John's Blog

Gratitude – the Amazing Emotion Changer!

As I have delivered my coaching, training and speaking sessions I have been continually surprised by the response I get to my take on Gratitude, and how important it is to get you from a negative state into a positive

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The Wheel of Life

Success isn’t just getting rich and having nice things around you – lots of stuff! It’s a lot more than that – a whole lot more! I spent most of my life working hard to be successful at work and

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Important NOT Urgent

This week has been a really nice week with several coaching sessions, a couple of good client meetings with time to market my company. The forward planning of any company is critical and we can be so busy working on

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When the Going Gets Tough!

Another week flies by and it’s often how much we can achieve in a given time which counts. The more I coach executives the more I realise that it not the time we have which is the most important thing,

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The Art of Planning Ahead

It seems to be a common theme that I hear over and over again and this is Wanting Instant Results. Many people want instant business, instant success, instant new clients, and instant response to contacts they have made. But in

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The Vital Importance of Sleep!

There were some great meetings last week with new and existing clients and I signed up a couple of new coaching clients. I met with a large company in Sheffield to discuss some keynote speaking in February which is very

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Happy New Year!

What a year 2015 has been! I remember three years ago I spent a weekend away by myself and I let my thoughts drift away and imagined all the things that I would like to do before I die. This

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Visualise the Outcome You Desire

This week has been a challenging and interesting one as I had a meeting in London for potential international work with a training company, a keynote talk at a Sports Awards, three coaching sessions and lots of work filling the

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I Can See Again!!

This week has been an interesting one as I had my long awaited Cataract operation, then an important keynote talk to a business group in Mansfield, followed by a new Mental Resilience and Advanced Communications workshop to a large client

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The Law of Attraction in Action!

The Law of Attraction in Action! Hi John This week has been unbelievably busy where I have had to rise at 4.30am 4 out of 5 mornings and been to bed late because of the workload. I have learned a

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What All High Achievers Have In Common

This week has been busy as usual with several meetings with new clients and people who inspire me and I can learn from. These mentors are very kind people who give their time to meet with me and every time

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Your Mind Can Fool Your Body

I’ve had another busy week this week with 5 new potential client meetings, a new coaching client sign up and ongoing book sales. I’ve also ordered more books for delivery and contacted a number of private schools to motivate their

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Waterstones Book Signing Today

Well the day had finally arrived and I am in my favourite garden centre writing this blog before I set up the room on the fourth floor at Waterstones Nottingham. I am experiencing some very strange emotions today, with many

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Stinking Thinking

As I write this blog I’m sat in a nice hotel in Southend on Sea in Essex finalising a workshop I am delivering to hospital staff tomorrow on Assertiveness Skills. The hotel overlooks the sea and sounds idyllic but in

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You Only Grow When Under Pressure

This must be one of the busiest times I have experienced since I started JD Mindcoach and I love it. It stretches the boundaries of time management and stress management but it is in these times that you grow. Following

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Speaking on Stage to 600 people

What a week building up to one of the biggest days of my life. The week was spent finalising roller banners, finishing off the bookmarks, organising the delivery of my books and sending off several emails for potential new business.

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Important or Urgent??

Another busy and fun week which included meeting with a new potential client for workshops, a cracking coaching session in Buxton, a trip to London to have lunch with my London client and sending off lots of emails to potential

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Ignore Your Gut Feel at Your Peril

Wow what a busy week last week with a trip to London to run a workshop, a couple of coaching sessions, a new potential client meeting, finalising my book and sending it to print, and a great networking event. The

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Create your own Dream Board

A busy fun week this week with a speaking engagement at a private school for INSET day, coaching a new client and appearing on BBC Radio Nottingham to review the papers. Reviewing the papers is fun and I am asked

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The Law of Attraction

It has been an amazing week this week with speaking events at two private schools in Surrey, coaching in Buxton, finishing my book cover design and attending a boat party on the Thames. The school talks on Mental Resilience were

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