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Chapter 6:45

You don't have to be tough all the time!

Today I'm going to talk about not being afraid to be vulnerable. to not feel like you've always got to be the tough person.It's impossible to be tough …

Chapter 6:30

What's in a good attitude?

A mindset that is determined to have an impact on the good of one's self and others. It is not the size of the impact that matters, it’s …

Chapter 5:57

What is effort?

Here’s what I know: if someone’s much better than you at something, they probably try much harder. You probably underestimate how much harder they try. I’m not saying …

Chapter 4:20

What is determination?

Today I'm going to talk about a view of determination. I think most people think that determination means that you are tough enough to carry on pretty much …

Chapter 7:37

Motivation myths

The old school of telling kids and people what to do or the “my way or the highway” methods, whilst proven to be a poor way of getting …

Chapter 6:49

Stop trying to be right

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/david-sammel?utm_term=QPvEB8wy8I think this is one of the most helpful changes I have made in my life. When I was younger I tended to be a little bit arrogant …

Chapter 5:55

We are all weird

We are all weirdEvery experience, every interpretation and every life is different as distinct as a thumb print. With this in mind we are all weird in some …

Chapter 5:49

Living in our own heads

Our life is predominantly in our own heads and because of everyday tasks and interactions we easily forget how much choice we have. There are things in life …

Chapter 5:18

The danger of high goals

Whatever it is that you do it’s important to figure out the goalposts that you’re aiming for because it’s very frustrating to be aiming for moving targets. For …

Chapter 20:13

Talking Tennis - Liam Broady interview

Disappointment to delight - This is a between episode with my continued collaboration with Talking Tennis with John Silk. Here he interviews Liam Broady about his topsy turvy …

Chapter 3:36

FOMO can be dynamite

FOMO has a bad rap because it's automatically assumed that the fear of missing out is a bad thing. Because it invokes feelings of comparison and that if …