"You can achieve much higher than that!"

I bet you lot have forgotton about me. Yes, I still exist. And my intention was to bore you by talking about the pro's and con's about each political british party; Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem, UKIP, all the rest.

But I'm not... what else is in the news? Let's see... Wayne Rooney and his ugly girlfriend, The Sun's campaign to stop Jordan reducing her breasts, and the news of that slut Rebecca Loos having a breast enlargement also. Looks like the mad March hare has become the easter bunny for a year and has decided to hang around for a bit. Simply because there is nothing going on at the moment. OK, apart from that major election coming up but it's hard to talk about that without boring someone.

So if I may, I'd like to talk about you. Yes, YOU! Just you. If there's someone else in the room with you, usher them out, because I am talking to you and you only! Have a good hard think for the next minute or so about what you can achieve in life.

Done? Well you're wrong!! You can achieve much higher than that! I know you don't think so, but it's surprising how many people do not believe in themselves. I, for example, was forced into a small production of the musical Oklahoma, and I despise acting and I am not an actor and hate doing it. But the more I do it, the more my teachers says I'm suited to the part. It got me thinking (slightly!) about whether it's possible to achieve something without even meaning it...

Have you ever over-achieved? No, you haven't. You may think you have but you've never actually done so. All you've done is reach a higher level of achievement than you expected. Obviously, your achievement is well within your capability! And don't you just get a buzz from doing better than what people thought? I know I do...

When people say "Aim high" and you don't get as high as you expected, do you feel flat? You do? Oh, that's a shame. Because achieving anything that makes people proud and that makes you feel proud is something that should be shared. Who knows... ten, twenty years time, I could be on a nationwide paper writing a column about your achievements. Because I'm aiming high enough to get into the press, why shouldn't you aim high to reach your goals?

Here endeth the lesson.

Thanks for reading!