High Performance Coaching, How to Talk to your Team
It would be a fair comment to say that behind every successful athlete, or team of athletes, there’s a successful coach but it would actually be more accurate to say that behind every successful athlete, there’s a successful coach-athlete relationship. “Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you” - John Wooden, basketball coach So what constitutes a successful coaching relationship? Well, first and foremost,... [Read More...]
What it takes to build your ‘Best’ Team
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime” - Babe Ruth, baseball legend “May the best team win” is a commonly heard expression at the beginning of a competitive sports event but the ‘best’ team isn’t necessarily the team made up of the ‘best’ players, the best team is exactly that;... [Read More...]
The secret skills of Great Leaders –Visioning the Future
“A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more” - Rosabeth Moss Kanter, American business speaker Visualisation is a key mental skill in terms of achieving full potential in competitive sport. With visualisation, an athlete not only learns how to picture themselves in a winning performance, they learn to see beyond a picture of what could be by developing a clear vision... [Read More...]
Get in the Zone, Stress Less, Succeed More.
“For this game you need, above all things, to be in a tranquil frame of mind” - Harry Vardon Top golfers know a thing or two about high pressure situations and as a Performance Coach I want to pass some of the secrets onto you. Imagine the eyes of thousands of spectators watching your every move on the golf course; close-up images of your every swing being displayed on huge TV screens for the benefit of those who don’t manage to bag a prime... [Read More...]
Inner Confidence To live Your Life Fearlessly
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” – Marianne Williamson Self-Confidence! It’s one of those things that even the best of us struggle with at times. We can often get down on ourselves and literally tear strips off ourselves. But that’s never the way to go! During times like this, we often feel as we did back when we were growing up. As teenagers in particular,... [Read More...]
Fearless !
‘Somebody should tell us …right at the start of our lives…that we are dying.Then we might live to the limit,every minute of every day.Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows” Michael Landon Be fearless …What will you do today ? Join My FaceBook Fan Page Copyright © 2009-2010. Don MacNaughton. All Rights Reserved. No reproduction without written permission. Read More →
The desire for more money…the power of enthusiasm (part 2)
When you feel GREAT about your goal, you go a long way to materializing it! There’s a great quote that was in that famous film and book, “The Secret” that was spoken by W. Clement Stone when he was alive. He said – and it is quoted in “The Secret” that, “Whatever the mind…can conceive it can achieve.” Now what an amazing, amazing quote that is! If we can actually see an outcome – no matter how great or out of this world it is... [Read More...]
The Desire for more Money (Part 1)
As a coach, I work with many people who list as one of their greatest desires, “wanting MORE money!” Now, seriously – is there any one of us right now who can honestly say, “No. I don’t think I want any more money coming into my life”? If we all get 100% honest with ourselves, the desire for more money is often present. We want it! But many people don’t attract money into our lives! And why is that? I mean after all, they WANT it. And... [Read More...]
