Be honest.

Do you love what you do for your career?

In fact.. for some...another question would be...

...do you even LIKE it?

Now I reckon...

...about 5% will say they love what they do.

...maybe 30% will 'like' what they do

...and the rest are in the lower categories of 'it's ok'. or ' I can't stand it'.

I've been in all those categories before, so wherever you stand I'm with you.

But on Friday I saw a great example of something we should all be impressed with.

I was at the Horse of the year Show at the NEC in Birmingham.

And one of the competitors was a legendary Show Jumper...

a man called John Whittaker.

Now, if you have zero interest in horses and showjumping, don't worry.

This is worth considering.

John Whittaker is about as close to a national treasure as British show jumping has.

He’s a Yorkshireman from a farming family near Huddersfield, born in 1955, so he’s 71 now.

Yes, 71.

And he's still competing at the very highest level against men in their 20s, 30s, 40s.

I can't tell you how much motivation, focus, determination, that must take.

Can you imagine Ronaldo playing for Real Madrid at 71?

Or Anthony Joshua still fighting at 71?

(Although as Elite boxing seems to be a total circus now, maybe he will be).

Now, John has won pretty much everything there is.

He was in the Olympics back in 1984.

I was only 6 then!

So he's got nothing to prove.

He keeps on coming back year after year because he loves what he does.

but here's not just there to make up the numbers.

It's the attitude...

'I CAN STILL WIN ON THE DAY'.

Imagine carrying that level of mindset when most men of 71 have got some slippers and pipe and are too busy watching Dancing on Ice.

I also thought about how Mastery Compounds.

He's got better and better over the years.

So if you sometimes wonder if you are 'past it' at nearly 50... you're wrong!

And my last observation, is that I watched John stride around the course before the event, marking out the spaces between huge jumps....

...with a smile on his face, but still taking it seriously.

What joy to be involved with work you love, instead of it being a chore, at any age.

Talking of work...

Another one of the guys in The Network has secured a new job.

He was in a role that wasn't exactly lighting him up, and he's now been offered a position that is good working hours, and also some extra bunce... a result all round.

Catch you Wednesday.

Anthony

Whole Man Academy