From Gus – The Possibility Hunter

While the Olympics have always been inspiring (‘Faster, higher, stronger’), Beijing looked like it was only going to inspire me to sit around for a couple of weeks watching late night sport. (So that’ll be for me ‘slower, fatter, tireder’).

Oscar Pistorius turned that around though. (If you don’t know about this awesome athlete, you can read about him here. To cut a long story short he’s a double amputee who can match it with the worlds fastest. “He’s on the cusp of a paradigm shift in which disability becomes ability, disadvantage becomes advantage.” Sadly, it looks like he won’t actually be at the able-bodied Olympics, but don’t let that blunt the inspiration!

How can you make disadvantage an advantage?

I’m guessing you’re like me and don’t have the skill, willpower, or lycra overalls to become an elite athlete. However, you probably don’t have Postorius’ obstacles to overcome either. But the best news is, you probably don’t need to turn weaknesses into strengths. A little overcoming of obstacles will do. Check out ten tips from My Super-charged Life that might help you.