Want to know what stopped me dead in my tracks this week?  A quote from a Canadian coach called Calan Breckon: You can never outperform your self-image and what you believe about yourself.  Nothing to add.

This week I have been binge watching old movies with my kids. When we came across ‘Coach Carter’ on Netflix, I was delighted that I was secretly instilling the importance of discipline, respect and confidence to accomplish any goal. Whilst [...] Read more

It was Aristotle who said ‘Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom’. So if you can answer these three questions easily, you are on your way: What does success mean to you? How do you get in your own [...] Read more

In his book ‘Think Like a Monk’, Jay Shetty shared his obsession with watching Steve Job’s Stanford commencement speech. I just watched it again myself and I can see why: Jobs shares timeless wisdom. If you haven’t got 15 minutes, [...] Read more

Have you ever sat in a waiting room?  For me, the worst are the ones at train stations.  The air is often stale, fellow passengers look frustrated and miserable with an air of boredom and stress. Sometimes our lives can [...] Read more

Well I am totally over excited to share a practical tool that blew my mind in a coaching session this morning and it comes from Annie Duke’s book ‘Thinking in Bets’. (Book looks excellent for any of us who have [...] Read more

Over the festive break, I took my kids to see the epic experience called ‘The Moonwalkers’. This is an immersive voyage, with bells on, into humankind’s past and future voyages to the moon. It was as if we were with [...] Read more

My sister sent me a brilliant anti-New Year’s resolution graphic which read: ‘None of this new Year, new me business.  Last year I was fabulous and next year I will be fabulous’. It chimes beautifully with my belief that if [...] Read more

This is my last blog post for 2023. At the end of any year, it’s a great time to reflect before we start racing into the New Year going after the next thing. And significantly, celebrate the small wins. What [...] Read more

I often find inspiration for my blog in my Thursday morning spinning class. Today, I was chatting to one of my fellow spinners who confessed to setting the effort level on their bike depending on their mood. If they are [...] Read more