on what's working and what's not...if you want click over to my site and check it out for your self...happy riding this week...

Our first attempt to produce an insight into the darker side of an unbalanced cyclist..

Well due to a demanding 5 month old, being virtually-jet-lagged with the Tour de france live broadcasts, a busy and hectic business and the friggen shitty weather of the last 3 weeks I found myself unprepared for yet another benchmark....:( But on all accounts the numbers were great, the racing was fast and furious (maybe due to the motivation from the tour de france). I hope to ahve the results and some more images up on line ASAP...

Hi One week out from the next series of 4 rounds we are really excited about what is happening, rider numbers are up by 50% on every race this year, more people are showing interest in setting up teams, sponsoring and running races and even approaches from other race managers wanting to get involved in what we have created.

Feel free to email me ideas you have to make this series of rounds even better... here