The alarm went off at 5.15 this lovely Sunday morning, on the day when I normally have a lovely lie in. Julie brings me a cup of tea in bed and we eat breakfast and have a quiet time together
Last night at 9.30pm I e-mailed my completed book to my book coach and hit the deadline I had agreed to have the book to her so she can commence the editing. This was a massive ask with all the
I’m sat in Costa in Buxton as I write this and I’ve had one of those moments which has made me realise how far I have come since I first started this business several years ago. I got here this
A fun week again with a really good meeting with an international client where I ran two pilot workshops on Mental Resilience and Advanced Sales Techniques for their middle management group and the feedback to these has been very positive.
Another busy and fun week this week with a trip down south to speak to a group of Sales Managers from the Pharmaceutical Sales Managers Group, plus Coaching in Rotherham, running a workshop for 10 directors for the Academy for
A fun week last week with a trip to the Isle of Man to coach my client, two free coaching client sessions (winners of a competition), plus a detailed phone conversation with a chairman of an Academy for Chief Executives
When I started my business I never thought that things would develop as they have and there are little nuggets of gold along the journey of discovery as I build my coaching, speaking and training business. Sometimes I just stand
I’m going through a very busy period and it’s exciting to be juggling so many balls at once. It takes calmness to deal with many deadlines effectively and this is something I have been doing over the past couple of
The Lumberjack Story It was the annual lumberjack competition and the final was between an older experienced lumberjack and a younger, stronger lumberjack. The rule of the competition was quite simply who could fell the most trees in a day was
Last week was a nice busy one with coaching in London, working on my book, new wardrobes and carpet delivered (now a married man of course and these things are a nice part of marriage). I was also contact via
A dream I had many years ago to write a book is finally coming to fruition. After a very good meeting with the event manager of Waterstones Nottingham, they have agreed to provide me with a full launch of my
What a run up to our wedding – it was busy busy busy and there were times when it got a little challenging but everything worked out perfectly on the day and on our honeymoon. I have worked out that
Wow I can’t believe the 18th months have gone by so quickly since I asked Julie to marry me and she said yes! It has been a wonderful journey and we have arrived at the day of destiny where our
You won’t be surprised that this week has been as busy as ever if not even busier. Next Saturday I get married to my fiancée Julie and the time is flying by! As well as the wedding arrangements, I am
Wow only two weeks to go before I marry my fiancée Julie and the time is rushing by. We have most things organised and I am managing to keep focused on my work with a maximum of 15% of my
A nice busy week again this week with a new coaching client, a good meeting at Biocity Nottingham, a great group in Manchester for my Mental Resilience workshop and some really impactful coaching in Rotherham. I am motivated by what
I’ve had a lot of fun this week working on my book, spending time improving my Mental Resilience workshop, working on a presentation to a new client and my fun trip to London to coach my client. After I had
I’ve had another busy and fun week culminating in a really excellent training day in Leicester. On Wednesday I spoke at a Rotary Club in Derby and I still get the same enjoyment from presenting my Mental Resilience presentation to
As I write this I am sitting in a beautiful hotel in the middle of the Derbyshire Peak District in a quiet lounge all by myself enjoying a lovely pot of tea and lemon drizzle cake. This is on the
This week has been an interesting one with my coaching session in London, meeting my client in Buxton and attending a networking event in Nottingham. Sounds like a normal week the only difference is that I finally succumbed to a
This week has been another fun week coaching regular clients and running a Mental Resilience workshop for a leading European manufacturing company based in Cheshire. They had booked a very nice venue to hold the workshop for 26 of their
I’ve had a fun week, coaching in London, a great meeting with a new client, catching up on a lot of admin, a meeting about some Mental Resilience workshops I’m putting on in April, May and June, and a really
There is a great time management tool developed by Stephen Covey which is the Important/Urgent grid. This describes four boxes which all contain the words Important plus Urgent but each box is very different indeed because of the small words
I remember very clearly how nervous I was as an 18 year old having to introduce professor Brown to four students sat round a table ready for our lecture from him. I remember clearly the sweaty palms, the fast beating
