Ian's Blog

There is a lot to be learned from sports and especially top athletes that can be applied elsewhere in life.  One of these aspects is periodization.

Before I get into how periodization can be applied to non-physical/non-athletic goals I need to establish what periodization is, just hang in there…I’ll tie all this together at the end.

Basically, periodization is an organized approach to training and competition that involves progressive cycling of various aspects of a training program during a specific period of time. It is a way of alternating training to have the athlete peak at competition.

Imagine a girl in her prime,very pretty that she may be any man`s dream and so good natured that her exuberant smile inspires even the night to welcome day with full glory.She is an artists dream to potray her on canvas and a poet`s desire to describe every aspect of her in his words.She is that soul whom every person wants to confide and she is that bird who wants to fly high unfettered ,unrestrained and so passionate and inexplicable is her quest to find her path in life that at times one wonders what element is she made of.It seems no tension or anxiety crosses her path and her life according to people has been written so perfectly by Almighty that her eyes are made only to see the beauty,her ears are only made to hear the melody of nature,her nose is made to smell the fragrance of flowers,her heart is made to beat every moment for that person who will one day come on a white horse and hold her hand forever with perfect union assured.In so much perfection lies the undeniable truth that she is a girl with a walking stick who is unable to walk on her feet without the aid of a walking stick.She can`t carry her onself without help and with this reality her perfect life comes to nothingness.Her beauty can`t overcome the sympathy which people offer her and the empathy which people lke her feel for her.These thoughts pass through her mind every second when she comes for a visit to doctor , her regular destination but a not so favourite one where someone notices her beauty and good nature and then her stick.This stick has become so much a part of her personality that no one thinks of her without it.Waiting for her turn amidst many people,no patients,like her or perhaps even worse she maintains her calm and smiles or tries to do so.She waves at people and boosts their morale that life is not so bad afteral and that merely not being able to walk is not a reason to end life or be dejected.Everyone around her who listens to these words of encouragement feels life and stand undeterred to face life as it comes happily.She still in her one of the lost corners of her mind and heart wants to walk , run ,dance with the wind and be looked at as beautiful.Just for once she wants to live life.But who sees that desire in her which she has masked so beautifully from the rest of the world.Who will come and fulfill her desires and realize the pain in her heart? Is this not the story of every person who faces some or the other kind of challenge or disability in his life? Can we do something to help others and ourself to get rid of all the fears and doubts and mental and physical disabilities?

Have you come across a person who is so naturally friendly that when you put him inside a room of strangers, he’ll be friends with almost everyone in no time? We call such a people-person, someone unbelievably nice and charismatic that he can charm anyone into doing anything.

A socially-empowered person achieves so much greatness, basically because of the people that catapult him to success. He earns the trust and all-out support of the people, whom he had helped before. He never runs out of help. He can do anything with the plethora of people behind him. All because he knows he maximizes his social potential!