This scooter video reflects how a quick ride may be all that’s needed to clear a noisy mind.

Meditation, exercise, journaling or walking just won’t do the trick but a flight around the block just might.  Reduced a recent short ride to a minute of video.  See if you notice the passing Vespa scooter or think I ride too fast into the garage.

This ride lasted about thirty minutes from the time I left the driveway until riding into the garage.  During that time I experienced a transformation from nervous agitation resulting from a hectic day to relaxed rider happy to accept whatever came my way.  Lot’s of riders I know consider rides as events — something to be planned for, managed, and lasting hours or days.  Those rides are great but circumstance doesn’t always allow those to occur with the kind of frequency one might like.  So a little ride might be in order.

As the kid on the Life cereal commercial says, “Try it, you’ll like it!”.

There are many reasons to ride and clearing out the noise and chaos of the day is just one of them.  Speaking with riders I’ve found so many descriptions of the benefits derived from being on the road that it would be impossible to list them.  I suppose, at the end of the day, the only important thing is to understand why we (I) ride.

Why do you ride?

I saw this video for Central Institute in Australia this morning. Recruiting students is serious business at educational institutions and the approach and manner in which this is done varies wildly. Central commissioned two former students to make a video that would speak to potential students. Time magazine calls it “perhaps the best technical school recruiting video ever.”.

It’s definitely different than anything I’ve seen in the recruiting world and I can’t imagine the conversations with school officials that must have transpired to get it approved. Vomit, curse words, beer and death are topics not usually associated with schools trying to attract new students.

Risk. Is it part of success?