The View From The Crow's Nest | 21-02-11

Welcome to Episode 215 of my podcast The view from crow's nest, and it is Thursday. The something of something. Thursday the 11th of February, 2021. Today was an enforced day off from the point of view, we had to take Mina to get dental X ray, but the if we without waiting one month to get one in the local hospital. We had to travel to the main city in the region, which is an hour and a half away. And it also happens to be the main city where my driving licence is in the process of being changed over from British to an Italian one. And we did that in November. And they were like, yep, come back and see us we give you a piece of paper that will let you drive for the next couple of months, come back and see us at the end of that. Can you tell us if the licence is ready, no no no you just have to come and see us. Okay, so we queued there for an hour and a half at the motor place and they said no, it's not not been done. So we'll give you another extension for a month and then you come back and see us again and see if it's been done, classic Italian stylee. Fortunately, the guy was very kind and actually gave us a three month, piece of paper. So now we can go anytime next three months that was good, then we took Mina to the hospital and or the the scanning clinic, and she was very anxious very worried about having a scan that she hasn't had an X ray done before. And she's had a couple of experiences with doctors, or such that has meant that she's, she's rather fearful of the situation so it took us nigh on three hours to kind of get her to into the room and then get her to take the scan and blah blah and then she conquered her fear, and that was really really cool because, you know, it's easy for me it's a lesson for myself as well you know it's easy to look at something and say well that's just simple or easy just get on with it. But of course, whatever that is, if one is fearful of it, then that's it, they're fearful of it there's not a problem there. What's the challenge is, can that person overcome that fear and get it done anyway and, you know, and do it, not, not you know get not ignore the fear not get rid of the fear fear is good to healthy in a lot of places, but to conquer it, you know, to overcome it is a real boost to self and we can really see that Mina really was pleased with our achievement once you kind of got over it and obviously you know anyone who's ever had an X ray knows that there is nothing to it. So she was never in any danger from our point of view, but from her point of view, you know, it was a scary thing. So that was good and Leonardo was very very patient the whole way through. Despite it being boring as can be. We played whilst we're waiting and it was all good. The net result was that by the time we got back home it was like three in the afternoon or something for nearly three I think, and I did some work for an hour or so a couple hours for a client, as mid speed to it, five, and then we couldn't, but that's basically was my day. But there was something that I read today that has really resonated with me. And I just finished reading yesterday I just finished reading a book called The magic of thinking big by somebody I can't remember. I think it's Dr. Schwartz but I could be completely wrong there. And this is I think it's 1959 book, I'd heard of it. I'd never come across it particularly or read it but I read it. I think brilliant book, and well worth everybody reading it, it goes straight up to one of the best books I think I've read, full of practical advice, but no fluff and No. You know no over egging the pot. Just a really good book it I think it really lays out some, some good wisdom, basically and age old wisdom about the magic of thinking big but you know just about how to improve oneself so I highly recommend that book. The next book I started reading last night was Seth Golden's new newish or new book, I think, called things called the practice, create and ship work, or something like tha