Pilot Pilot Pilot Pilot your our our our life ife ife ife Welcome to issue no. 17 of Pilot your life. November 2010 Earlier this month I was photographing and filming at the Australian International 3 Day Event, a premier event for equestrian sports in the heart of Adelaide’s beautiful parklands. This event appealed to me, not only because it was an excellent example of teamwork in action, but it also highlighted my philosophy - have a go, follow dreams and ADD value to life by having the right Attitude, making Decisions and being Determined to follow them through. I attended the Saturday’s Cross Country event where riders had to negotiate a course with different terrain and numerous jumps. One series of jumps which caused a lot of problems for some riders was located around the Rymill Park Lake. This one particular rider certainly embodied my philosophy (with the photos below telling a lot of the story). She and her horse cleared the first jump without a hitch but the horse baulked at the water jump. go, follow dreams and ADD value to life by having the right Attitude, making Decisions Determined to follow them through. Turning the horse away from the brush and water, she headed off to have another go at the jump (photo left). The horse refused the jump again. Not wanting to give up, she spurred on the horse to make a third attempt and was successful (photo right). What followed was quite amazing, not only for the rider but also for the spectators.
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Pilot Pilot Pilot Pilot yyyyour our our our llllife ife ife ife Welcome to issue no. 17 of Pilot your life. November 2010 Earlier this month I was photographing and filming at the Australian International 3 Day Event, a premier event for equestrian sports in the heart of Adelaide’s beautiful parklands. This event appealed to me, not only because it was an excellent example of teamwork in action, but it also highlighted my philosophy - have a go, follow dreams and ADD value to life by having the right Attitude, making Decisions and being Determined to follow them through. I attended the Saturday’s Cross Country event where riders had to negotiate a course with different terrain and numerous jumps. One series of jumps which caused a lot of problems for some riders was located around the Rymill Park Lake. This one particular rider certainly embodied my philosophy (with the photos below telling a lot of the story). She and her horse cleared the first jump without a hitch but the horse baulked at the water jump. go, follow dreams and ADD value to life by having the right Attitude, making Decisions Determined to follow them through.
Turning the horse away from the brush and water, she headed off to have another go at the jump (photo left). The horse refused the jump again. Not wanting to give up, she spurred on the horse to make a third attempt and was successful (photo right).
What followed was quite amazing, not only for the rider but also for the spectators.
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After succeeding on the third attempt, she almost fell off her mount.
Not wanting to give up and retire from the competition, this plucky young rider not only hung on for dear life but managed to right herself in the saddle. Great relief for the rider and applause and cheers from the crowd. After that narrow escape, she continued on over the next jump into the other side of the lake.
Showing the qualities of great courage, endurance and athleticism required for a cross country event, this young equestrian certainly ADDed value to her life during this competition. She had the right attitude that she was not going to give up, even though she’d incurred several penalties from the horse’s refusal and time taken for three attempts. She made the decision that she was not going to fall off her horse and incur further penalties or elimination and she was very determined to manoeuvre herself into an upright position in the saddle and continue on the course. The expression on her face said it all.
So, my next tip for how to pilot your life (personal or business) is: ADD value to your life by having the right Attitude, making Decisions and being Determined to follow them through. Two of my presentation topics are:
Teamwork Maintain the right attitude
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