One world-class cyclist......and Chris Boardman
They say you should never meet your heroes. It was with some trepidation, therefore, that I muscled my way to the front of a BDO Stoy Hayward networking event last night to shake hands with the great Chris Boardman.
Winner of Great Britain’s first cycling gold medal for over 70 years at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic games, Boardman went on to break world records, wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France and inspired a generation of GB cyclists who now are world beaters.
Chris was at the event to deliver the usual motivational speeches and provide a draw for the hundred or so distinctly unathletic accountants that form BDO’s client base in the tech sector.
Apart from having my photo taken with Chris, getting my cycling club cap signed and the usual embarrassing fawning, the one thing that sticks in my brain from the evening is a single phrase Chris said.
“If you can’t control everything going on around you, you can always control your attitude.”
That’s why I’m trying to be less grumpy in the office today. I hope it lasts
Bez