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Life Lessons From Rudolph: Six Ways Lovable Misfits Can Leverage Their Own “red Nose” for a More Fulfilling 2009
Posted by Parkzone Corsair in Memory on December 11th, 2010
By Robin Fisher Roffer
We all know the story. Weâve watched the classic movie over and over and had the cheery song stuck in our heads for days. (Youâre hearing it now, arenât you?) Weâve cheered on the plucky red-nosed reindeer and his companion Hermey, the determined elf with dental school dreams. Even as adults, weâve delighted in the snowy North Pole scenes, shuddered at the Abominable Snowman, and rejoiced at our unlikely heroâs happy ending. But few of us have really pondered the meaning behind this little fable: that a fulfilling life means being yourselfâ(symbolic) glowing red nose and all.
Thereâs never been a better time to march to the beat of that proverbial âdifferent drummerâ who makes you you. And if you take a lesson from the most famous reindeer of all, you can make 2009 the year you turn your unique qualities to your advantage.
While Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer was made in 1964, its themeâthat embracing your uniqueness pays offâis even truer today. In a global world where businesses (and employees) face a literal world of competition, where people meet their spouses via Internet dating services, and where everyone from hot celebrities to your Uncle Fred have MySpace accounts, fearlessly being yourself is the only way to distinguish yourself from the teeming masses.
Hereâs how Rudolph and his pals channeled their own âfearless fishâ to save the day on that foggy Christmas Eveâand how you, allegorically at least, can do the same in 2009.
Let your nose shine bright. Once it became apparent that Rudolph wasnât like the rest of his peers, his well-meaning father devised a way to help him âfit in.â The mud-covered nose didnât last for long, and when his true self shone through, the other reindeer immediately excluded him from the reindeer games. On the other hand, the pretty little doe Clarice told him his red nose was âmuch better than that false one you were wearing.â The point? Playing an âacceptableâ role never worksâat least not for long.
When you arenât authentic, it shows. Instead of fitting in, you come across as dishonest and untrustworthy. Donât downplay your ethnic background, or try to hide the fact that youâre gay, or maybe a country music fan in an office full of hip-hop listeners. Give the world a fearless representation of who you are and let the chips fall where they may. Chances are theyâll fall in your favor.
Donât just longingly read your dentist book. Grab your (metaphorical) drill and get to work. Hermey is an elf. At the North Pole. Of course he should make toys, right? Wrong! Hermey wanted to be a dentist instead, and in the end, he found the initiative to pursue his dream. Taking the first step toward big life changes, especially those that go against the grain can seem overwhelming. But as fearless fish we see the need for those changes and we take a flying leap instead.
We all have dreams that we have been too scared to fulfill in our lives. Perhaps itâs a new career path, or finally going back to school. Or maybe you are living in a city that just doesnât work for you. Make this the year that you finally change those things. You will be amazed at how many other things begin to fall into place in your life once you allow yourself to pursue the things that really make you happy.
Seek out your own Hermey and make friends. On the surface it may seem like a red-nosed reindeer and an elf who wants to be a dentist may not have all that much in common. However, it was Rudolphâs misfit mantra and Hermeyâs outcast status that bound them together and helped them become an unstoppable force. Likewise if youâre a âfish out of water,â you should align yourself with others who are different or special in their own ways.
Itâs important to find others that you can count on as allies and friends in your quest for success. No, you donât need to hold out for a coworker pal who is also an immigrant from Chinaâthatâs probably unrealistic. But you might join forces with, say, another maverick who is trying to lead the charge for dynamic change within the company.
Find a boss like Santa.
Tiger Woods’ ambition distracted by personal life
Posted by Parkzone Corsair in Memory on December 6th, 2010
Through the car crash, Tigerâs silence provoked his personal life exploring. First, it is said for his mistress. Now even other two mistresses were searched out.
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Forget about these affairs and now back to the golf.
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Tiger’ll be defending champion of sorts at both the U.S. (Pebble Beach) and British (St. Andrews) Opens, having won those tournaments the last time they were played at those venues, making it seem all the more likely that he would nab his 15th and 16th major titles next summer. He still might. It would put him on the verge of surpassing Jack Nicklaus, whose 18 major professional titles remain the gold standard.
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But if we’ve learned anything from this year, including this bizarre peek into Woods’s Clintonian personal life, it is this: If Tiger is to top Jack, as has long been predicted, he probably won’t be blowing the doors off the old master at 120 mph like we once thought was a fait accompli.
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Forget Phil. What will Tiger do next? Spill everything in one big steaming heap to Barbara Walters and be done with it? Blame the Florida Highway Patrol? This is what Woods now ponders in lieu of things that might actually help him win at Augusta for the first time since 2005, or atone for his major-less 2009.
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Maybe he cancels the 2010 season to glue the pieces of his life back together. Maybe he potatoes-out for a while and tries to digest the excruciating last seven days. Or maybe he walks away from it all, for good. Going rogue, they call it.
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The fact is that Tiger’s got a lot more to worry about than winning at least five more majors, or hated Cal’s recent victory over Stanford’s favored football team â a game Woods attended. (Note to Cardinal brass: In retrospect this might not have been the right year to let Tiger flip the coin.)
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Woods’s actions and words will be parsed endlessly in the 24/7 news cycle, as will those of his wife, Elin, and “the other woman,” Grubbs, if that’s what she was. The late-night comedians will tee off. We’ve seen this movie before.
