‘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...]
Superstition, Self-Belief and Success
Football fans of a certain age might remember the comic book story of Billy’s Boots, a feature of Scorcher in the 1970s that continued to appear in various other “boys’ comics” for many years. The stories revolved around a young aspiring footballer called Billy Dane who was actually a pretty poor player until the day he found an ancient pair of football boots that had once belonged to a professional footballer known as Dead-Shot Keen. When... [Read More...]
A Porsche 944, the Mega Bus and Waking Up
Image by Getty Images via @daylife I was driving home from Glasgow last week on the A9. And my mind was asleep, day dreaming, I glanced out my side window to see myself being overtaken by a “Mega-Bus” with luggage trailer, and the driver looking at me with a glint in his eye. Then I remembered what was under the hood and that I was driving a Porsche , changed gear, put my foot down and accelerated away, much to the distain of... [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...]
Play It Where It Lies
Golf is a game of integrity and one of the fundamental rules of the game is that your ball must always be played from where it lies. What this really means is that if you take a swing at your ball and it soars through the air to land in the middle of the biggest clump of nettles in the history of clumps of nettles, you must still take your next shot from the exact spot where your ball landed or stopped rolling – in this case, the middle of that... [Read More...]
The BIG question so many of us ask: REVEALED!
For many millions of years, one question has always been asked of human beings: what is the meaning of life? For many people the meaning of life is a question that prompts them to turn to religion and faith. After all, religion and faith often provides people with a context which they exist within. And it’s this context that gives situations and circumstances meaning. For myself personally, I believe life for us is a platform of self-discovery. ... [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...]
