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June 2007

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People do not decide to become extraordinary.

They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

Sir Edmund Hillary

Peter saw the ad for the first time on a flight home from London. A handsomely styled picture of Lennart Stavenius advertising an exclusive brand of watch. Tall, with stylishly greying hair and dressed like some kind of Indiana Jones, he stood in front of his Cessna Skyhawk on a pontoon, with the Himalayas bathed in golden evening sunlight in the background. The caption said:

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

Something beyond the ordinary.

Peter felt pride flood through his body like an adrenaline kick. Not everybody had a father like his! He was filled with a desire to be in an ad like that himself when he was 54. He reclined his wide, business class seat all the way back and put his hands behind his head. The likelihood that he would get the chance was good, because the family business was a recognized export success. The idea of following in his father’s footsteps was agreeable and filled him with a pleasant feeling of going from one success to another. He shifted his gaze and looked out the airplane window at the sunlit clouds. He could see a long way in the beautiful, light blue world.