So, just before the Olympics, we were chatting with some of the athletes about the opportunities still left to mentally sharpen up and get the most out of the remaining preparation days. We challenged them to answer the following:“If out of all of the days you’ve had to prepare for Beijing, you knew that tomorrow [...]
Risks you can afford to take - Risks you can not afford to take - Risks you can afford not to take - Risks you can not afford not to take…
Four different kinds of risks… and do those risks look very different in the current climate? Risks that you could previously afford not to take [...]
We’d like to invite you all to take part in an experiment - and of course let us know any results you might experience.We talk a lot about the importance of feedback and the fact that elite performers crave feedback and seek it out, rather than waiting for it to “happen” to them once or [...]
is a very clever man, on all sorts of levels. Not only has he authored some very good books , he’s also just produced this timely bit of PR, which has got some great stuff in it.Most interestingly, Collins asserts that; “What we’re experiencing now, get used to it! It’s life, and it’s the normal [...]
We know from the greatest people we’ve worked with that they’re superb at consistently carrying around with them the ideas that…Their natural talent is not enough for them to excel…They have to constantly keep working on where to focus their desire to improve… andThey have to embrace change and drive change if they’re going to [...]
It’s interesting how by creating a whole “eve” concept, it adds to the excitement of what’s to come. Would Christmas Day be quite so exciting without the clear, exciting signposts that are Christmas Eve? Probably not quite as exciting, although the day would still hold its own charms and rituals. However, there’s some useful learning [...]
In this video we see Prof Richard Wiseman (of “The Luck Factor” and “Quirkology“) demonstrating that firewalking is a load of old tosh. Most enjoyable, as although we believe in the power of the mind sometimes it can be taken a bit too far! Fine line, genius and insanity!
It got me thinking about the power [...]
Two words I thought I’d never write next to each other… an oxymoron if ever there was one!
However, take a look at this from Robbie Keane, the Liverpool benchwarmer.
“I’m not being big-headed but I’ve scored a lot of goals in the last 10 years and it’s not just going to go away like that,” he [...]
I was talking with a team we work with the other day and remarked how they were in a perfect storm. End of year mayhem to bring home the promised numbers, a change of leader, planning for 2009 to be completed and a really uncertain external climate. The perfect situation for a team to fracture. [...]
So I’m sitting on the stationary bike doing a warm down session after a half marathon on Sunday. It’s a bike in a hotel gym though exactly the same make and model as the bike I use at my local gym. It’s only a warm down session so I’m not going crazy -even so I [...]