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sought-after corporate coach and is considered to be
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Working with hundreds of
teams, companies and a wide variety of organisations
on numerous continents over the last twenty years
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understanding of, human performance and all its
variables. Craig has an ability to educate, inspire,
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Every six months or so I go to the skin doctor bloke to get checked for skin cancer. Not the funnest (a word) day on my calendar... but gotta be done. You know, being proactive about one's health and all.
For my international readers, we Aussies are right at the top of the skin cancer heap. Not a competition we really want to win. But we seem to be pretty good at it nonetheless. Sun, fun, surf, sand... and skin cancer. They don't put that in those tourism ads do they? Heavy sigh.
So I've had a few things sliced off before... some skin things called Basal Cell Carcinomas... not as bad as a melanoma (on the cancer scale) but you don't want one anyway. A bit of cutting, a few stitches; no prob.
So there I was the last week lying on the Doc's table in my racing undies, looking an absolute treat. As you would imagine. Hot. Like a walrus with sneakers on.
Anyway here's how the skin-check thing works...
The Doc has this gizmo (yep, a medical term) which is kind of like a super-duper magnifying glass / video camera combo thingy (lemme know if this is a bit over your head) which enlarges every feature (freckle, hair, blemish, pimple, lump, bump) on your skin and brings it up about a zillion times bigger on a gigantic computer screen right next to where you're lying.
* Sometimes my freaky grasp of technology and my mastery of techno-speak amazes even me.
Gotta say, us humans up really close.... very ugly. Then again, maybe that's just me. Yeh, probably.
So here's part of our conversation: (Doc's still halfway through perusing my skin)
Doc: "Yeh, that one (freckley thing) looks okay" CH: "That's what I wanna hear" Doc: "Yep, that one two.." CH: "Nice" (Silence from Doc... looks intense) (I hate that look) Doc: "Hmmm" (More silence) Doc: "That one looks interesting..." (CH experiences increase in cardiac output and reduction in testicle size) Doc: "Hmmm... he might be a problem..." CH: "He?" Doc: "Yep, might have to take him off and send him off for some testing.." CH: "Aaah, er (struggling to maintain alpha-male-warrior disposition).. could it be, er.. aah... a melanoma (skin cancer)? Doc: "Maybe, let's hope not.." CH: "Er, yeh."
The Doc proceeds to slice away a little piece of my back and throw in some stitches.
CH: "So what happens now?" Doc: "We'll send him off to pathology and wait for the test results.." CH: "How long will they take?" (assuming the answer will be somewhere between one and three hours) Doc: "About a week." CH: "A WEEK!" Doc: "Yeh.. they're pretty busy so it's not a quick turn-around." CH: "Are you kiddin' me?" Doc: "Well... there's nothing we can do right now, so don't worry about it, go home and we'll give you a call if we get any nasty news..."
Terriffo. Feeling fabulous by this point. Nearly doing wee in my pants.
CH: (pathetically trying to be the alpha-male) "Sure Doc, no problem" (not the exact words I wanted to share).
So, it's been a little over a week now. And no phone call. That's gotta be good right? I would have called myself but I've been a bit gutless busy.
I head back to the Doc in a few days to get my stitches out and to get the all-clear.
It's amazing how a moment in time or a simple experience can instantly change our mindset and our perspective. All those worries that I walked into the doctors surgery with? Not really worries at all.
And all that really important stuff I had to do that day... not so important. It can wait. Funny that.
We do that don't we?
We get so engrossed in our own little world that we often miss the point. To live and love in the moment. Every day. Sometimes we forget the important stuff... like appreciating what and who we have in our life. Right now. At this minute. Family, friends, health. Simple stuff. But amazing stuff.
Pity we get so distracted with crap. And waste so much time and energy on stuff which (really) isn't that important. We tell ourselves it is... but it ain't. And then we get all stressed, grumpy and obsessed... about nothing in particular.
Pity we wait until we get sick or scared before we get some perspective.
But then again, maybe that's just me. Doubt it.
Sometimes we need to forget the goals, the time-table, the to-do list, the five-year plan and simply be in the now. And enjoy it. Savour it. Just being thankful and appreciative for what we have, rather than being pre-occupied with what we don't. What if all that stuff we're chasing... won't make us any happier anyway?
What if where we are (right now) is actually pretty amazing but we don't allow ourselves to enjoy it.
Sometimes something as simple as knowing that you're healthy is enough to bring you more happiness than any achievement, prize or possession ever could. There's a thought.
So anyway... I'm lovin' my life today. Right now. I'll let yer know how I go at the Doc.
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