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Mental Resilience Masterplan

As I sit here on Saturday morning writing this blog, I am in my bedroom office overlooking my garden and the sun is shining and I am happy. I never thought that I would ever write these words because for

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Coronavirus Mindset Masterplan

A genuine offer of help and support at this unprecedented time. More information is NOT what you need, and you don’t need another webinar. You need to build YOUR mental resilience. This is the time for YOU to strengthen your

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Mental Resilience for Unprecedented Times

It seems incredible how much has changed in the last week. When I landed from Dubai on Monday the country was a completely different place to the one we are living in right now. Pubs, Theatres, Leisure Centres, Gyms, Restaurants,

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The Power of Keeping in Touch

It has been a great trip to Dubai and I fly back on Monday. The highlight must be spending time with Robin Wells the CEO of Medstar Global Benefits. Robin and I first met around 3 years ago when he

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Stress is the Silent Killer

I have just arrived in my hotel in Dubai and it is 9.30pm Dubai time which is 5.00pm your time. I’m here to present my Mental Resilience Masterclass to some International organisations and to meet my friend Robin Wells who

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What is Holding You Back?

I came across this story about an experiment featuring a shark and fish bait which demonstrates really well how constant failure can make us give up. Don’t assume you are going to fail “During a research experiment a marine biologist

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Anger Leaves a Scar

“There once was a little boy who had a very bad temper. His father decided to hand him a bag of nails and said that every time the boy lost his temper, he had to hammer a nail into the fence.

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Chicken Soup for the Soul

Today’s message is about persistence and the amazing things which can be achieved if you keep going and don’t give up. Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are famous for bringing to life the book called ‘Chicken Soup for the

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Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset

The only time we grow in comfort zone and character is when we are under pressure. This was shared with me many years ago and I have been testing it ever since. I have come to the conclusion that it

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Visualisation – a Great Planning Tool

What a great week this has been with a two-hour Mental Resilience Masterclass for Med El in Sheffield on Monday, a full day Mental Resilience Masterclass for Tunbridge Wells Council staff on behalf of Live and Learn on Wednesday and

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Thank you, Harry Dunne!

I’m sat in a nice café writing my blog and I am excited about the way things are developing with my business. I have taken some great bookings this week and my diary is pretty full right up to the

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What a Year That Was!

As I look back on 2019, I realise how much my business has developed since those early years back in 2009. I can’t believe that it’s 10 years since I moved back to Nottingham to live with my mum and

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Don’t Miss Your Opportunity

This has been by far the best week I have experienced since I started my business 9 years ago, with a Mental Resilience Masterclass in Milton Keynes for a Vistage Group, a Masterclass to the teaching staff of Derby College,

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Dream Killers

This has been a great week with Mental Resilience Masterclasses delivered in Yorkshire and the East Midlands. Both groups were really engaged and the feedback from both was very positive. This Sunday I am delivering my Masterclass to an international

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What’s the basis of Your Self-Worth?

I came across this article recently which made me think: What’s the basis of Your Self-Worth? “One morning, a businessman saw a fisherman lounging on his boat drinking coffee.  ‘You’re back early,’ he shouted. The sailor replied, ‘I’ve caught enough.

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What is the Basis of Your Self-Worth?

I’ve had an exciting full week with a Mental Resilience Masterclass in the East Midlands a Stress Management Masterclass in Cheshire and a coaching session in Buxton. The Mental Resilience Masterclass for Fisher German went really well, and the group

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Relationships are Key to Success

What a great time I have had in Berlin and what a beautiful city it is. The conference I spoke at was the BME Symposium which is a very large purchasing and logistics conference. I was invited to speak at

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A Tribute to a Great Friend

This has been a great week where we spent some wonderful time in Gibraltar with my brother and his wife and this made me realise how important family time is. Thank you, Richard and Adele, for the invitation to stay

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Try to Learn Something New Every Day

This blog is a day early as Julie and I are flying to Gibraltar tomorrow morning to visit my brother Richard and his wife Adele for a long weekend. We have been trying to get across to see them for

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England 19 New Zealand 7!!

What an amazing game of Rugby I have just witnessed. The words and phrases which come to mind are Stunning, Amazing, Belief, Resilience and It’s our time! ‘It’s Our Time’ was the headline in one of today’s newspapers and this

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