John's Blog

Are You Seeking Happiness or Contentment?

I had a great week this week working with two organisations on behalf of Live and Learn, one was Humberside Airport, and the other was Net EDI in Preston. Both Masterclasses were very enjoyable and both groups were excellent. Next week

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This Changed the World Forever

This has been a wonderful week where I delivered my Mental Resilience Masterclass to key staff at Radius Payments in Crewe on behalf of Live and Learn and what a great group they were. The interaction and energy were excellent

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He Kills us with Kindness!

Yesterday I had coffee with Nottingham Forest fan James Mather and we discussed their amazing victory at Wembley which took Forest back to the top table of Premier League football after 23 years in the wilderness.   Diehard Forest fan James, someone

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Debt Free after 50 Years!

I hope you don’t mind but I am going to share something which is very important in my life and something I never thought I would ever experience. This week I paid off my final debt and I am completely debt

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It’s OK to Have Doubts!

I have had time to think recently about the progress I have made over the past 8 years and how throughout my life I have had doubts about my ability to succeed in various careers. On 3 occasions I have been

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He Was Rejected 664 Times

What a great week it has been, and the highlight was the Mental Resilience Masterclass I delivered to staff from Net EDI in Preston on behalf of Live and Learn. They were an excellent group who interacted brilliantly and having

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Have You Heard of Charles Schulz?

I came across this account of Charles Schulz who you may or may not have heard of, but you may have heard of the cartoon he created called Peanuts. He started life with many challenges, but he never gave up

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Stop Chasing Happiness

I came across this article by Omar Itani who has an interesting view about happiness, and this really resonated with me as this is something I have wanted to share for quite a while.  Everything we think we know about happiness

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Tiger Woods – His Greatest Comeback!

Love him or hate him there is one thing about Tiger Woods which we can agree on and that he has shown incredible mental resilience to come back from so many injuries in his career. Most sports professionals have 2

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Ducks Quack – Eagles Soar!

I would like to thank Peter Densham from Rolls Royce who sent me an article about the duck and the eagle and suggested it would be a good story to share in my blog. This story is featured in an article

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Helping People Brings Great Fulfilment

I read this recently in Word for Today and I never knew that the Nobel Peace Prize was established in this way.    Alfred Noble “Helping people brings great fulfilment. When you spend your day serving others, you can lay your head

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The Axe Competition

You have probably heard the following story about two men in a competition to see who can chop down the most trees but it’s always good to be reminded of the important things in life. I read this recently in Word

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The Amazing Power of Visualisation

Visualisation is a very powerful technique which improves performance and helps you to achieve things you can only dream of. There is an area in your brain called the Reticular Activating System (RAS) which cuts out 99% of everything around you

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Kobe Bryant – One of the Greatest

You probably haven’t heard of Kobe Bryant, but he was one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He broke many basketball records during his career and here are some of them:  A record breaker “Bryant hit an incredible 81 points

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Nice Guys Do Win – the G.O.A.T

It’s a little while since that amazing victory by Nadal in the Australian Open to win his 21st Grand Slam reverberated across the world to make him the G.O.A.T (The Greatest of All Time). I have spent some time researching

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He Believed in Me

Around 9 years ago I was still painting and decorating, and I was trying to set up a life coaching business which wasn’t going very well. I was so busy painting that I had no energy to build a business. Then

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The Stockdale Paradox

I want to thank Dennis O’Connor from Ireland a good friend of mine for telling me about this amazing story of James Stockdale who was captured during the Vietnamese war and tortured many times. Stockdale was a remarkable man whose

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There is Hope and a Future

This morning I sat in my office watching the birds outside as I always do and I was amazed at the beauty of nature. I spent some time in a mindful state just relaxing and taking in the beauty of

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Is Contentment the Answer?

It has been a great week this week with a Mental Resilience Masterclass delivered to an excellent senior team from Kreston Group on behalf of PDW. The energy in the room was high with great interaction and very positive feedback. I

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