John's Blog

Are You a Giant Killer?

What a cracking week I have just had culminating in a great day in Southampton running my Masterclass for a group of Managing Directors in a fabulous hotel. The interaction was wonderful and the energy in the room was palpable.

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Your Today is Connected to Your Tomorrow

It has been a great week this week following up leads and preparing for an exciting booking next week in Southampton. I came across this article which intrigued me. Preparation for your future “What you are doing right now might

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We Can’t Guarantee Our Future

Life is fragile and this week’s shocking helicopter crash which killed the owner of Leicester City FC brings this into horrific reality. Sky News reporter Rob Dorsett was there, and he wrote this summary of events: Rob Dorsett Sky News

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Change How You THINK, SPEAK and ACT

What a wonderful week this has been with a really great Masterclass for Wolverine Worldwide in London, a keynote talk at the Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce Business Festival and presenting an award at the fabulous Nottingham Sports Awards. This is

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Face Your Storm

It has been another busy and productive week coaching a new client over the phone, a great meeting with Michael who I am working with to develop some online products, a couple of great bookings and a telephone conversation with

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Smell the Flowers

What a great week again this week – the highlight being the Masterclass I ran on behalf of Live and Learn for Barts Charity in London and a coaching session in Rotherham. What a wonderful organisation Barts is! This is

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Think Happy and You Will be Happy

This has been a wonderful week with a fabulous trip to Tunbridge Wells to deliver my Mental Resilience Masterclass on behalf of Live and Learn. This is the third time I have been booked by Tunbridge Wells Council to inspire

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Your Failures can Lead to Your Success

What an amazing time I had on Thursday at the Builders Merchants Federation Conference held at the St George’s Park in Burton – the national football centre for the FA. This is a stunning venue and I had the privilege

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The Power of Self-Control

I remember a time when I worked for Metro Radio in the North East of England around 35 years ago and I was fired up. Work was coming in and I was working well. I had been focussing on a

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10 Top Tips for Mental Resilience

This has been a fascinating week with a new coaching client session, a meeting with a new potential client in the North East, a meeting with a great guy to look at working together on a new project, and a

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Self-Belief Unlocks Amazing Potential

What a great week this has been – I had the privilege of running two Masterclasses on behalf of Live and Learn. One was in Plymouth and the other in Tunbridge Wells. The first one in Plymouth was a Mental

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Did We Live? Did We Make a Difference?

It’s been a fun busy week this week working on new potential clients, following up existing clients and preparing for a busy week coming up. On Tuesday I am off to Plymouth and Tunbridge Wells to run Masterclasses on behalf

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Success Against All the Odds

This week has been a fun week and the highlight has been the Masterclass I ran for the staff of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) on behalf of Live and Learn. I have a great relationship with

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A Dog’s Purpose (from a 6-year-old)

I came across this story recently which really touched me and made me realise that life is much more than just working and sleeping. Life is to be enjoyed and to make a difference. Mental Resilience is much more than

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How to Overcome Fear

I came across this article recently regarding fear and how to overcome it and it reveals some interesting thoughts about fear and how to control it. “Yesterday AND tomorrow both clamour for our attention. Yesterday wants us to second-guess our

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Integrity – Believe it and you will grow!

I came across this article about integrity this week and thought it would be good to share with you. Bobby Jones Bobby Jones is considered one of history’s greatest golfers. But more than all his victories on the golf course,

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10-Year-Old Creates Her Own Dream Board!

One of my very favourite clients is Rolls Royce and it has been a great pleasure delivering my Mental Resilience Masterclasses to a range of staff across the company. The feedback from these has been consistently good and the Masterclasses

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The 4 Seasons of Life

I came across this story recently which describes the seasons of life really well. “There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn to not judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on

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Mental Resilience and the England Football Team

I came across this article in several national newspapers and I was impressed with the way Gareth Southgate has embraced positive phycology by hiring a top psychologist to work with the England football team. The England Manager stepped out and

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The Day I Met MAGIC JOHNSON

I had a dream to meet the best basketball player in the world in the mid 1980’s, but I didn’t know how this could be achieved. At the time I had just joined a local radio station in Newcastle called

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Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

I came across this story recently which made me think. “Two travelling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion’s guest

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I Can Make it Happen!

It’s been a fascinating week this week with two pieces of great news which I had been visualising for a while – as well as my final coaching session with a great client who tells me they have benefited greatly

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