| Here's a great reminder of self improvement | | | | me. |
| theory that I got from the winter sport of curling. | | | | All that took about 20 minutes. |
| As I write it is March 2007, and I am coming to | | | | I could not believe just 20 minutes and 2 tips |
| the end of my first full season playing curling. | | | | would make such a difference! |
| Invented in Scotland around 500 years ago, it's | | | | Actually I'm lying, I could believe it. |
| massive in that country, and in Canada. | | | | I remember a drummer gave me 2 tips once |
| Elsewhere it is a minority sport to say the least, | | | | which made a huge difference. |
| and the local curling rink to me is the only one on | | | | So it doesn't surprise me, but it gives me a boost |
| the whole of England! | | | | and a smile whenever I personally experience it |
| I went for a training session a couple of weeks | | | | myself. |
| ago, and was a bit concerned. | | | | It doesn't take a seminar, or an essay, or a |
| I knew I had developed bad habits in my delivery | | | | textbook. |
| of the curling stone, and was not sure well I | | | | Just a couple of tips from an outsider with |
| would be able to unlearn them. | | | | greater knowledge. |
| The session was taken by a Canadian girl who | | | | 2 tips at a time is enough to work on without |
| has been playing for over 20 years. | | | | overcomplicating things. |
| She asked me what I wanted out of the session, | | | | It's hugely powerful stuff. |
| and after I'd told her she asked me to deliver | | | | Anything that you want to do better, in any walk |
| some stones so she could she my action. | | | | of life, can be improved by a couple of tips from |
| After my first go she said 'I can see what you're | | | | someone who knows more than you on the |
| doing wrong,' and gave me advice. | | | | subject! |
| I tried to do what she said, and the next throw | | | | I talk about it in my book, 'Transform Your Life in |
| was about a gazillion times better! | | | | 21Days!', and if you want simple effective tips on |
| She then gave the whole group some general | | | | how to change your circumstances, it really is |
| tips, one of which I knew would be relevant to | | | | worth a read to see how I did it myself. |