{"id":391,"date":"2012-01-03T06:03:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T14:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.orangefroglogistics.com\/?p=391"},"modified":"2014-02-01T11:59:52","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T19:59:52","slug":"46-and-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/blog\/item\/46-and-action","title":{"rendered":"And… Action!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where to start? The street around Times Square already look like nothing happened a few days ago, some countries have agreed to give an extra day off away after partying harder on a weekend, and the\u00a0Dakar<\/a>\u00a0(the one on land, not the\u00a0flying one<\/a>) has started off with the loss of an\u00a0Argentinean rider<\/a>. That is scary, and sad. Then a flying\u00a0camera falling<\/a>\u00a0on a field in the middle of a game qualifies for another scary moment. Any resolution in mind, anyone?<\/p>\n

2012 promises to be busy, and any logistics decision is going to be critical to make it: because it often calls for financial commitment too. From recruiting the appropriate security contractors in London for the\u00a0Olympics<\/a>\u00a0to explaining why Victoria Beckham cut her husband\u2019s options short from playing with France\u2019s\u00a0PSG<\/a>\u00a0choosing Beverly Hills over the Champs Elys\u00e9es, or the Qatar international co-branding (whether David Beckham would move or not), negotiations between potential or existing partners will take time and require extreme patience. The\u00a0Euro<\/a>\u00a0will hopefully bring the best of the teams, and make up for some mishaps at the\u00a02010 World Cup<\/a>. Part of the\u00a0Davis Cup<\/a>\u00a0is scheduled to come back to Vancouver in February, and tickets are already sold out. The 99th<\/sup>.\u00a0Tour de France<\/a>\u00a0will start in Belgium.<\/p>\n

Horses will race in the snow at the\u00a0White Turf<\/a>\u00a0shortly after the FIRST Winter Youth Olympics in\u00a0Innsbruck<\/a>. Determined rugby players will make us dream again at the\u00a06 nations tournament<\/a>. Russia will run a few test events to get ready for 2014, whether it is in\u00a0speed skating<\/a>, in\u00a0luge<\/a>\u00a0or in\u00a0Greco-Roman wrestling<\/a>. The\u00a0Spengler Cup<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0NHL playoffs<\/a>\u00a0will certainly keep their eyes on Canada. Exceptional navigators will venture the oceans for the\u00a0Vend<\/a>\u00e9e Globe<\/a>, La\u00a0Solitaire du Figaro<\/a>, the\u00a0Ocean Race<\/a>\u00a0or some legs of the\u00a0America’s Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This just looks like a messy calendar, and I only scratched the surface, I know. It also gives me goosebumps of restless excitement knowing what can be achieved, both by athletes and organising teams: that is what keeps me going, and boosts my inspirations. So much to look forward to, new challenges, new encounters, new projects, ongoing learning and development: how is that for a thrill? Sure there are politics, budget constraints, some cleaning to do after a sterile move and plain \u201cwhat-is-the-point-of-all-this\u201d kind of day to deal with. Nothing new here: that comes with the full package, regardless of the industry. Stumbling is only a natural part of growing, personally and professionally.<\/p>\n

Recently asked about how I felt after pushing hard, and what I thought was beyond my physical capabilities, I was encouraged to say \u201cwhat was\u201d rather than \u201cwhat was not\u201d, only to confirm how, in some instances, I was limiting myself. Well, that is over: the action is now, and relies on the scenario I am putting together. And 2012 promises to be active, to say the least: loving it! Now, I am curious: what action(s) are you taking these days?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where to start? The street around Times Square already look like nothing happened a few days ago, some countries have agreed to give an extra day off away after partying harder on a weekend, and the\u00a0Dakar\u00a0(the one on land, not the\u00a0flying one) has started off…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[123,296,89,124,100,39,127,125,42,48,133,104,132,129,26,65,134,126,84,131,130,63,25,128],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}