When we’re in circumstances that look and feel totally foreign, we can often conclude that we don’t have appropriate skills to deal with what we’re facing. That conclusion comes from focusing on the situation as unique, unexpected, threatening and basically unwanted!However, if you’re aware of all of your talents that have led you to be [...]
The concept of “next step thinking” came up last week in a conversation. This is all about focusing on being in the moment and being confident that you can do the next thing you need to do with complete focus and confidence. It seems that this is very important at the moment. Much of our [...]
We thought you might like to read this piece by Alan Hansen on the BBC Website about the remarkable transformation in the football player Darren Bent. It struck us that if only Harry Redknapp could be let loose on the world economy, he might have a similar impact on global confidence levels. Hansen’s bottom [...]
Something we work on a lot in the world of high performance sport revolves around the concept of “competitive learning”. If we can learn quicker, more effectively and produce performance refinements quicker than the opposition (between races or matches, or within a tournament), then we know we’re gaining a competitive advantage when we’re not head [...]
So, how Performance Intelligent are you?We’ve got a simple formula that you can begin to think through that will help you begin to work out what your PI score is.There’s four questions to ask yourself:How well do I know the world that I have to perform in?How well do I know my own performance ingredients [...]
I love the piece on Mental Toughness but mostly the thought about choosing to see your confidence as valuing the difference you can make to people. I have never chosen to think about my confidence in this way, I think I’ve always chosen to shy away from the view of being seen as confident and [...]
In some research we were involved in a few years ago, we found a couple of interesting things out about people who were voted as very mentally tough by folks who understood their world.First thing was that mentally tough people had confidence that didn’t break down easily - it wasn’t necessarily very, very high confidence, [...]
Reading The Times this week, Ben Mcintyre reminded me of something that Miss McIntosh taught me in 1971. 2+2 = 4. The maths is true and is the same this year as it was last, but something has changed - what we have lost is not the ability to add up but something much more [...]
My performance has, more than ever before, been at the forefront of my mind recently.
I have just started a new role…same company…new role though. When first approached about the job, I thought “Wow, what a great opportunity; a new challenge without the usual upheaval and culture refamiliarisation required with a move to a new organisation.”
I [...]
…while all others around you are doing a good impression of something without a head, requires a lot of mental toughness. Like anything that’s difficult, the more you prepare for the challenge, the more of a fighting chance of success you have when the key moments actually arrive. So, given that the playing field has [...]