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What we haven’t seen is how it all might impact one of the most celebrated sporting careers of all time. Woods, who saw his body fail him in 2008, now appears hobbled by a failure of judgment that dates back to April 13, 2007, when Grubbs claims the two met at a nightclub. She asserts it marked the beginning of their 31-month affair, and Woods has not denied it.
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From a golf perspective, Woods is still young. He turns 34 later this month and, barring further trouble from his balky left knee, he should have many good years left. He knows winning like Wimpy knew hamburgers.
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But Woods was already showing signs of decay before the events of the last week. He can no longer dominate the way he once did because he no longer knows with much certainty where his drives will land. He no longer intimidates the way he did, and he even lost the 54-hole lead at a major for the first time in August, at the PGA Championship. (Grubbs and Tiger’s Cadillac Escalade now join Y.E. Yang on the short list of evidence that Woods is human.)
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And Yang isn’t the only emboldened and/or surging would-be rival. Phil Mickelson is coming off season-ending victories at the Tour Championship and HSBC Champions, both of which Woods also played. Mickelson, born again with the putter and conjuring some of his best golf yet, looks eager for 2010.
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What’s more, golf’s pool of young challengers is deeper than any time in recent memory. Rory McIlroy, Ryo Ishikawa, Jason Day, Anthony Kim, Rickie Fowler â so many phenoms are circling that one seems bound to rise up and take a bite out of Tiger sooner or later.
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And now Woods has his messy personal life to ponder.
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Golf is not a reaction sport; there’s copious time to think, so it’s hard to thrive when your life is ground under repair. It may be close to impossible to win a major in that condition, even for a man of such legendary focus as Woods.
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Remember, Woods said he tried too hard to win the 2007 Masters for the memory of his recently deceased father, Earl. It didn’t work out. Now comes an even greater challenge: performing while patching things up with Elin.
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What if she bails? Woods has never hid the fact that for him it’s all
Figures: Buffon rise and fall of the king of the gate line end to the turning point in life when tasted
Posted by Parkzone Corsair in Memory on November 30th, 2010
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Although Casillas and Cech such as the rise of younger, Buffon the head of the “world’s first keeper,” like a halo is no longer as clear and brilliant past, but who also can not ignore the gate line of the King’s ambitions . Harbourside 2006 and return to the dismal summer, with Milan, the battle from the top of Manchester’s B of the trip to hell, decades Buffon already tasted the vicissitudes of the football world, his next stop, what will Which?
Boy genius grows into the early
Time is always implied the passage of such as mercury as an instant debut Buffon has traversed 15 years. Sentimental those years shy young man, now nearly 33 years. In 1991, the 13-year-old Parma, Buffon came to the youth academy, and life experiences in just four years after embarked on a main road. November 19, 1995, Parma vs. AC Milan late dynasty, 17 years and 9 months of Buffon to complete his debut in Serie A, and finally to a 0-0 proved its strength.
In the late 90s of last century of Parma, the most in team history coincided with a period of Ambilight. Serve multiple purposes in 1999 that support the League Cup, Italian Cup team, includes Fabio Cannavaro, Lilian Thuram, Veron, Craig Berger Xiang Spirax and big stars such as a public, and when he was 21 years old Buffon is sit tight in the main position, in order to attract highly praised the excellent play waves. The success of the club to Buffon in the national team so smooth, in October 1997 to complete his national team debut, just two years to replace Pagliuca become the first country of Italy – to know the history of Italy known as the Best goalkeeper Zoff, until 26 years old the first time play for the country.
Difficult to recover the golden age
June 17, 2001, Rome, Olympic Stadium, when the seeding of Parma 1-3 in the game behind the first 88 minutes in Rome, the red wolf fans have been repressed for 18 years have lost the passion, rushed out of many obstacles course, the players had a clean jersey Pa. Parma goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was as the national team because of his popular star of the place, too, “suffer” such a treatment.
Witnessed the ecstasy of others, the 23-year-old Gianluigi Buffon and finally decided to start pursuing their own glory. Rule the roost for the summer in Rome, the capital of Buffon to the team come together and almost, but eventually the old Sensi made the most of his life may be the wrong decision – to give up the acquisition of Peilizuoli Buffon turned to Atlanta. A month later, Juventus goalkeeper to a world record 45 million U.S. dollars worth to Buffon strokes recorded, the transfer of this sensational proof of the Serie A, Buffon was the first firm can not shake the keeper position.
From 2001 to 2006, Buffon Juventus spent in the most glittering career five years time. Juve coach Marcello Lippi when he had lamented that “a team with Buffon, each season is equivalent to 10 to 15 more points,” while in reality Buffon also demonstrated with real action Silver Fox said is true. In effect the first five seasons, Juventus, Buffon travel with the team to get four league titles, are also being harvested in 2002 and 2003 Italian Super Cup. In the 2002-03 season’s Champions League, Juventus and Buffon’s way in the finals, under guard, eventually losing to Milan in a penalty shoot only the runner-up. Gianluigi Buffon at the zenith of the Serie A for six consecutive years was named the best goalkeeper, the legendary achievements through the ages that he was the one and only.
Blue Blue Glory of Sadness
Looking back on 13 years of Buffon’s international career, it seems far more than the night light. 1998 World Cup, Buffon the bench probation, saw the Azzurri in the 1 / 4 final loss to France was eliminated on penalties. Two years later when Buffon firmly secured when starting the main force, but in the European Cup the week before the arrival of hand injuries, the opportunity to give the achievements of the legendary late bloomer Toldo. Summer of 2002, South Korea and Japan is not the same for Buffon memories for the group stages was Borgetti headed to his humiliation, 1 / 8 finals lore has been head Ahn Jung Hwan Kim, in the
