John's Blog

Stay in the Game till it’s Over

This week has been really good fun where I met an international connection for Malta, had a great conversation with an international speaking agency and then spoke and judged at the Professional Speaking Association (PSA) East Midlands meeting. It was

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The Power of Forgiveness

Spending 3 days in Dresden Germany this week was a great experience and speaking at the European Procurement Excellence Summit was the highlight of the trip. The response to my talk was extremely positive and I am now in discussions

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Thinking Outside the Box

Thinking Outside the Box This has been a great week delivering Mental Resilience presentations to Hallam Internet staff and Rolls Royce staff. Both sessions were great fun to deliver and the feedback has been really positive. This was my first

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A Dream Come True

It’s Monday afternoon and we are still in New York enjoying the wonderful holiday with Julie. The cruise on the Queen Mary 2 from Southampton was amazing and the food was extraordinary. The three talks I delivered were great fun

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Sorry for this early blog!!

I am sorry for this early blog, but I have just realised that I will be out of contact for 7 days as I have been booked to speak on the Cunard Queen Mary 2 Cruise ship from Southampton to

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The Amazing Story of Franklin D Roosevelt

This week I delivered 6 coaching sessions where I was able to help in many different ways and I also enjoyed a meeting with Rolls Royce where we discussed running a Mental Resilience Masterclass for the leadership team of a

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You Only Grow When You Are Under Pressure

This has been a busy and exciting week with Masterclasses in Tamworth and Derby and three coaching sessions. I have also been busy creating some leaflets for some talks I am delivering in two weeks’ time which is very exciting.

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Top Causes of Stress and How to Beat Them

It has been a busy and fun week with some great coaching in beautiful settings, meetings with potential clients and a Masterclass in Cheshire. The highlight was the Mental Resilience Masterclass I ran for Auto Legal Protection Ltd (ALPS) in

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A Tribute in Honour of my sister Christina

Today is a year to the day when my sister Christina passed away peacefully in hospital following a long battle with cancer. She was an incredibly strong woman who took things in her stride and stayed positive throughout the fight.

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Living the Dream

This week has been fun, challenging, exciting and fulfilling. The highlight was the talk I delivered at the Property Investors Network event in Nottingham. Spike Reddington asked me to speak at the event and it was my pleasure to do

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The Importance of Maturity

What an exciting week this has been delivering my Mental Resilience Masterclass to the staff of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe on behalf of Live and Learn and another Masterclass to the staff at Derby College. Both sessions were wonderful

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Do You Have Any Goals?

This week has been a lovely week with some excellent meetings, coaching sessions and a presentation to the staff of Derby College. This 2-hour Mental Resilience Masterclass was very well received, and the attendees were really engaged. I have two

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What is Holding You Back?

What a wonderful time I’ve had in Dublin this week. Dennis O’Connor the MD of HPC Group a top builder’s merchant in Ireland invited me over to run my Mental Resilience Masterclass for his senior management team. It was a

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Failure is a Springboard to Success

Last week was very exciting as I travelled to Germany to deliver my Mental Resilience session to the members of the Association for Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Logistics (BME) in Dortmund. What a wonderful group they were! Marcel Deveraux

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Post Traumatic Growth

This week has been busy and fun – the highlights being my keynote talk to the 2nd Year students at Nottingham Trent University and my regular coaching sessions. I have read the feedback from the students and it is very

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How Thoughts Can Change Your Life

This week has been an exciting week of coaching and delivering my Mental Resilience Masterclass to a Vistage Group in Cheshire. This was a great group of business owners and directors and there was really good interaction and involvement. Thank

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Show Some Class

This week has been very productive and enjoyable – the highlight being the Masterclass I ran for the staff of a fast-growing organisation called Radius Payments. This is the third time I have run the Masterclass for them on behalf

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Persistence – the Key to Success!

This week I was delighted to deliver my Mental Resilience Keynote Masterclass to the sales staff of Champions UK Plc who are one of the UK’s leading digital and brand communications agencies. They are a fast-growing family run business working

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45 LIFE LESSONS FROM A 90 YEAR OLD

It has recently occurred to me now much I enjoy executive coaching. It gives me such great pleasure to work with clients and to gently guide them to whatever outcomes they want from the sessions. Each client is unique, and

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How Well Do You Listen??

What a fun week this has been where I have personally given out 66 signed books to Rolls Royce staff following the Masterclass I ran for them earlier in the month. It was great to shake their hands and hear

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Potatoes, Eggs, and Coffee Beans

This has been a busy week with some coaching sessions, a briefing call to a large international organisation for an upcoming Masterclass in London. A trip to London to meet with the senior partners of the largest litigation lawyers in

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