Saturday 4 July 2009

I take a Success Coach with me on my Runs!

I've been puffed in to do the Cardiff Half Marathon by a good friend, Martin Gibbs, who's a very good runner and he did the Cardiff Half Marathon last year.

I am just at the end of Week 5 of my training and I remembered Stephen Fry saying that he listens to audio books whilst walking. So I thought I'd do the same on my runs.

I'm a huge advocate of goal setting and positive thinking and so I decided to find some Antony Robbins and Zig Ziglar audio books on iTunes. I've downloaded "Awaken the Giant Within" by Tony Robbins which I read ages ago and it was great last week, to listen to Tony on my runs. It really helps to keep me focused on my runs.


Zig Ziglar is more of an acquired taste as his voice can be a little bit annoying to begin with. I love his stuff now and I've got "Motivation - The key to Accomplishment" and "Secrets of Closing the sale". I've also bought Brian Tracy's "Flight Plan - The Real Secrets of Success".


Finding time to spare to read or listen to these great motivational speakers can be hard, but now I'm running, it's the perfect time!


I've got a 4 mile run to do in the morning and I think I'll take Zig Ziglar with me tomorrow!


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