Archive for December, 2006

Ski Links to Get you Fit

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

After a long day of reorganizing my office (trust me it’s an all day affair) I thought I might hit the gym and pump some iron to reinvigorate myself. I made it to the garage and that was about as far as my feet would take me. Instead, I decided to hit the […]

Be SMART

Monday, December 25th, 2006

Five Steps to Achieving Success
I encourage you to pick up a pen and a piece of paper and jot down the goals you want to reach. Look at each goal and evaluate it. Use the S.M.A.R.T. acronym (see below) to help guide you through the process. Do this 3 or 4 times a year […]

Eye of the Beholder

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

I grew up about 2 hours from the local ski area. Many weekends, (and some weekdays when my dad thought skiing might be more educational than my school’s football coach lecturing about something between ESPN and his wife’s poor cooking skills), my parents would roll my brother and I out of bed and tell […]

Staying Power

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

The snow sports season has officially begun and many of us have been working hard on dry land to get snow ready. Sometimes I find that all of the preparation goes to pasture when the season begins. Consequently all of your hard-earned muscle goes to mush by season end. Because time can become […]

Lifelong Skiers

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

I’ve been skiing since I was old enough to walk.  As a matter of fact I think my parents actually tried to strap skis and boots on me before I could even do that.  At the time and I suppose up until about 6 or 7 years ago I didn’t realize how lucky I was.  […]