Variations on a Theme: Racing in the Rain

The Art of Racing in the Rain” is a fable couched in the storylines of a young family, a dog who is seemingly part human, and the thrill of racing.  While it’s a piece of nonfiction, it offers many lessons for life and business.When you “read” this book, you’ll laugh, cry, sigh, and reflect.   You’ll contemplate our limitations, our great capacity, our dreams and the days that make up this remarkable journey. This book isn’t just about racing, but about the added challenge of racing in the rain.  And that’s like being an entrepreneurial company racing to achieve a growth agenda, while operating in the environment we’ve confronted during the past 18 months!  It’s also a bit like trying to succeed as an HR Leader, while working in an organization with shifting fortunes, priorities, markets and competitors.

“Racing in the rain is about balance, anticipation and patience …”
“… It’s about peripheral vision … seeing what others don’t see”

The book contains such valuable lessons as:

“That which you manifest is before you,”
“We are creators of our own future,” and
“Racing is not simply about attention, but also intention”

Through the voice of Denny’s dog, Enzo (yes, that’s a Ferrari reference), we learn that no race is ever won in the first turn, but many are lost.

Here’s to those of us who are coming out of that first turn strong, with our futures in sight … because by the end of the book you’ll know that …  “The car goes where the eyes go.”


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