Right thing at the right time
Great advice on doing the right thing. From one of the best basketball players of all time Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, also known as Airplane! co-pilot Roger Murdock:
mindset
You must always believe
Juan Manuel Fangio was F1 World Drivers’ Champion five times. And clearly someone who understood the perpetual pursuit of perfection.
World’s okayest pilot
World’s Best Dad mugs are cute. Michael’s World’s Best Boss mug is funny in The Office. Now there is a World’s Okayest Pilot cup. (It’s a real thing, you can buy them online.) I think it’s pretty funny! A pleasant change from the Top Gun best of the best of the tip of the spear trash talk. And it gets me thinking: Is flying something that you are OK with being OK? Let’s hope it’s just ironic . . .
Chris Hadfield on fear
“A lot of people live in fear because they haven’t figured out how you’re going to react when faced with a certain set of circumstances. I’ve come to terms with this by looking deeply into whatever makes me fearful—what are the key elements that get the hairs up on the back of my neck—and then figuring out what I can do about it. Even if the fear-inducing event doesn’t happen, you feel much more at peace because you know you have a plan. It’s a learned behaviour, but I think it’s an effective one. Don’t ostrich it. Then, when you … Continue reading Chris Hadfield on fear
Your only competition
The most insightful part of this super cool article (and video) is at the end: “Ultimately, your only competition is yourself.” Jason Stephens, owner of Arizona Soaring Five-time national US glider aerobatics champion, who is described here as the “most accomplished American competition aerobatic glider pilot of his generation.” Quote in AOPA Pilot magazine, Zen Masters, July 2016. “The motivation is to get better. And learn more. And be more precise. And just enjoy it too.“ Lukas von Atzigen Unlimited glider aerobatics pilot