“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.
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
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
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
It has been another productive week with a great afternoon spent with the Post Graduate Students from Nottingham Trent University where I shared some powerful techniques to help them perform better under pressure. The feedback to this session was amazing.
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
What a wonderful start to 2020 it has been with a great day spent with the staff of Sandwell College in the West Midlands. I had the privilege to deliver two of my 2-hour Mental Resilience Masterclasses to the staff
Well here we are – another new Year and new Decade! This is the start of something new and exciting or you can see the year ahead as difficult and stressful, ultimately you choose how you view 2020. How you
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
What an amazing week this has been with a trip to Macclesfield to coach Dave Clarke, a meeting with Brett Turner my video expert to discuss potential video work next year, a trip to London to visit the Olympic Velodrome
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,
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
It’s been a very good week coaching a couple of clients and contacting new potential clients, but the highlight has to be the Mental Resilience Masterclass I ran for Maximus Training at their annual conference. MAXIMUS is a huge organisation
This week I had a good meeting with Rolls Royce to discuss future work, secured another booking with Derby College and had a confirmation of potential work in Malta. I also had a phone call with a client in Dubai
This has been a busy week working on new business potential, including a really good meeting with a Primary Care Trust and a lovely trip to Penrith to deliver a Mental Resilience Masterclass to a large law firm in a
What a fascinating week this has been. I had the privilege to speak at a conference in Stockholm Sweden earlier this week and then ran my Mental Resilience Masterclass on behalf of Live and Learn for Expertise Home Care in
This week has been a really positive week where I delivered a Mental Resilience Masterclass to Hudson Contract in Bridlington on behalf of Live and Learn and also delivered 3 Mental Resilience talks to a total of 1,000 students at
It has been a fun and enjoyable week running two Mental Resilience Masterclasses on behalf of Live and Learn in Bridlington and Oxford. The staff who attended these sessions were brilliant and the interaction and energy levels were really excellent.
