I am fairly determined when it comes to accomplishing a task. My wife, Diane, would even say that I’m hard-headed! Guilty as charged. As an endurance athlete, that is even more important. Maybe it’s just a manifestation of my German descent, but I don’t easily change directions. It’s not that I don’t like change, it is just that when I start a direction, I have given it considerable thought, believing it to be the right thing to do, so unless the outcome is really bad, I’ll stick with it until there is a compelling reason to change.

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