Learning to use your vision to control your direction is the first lesson new motorcycle riders are taught. The same principles apply to life and for the same reason: you’re drawn to where you’re looking. Establishing a vision based on your interests and desires, then taking the steps to reach that destination pave [...]
Early in the life of Trillium Motorcycle Tours, a couple of friends joined me on a spring scouting ride for an upcoming back road tour. We had a lot of ground to cover in a short period of time, we were all on liter sport bikes and it was spring. I have never ridden so [...]
Riders recognize the critical importance of protecting their vision. Your eyes are not built to take wind, bugs, dust and stones, even at slow speeds. Protecting your vision on your life’s Road is no different. No one else can do what you’re here to do and being proactive is the best defence against the challenges [...]
Like riding a motorcycle safely, fulfilling our goals requires keeping an eye to the future as well as the present. Constantly scanning our environment prepares us to respond to traffic, road signs and the unexpected – like animals and bouncing balls. At the same time, we look well down the road and focus on our [...]
Lisa Haneberg, is a business writer and organizational development practitioner – and the host of today’s book tour stop. Survive and Thrive; 10 Life Lessons from Motorcycles, links life, success and motorcycles. Vulnerability makes motorcycles masters at teaching us vivid, universal lessons about life. Misinterpret or ignore signs while riding and the immediacy and potential severity [...]
Life Lessons from motorcycles is a series exploring the lessons we learn through riding. Here, we examine 7 ways our bikes speak to us about vision. Goals Motorcycle: Our eyes steer the bike. This fundamental skill pervades all others. We want to look in the direction we want to go because our eyes will certainly [...]