Dark Horse, how is the Cicero reading coming along? I am reading Seneca now, but the following is one of my favorite quotes from Cicero: Trahimur omnes laudis studio

I will look at this link. Thanks BAP. You ever hear that saying that goes, 'if you have a cold and you drink lots of fluids and take Vitamin C it will last seven days. If you do nothing it will last a week." It seems everything I read and hear includes a mess of remedies, but those who have suffered from it all agree that it goes away when it "wants to" rather than as a result of all these treatments. Of course I am doing all these things and here is another one to look into.

enke, it means that all of us strive for the praise of others, but it meant a lot to me that she would single out this statement, because it has so held true for all of human performance for so many centuries. Look at it like this, just for fun. Here we are ending 07 and although strangers to each other, we post our runs and race reports; we all need a pat on the back and internet forums facilitate this. Just about all of us have kids, and through trial and error we have learned that praise and support of what they do well is the biggest determinant of shaping their behavior, as opposed to yelling and screaming of what is wrong with them. All too often we realize it late in life. I know I have. And now as a very old man, I see so much mismanagement in corporate work and the inability of "managers" to help people do their best. Everyone needs recognition and reinforcement of their desired, good efforts, and that motivator is so powerful that it ought to govern all human performance strategy in businesses. All any of us wants is just for someone to say, "Good effort, nice going." That is what drives us all. Spareribs