441. Your Relationship to Sport

Keep playing your sports for they are good for you. Stick with them as long as you can but if you do tire of one, replace it by taking up another. It is said that with your Pukulan Cimande Pusaka, Silat Martial Art you will only reach your peak in your 50s and can continue to train on into your 70s 80s and 90s. In particular, keep up your golf. It is a game you can keep playing well into old age. Famously too, a lot of real business (M.D. to M.D.) gets done on the Golf Course. Sport is good for helping you to build your network both of friends and business acquaintances.

Mark Mc Cormack always observes the character of the person as a golfer and deduces his character in business before deciding to do business with them. It is a game that brings out the best and the worst in people.

Rugby, Soccer, Hockey and other team sports will teach you the virtue of co-operation. Natural Horsemanship will teach you how to control your energies.

201. Ivan Misner's Game Plan

Ivan Misner is a master networker and founder of the worldwide business group called Business Network International (BNI). The philosophy on which this group is based is summed up in the two words "Givers Gain". This is a co-operative group and an excellent model for how you should treat other people. His Game Plan or strategy for networking is as follows :-

1. Remain Curious. Ask questions and listen to the answers. People love a good listener who is interested in what they do.

2.Learn from everybody. Talk to people at all levels because everyone can teach you something.

3. Cultivate contacts with people in power. They can bring you ideas, support and opportunities. Cultivate people who enjoy making money. Cultivate those whose hearts and interests are like your own.

4. Enjoy the journey