‘Tis the Season
“There are three stages of a man’s life: He believes in Santa Claus, he doesn’t believe in Santa Claus, he is Santa Claus” - author unknown Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa la la la la do you love this time of year, or do you loathe it? Perhaps you’ve already got your decorations up and your “Santa Stop Here” sign out in the front garden, or perhaps you’re doing your best to ignore it all, hoping it’ll all just go away. Well,... [Read More...]
Fear of the Unknown? Try Checking Under Your Bed!
“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood” - Marie Curie Image via Wikipedia If you take a moment to think back to your childhood and the fears you had then, are any of them fears that you still have today? A fear of creepy crawlies perhaps; a fear of the dentist, or, if you’re as old as me, maybe even a fear of policemen! Of course, one of the most common childhood fears of all is a fear of the dark, right? So... [Read More...]
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...]
Golf Psychology and Skills for Life
“Baseball players quit and they take up golf. Basketball players quit, take up golf. What are we supposed to take up when we quit?” - George Archer, pro golfer It’s probably fair to say that golf is often thought of as an activity reserved for the retirement years in life. This is no doubt partly due to the relatively sedate nature of the sport compared to many other ‘hard and fast’ sports considered to be activities for the young. But,... [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...]
Life is Now
“It does no good to search frantically for peace, to seek anxiously after love,joy or freedom. If you want joy, be joyful. If you want peace, be peaceful” Cheri Huber Sometimes modern life with its pace, demands and the expectations we place on ourselves can lead you to seek in the future something that is available in the present. And I dont know which “state” you would like more of now, love, happiness, freedom but what I do know... [Read More...]
Success is within your reach! (Part 2)
Every human being who has walked the earth and will ever walk the earth has the infinite ability within them to create the life they want. And success really is the achievement of that. It’s the reality of living your ideal life and being happy. When we are happy, we are healthy and rich. So we were made to be happy – to be successful ! This is our default position which we sometime forget . So when you do something – with the full intention... [Read More...]
Success is within your reach! (Part 1)
Let’s face it! There aren’t too many people out there that don’t want to achieve success in their lives. Whether that’s success in personal areas such as relationships or success in professional areas involving career and promotion, we all want our piece of it! One thing though that holds so many people back is that negative voice inside our head that critiques us on absolutely everything we do. That not so quiet voice that issues the cant,... [Read More...]
