When many people begin parkour, they look at specific techniques and try and learn them. This is what I did, this is what most people do, this is how I have taught up until now.
Now when someone comes out to train and asks which technique we are going to learn first, my response will be:
none.
Do you use a RSS reader such as Google Reader? Do you find yourself with a pileup of blog posts to read? Are you often distracted from a task by perusing your reader? Cut the fat.
Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of great blogs to read and RSS is a great time saver. But I just did some spring cleaning of subscriptions and it feels so good. Cutting out those blogs which have rarely offer something of value to you, or are maybe interesting sometimes but not really worthwhile. Cut it out. Over time all of these subscriptions can build up and become a time drain.
If this blog is one of those, it won’t offend me. But if you are subscribed to the main feed, consider subscribing to just one of the categories first 
We all know the guy who is living in a fairy tale. He sees life as it should be, unbound by reality, and is often brought back to it. And then we know the girl who brutally honest and realistic. While true, shes doesn’t inspire much. I think between these two is the perfect state for life, and for business.
Many people have commented that with Republic’s acquisitions of Midwest and Frontier will lead to many if not all of their network partners, for who they provide regional flight services, to cancel or not renew their contracts.
This is absurd. Network carriers will only cancel or not renew their contracts if Republic provides a poor service or if they can get better prices elsewhere. They don’t care if the company which owns their regional partner also owns an airline which competes with them as long as their regional partner is saving them money.
As you have probably found out by now, Republic has announced a massive order to purchase 40 CS300 aircraft (formerly know as the C-130, good idea to change the name!) plus 40 more options.
You know the details, if not head on over to aviation-buzz who has a pretty good overview.
Picture by Kiell of Parkour Generations
Amateurs practice until they get it right, pros practice until they can’t get it wrong.
I see thread after thread after thread on parkour forums say that they could do some move or technique or combination one day. Then they come back the next day or a few days later and can’t do it. They are baffled and frustrated, and I completely understand.
Everyone goes through this until they learn the secret to overcome it. It’s not mental discipline, it’s not visualization, it’s not having eaten healthy that day, and it’s not how tired you are. All of these things have an effect sure, but there is one thing that is the difference between nailing it once, and nailing for good.
Repitition.
Hey business guys ever tried explaining something to an engineer and they just didn’t get it? Or the other way around, you engineers just can’t get something across to a thick headed business guy?
You people who are trying to accomplish something creative, why do artists, musicians, and designers tell you that your not doing it right but when they explain their creative philosophies or rigid structures in which creativity must take place, why does it never make sense?
So I came across this article the other day about General Aviation Entrepreneurship.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/02/08/338060/big-vision-at-small-airfields.html
I may be partial, but this is really exciting stuff, and exactly what we need to see more of!
So, you want to jump higher and longer. You’ve tried doing squats and pistols, and have had mild success. But you really want to grow your distance. You don’t need more strength (per se) you need more explosiveness.
Persistence. Is it working hard and not giving up? Sure. When you are starting a new venture you must work ridiculously hard and not give up. But many people do this, but aren’t persistent. They lose steam after a while and sell out or shut down. I think the definition of persistent is refusing to lose.
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