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I came across this article from Shawn Lim who is a blogger and it really resonated with me.  The Bamboo Tree Story There are many things we can learn from nature. And one of the most remarkable stories one can learn about

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

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

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

I wasn’t sure whether to post the picture of Julie in our favourite restaurant for Sunday dinner on Linkedin. Linkedin is for businesspeople and personal posts are not seen very often. But because I was so happy with Julie ready

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

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

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

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

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

Chris Pratt is a talented American actor and comedian known for starring in various films and television series. His success story is a perfect example of rags from riches. As a child, Pratt lived in a van and worked at a

Mark Wahlberg is currently my favourite actor who always seems to play the tough guy role in his movies and now I know why the characters he portrays are so authentic. I haven’t seen one of his films and been

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

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

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

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

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

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