Stage 9 of this year’s men’s Giro d’italia was a medium mountains stage, and by the last climb, 8 riders were left at the front of the race. With 2.5km to go until the mountain top finish, Felix Gall attacked out of the group. The race’s hot favourite, Jonas Vingegaard, soon after bridged across to […]
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In leadership and performance, our use of language for what we’re moving towards, and who we’re becoming, is critical. At some point in our developmental journey, we may realise the power and effectiveness of making our language “softer”*. Not out of fear, avoidance, weakness, or because we don’t have the energy or conviction anymore, but
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A friend and work colleague of mine was recently appointed as senior coach of a local football club for the first time, and asked me to be his assistant. I respect and admire this guy, who’s a lot younger than me, very much, so it was definitely an honour to be asked. Despite my extensive
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This be could be profound, or it could be bleedingly obvious. One person’s treasure is another’s trash. As a practitioner, like you, I take notice how other practitioners do their thing, how they present themselves publicly, what they choose to emphasise and how they message it. One of the things I observe, is what I
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Junior Footy Like me, my 5 years younger brother Mitch, has been coaching all his career. He gives a lot to his community and with two tween-age boys, he’s also co-coaching one of their football teams with another Dad. Didn’t set out to be the one of the coaches, but in the end they had
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Lance Believe it or not, after all the water under the bridge, I still listen to what Lance Armstrong has to say in and around professional cycling. Stay with me 🙂 He has some great insights, which demonstrate other factors he leveraged to win the biggest bike races. I’m not condoning what he did and I
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It was just a couple of days ago. He’d graciously taken the conversational lead, by telling me where he’d been in the last few days of our drawn out SMS correspondence to line up the meeting, he asked me where I lived and mentioned he grew up nearby. We discussed riding bikes and surfing, and
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*This is the 1st of a series of 3 pieces. They’re chronologically linked, but can be read as standalone articles if chosen. Here’s Part 2 and Part 3 The internal self-talk was pretty bad. “This is so shit.” “It doesn’t make sense. I prepared so well.” “I know it’s normal to be challenged, but this fucked”.
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“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you so much!” she said with genuine gratitude, humility and joy. But should she have? Italian Elisa Balsamo had just crossed the line first in the Ghent-Wevelgem road race. It’s one of pro cycling‘s most prestigious races in the Belgian spring classics part of the season. In a total hot
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“Listening is a rare happening among human beings. You cannot listen to the word another is speaking if you are preoccupied with your appearance or impressing the other, or if you are trying to decide what you are going to say when the other stops talking, or if you are debating about whether the word
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If you’re on a phone use the reading font option and just zoom the images as required. This post has 4 parts: Setting the Scene The Process of Change It’s Not All Beer & Skittles The Takeaway Message Setting the Scene People in life, sport, and business, use qualified professional coaches to assist them with
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