Stewart Lee practising his performance

So I saw Stewart Lee the comedian doing a show at Cheltenham Town Hall last night. Two hours or so of material that he’s testing out to see how it might contribute to a TV series and also a touring show. He was superbly clever and very funny in a…
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Fuelling confidence

  Fuelling confidence has been a hot topic of conversation this week in the world of elite sport. Oracle Team USA staged one of the greatest comebacks of all time to beat Emirates Team New Zealand and win the America's Cup. They came from a position of being 8-1 down…
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Bradley Wiggins’ desire to improve and attention to detail

Bradley Wiggins took the lead in the Tour of Britain bike race today after winning the individual time trial. It's no surprise that elite performers like Wiggins continue to give us great examples of how to prepare to deliver winning performances. The extract below from the BBC sport website shows…
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Ricky Lambert – A desire to improve

Ricky Lambert's rise to play football for England by making his debut at the age of 31 is an inspiration for many. Reading his manager's comments below there's some useful reminders about fulfilling potential. England football manager Roy Hodgson, 66, has been talking about Ricky Lambert, the leading English scorer…
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Rate your confidence

Possibly the most useful thing you've seen to do with confidence in a long while... Complete the self-analysis and then we'll help you work out the 'so what' from how you've scored yourself. Leave us a comment... no barriers, no forms to fill in, just type your comment and post…
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Andy Murray’s success – same old ingredients

Have a look at this piece written by Andy Murray http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/23229819 and look out for the things other than his technical and tactical ability that have contributed to his success. It's apparent how much difference other factors have made to him playing so well over the past couple of years. As…
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Where’s the learning?

So is there more to be learnt from how the Lions and Andy Murray won or is there more to be learnt from how Murray, Djokovic, Del Potro, Nadal, the Lions, the Australian rugby team, the Welsh rugby team the English rugby team etc etc are ALL so good. We…
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Competent to Great Leadership

There seems to be an unspoken mission on twitter for redefining words through the tactic of persistently using the word when the author is obviously describing something with a different meaning to that word. Most of this redefining game seems to be focused on the role of leadership in the…
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Rethinking your reference

When it's time to leave a company for a new job, your mind turns to thinking about the references you're going to need to paint a great picture for a potential new employer who doesn't know you yet. We've been having some thoughts about this and we'd like to throw…
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