This is an extract from a speech I gave at a school prize giving down in Dorset last week. If you’d like me to come and speak to your school, company, club or organisation, get in touch.
Flow, grit and the importance of losing
worry
‘I do’: The Bellingham Lesson
A lot will be written about Jude Bellingham over the next few years. He is clearly a special footballer. But I am drawn to him for another reason: a reason from which we can all learn a little something. And it was summed up perfectly by his recent two-word answer to Gabriel Clarke’s post-match question.
Federer’s Winner
Like you, I have marvelled at the genius of Roger Federer. Not only is he strong, athletic, fluent in several languages, dashingly good-looking and witty, he also happens to be the most gifted tennis player of all time.
Thoughts, dreams and matches
I had a bad dream last night. One of the reasons that I am so invested in looking after other people’s mindsets is that I was, once, pretty beset by anxiety dreams. One returned last night. I now know what to do; how to deal with the subsequent feelings and thoughts I experience. Within a few moments, it was gone, dwindling like a match to its charred end.
When the sum doesn’t add up
Here’s something that was revealed to me by the brilliant Michael Neill, in his book and theory, ‘The Inside Out Revolution’.
The power of the powerless
The Sky Sports Commentary team are waxing lyrical about Joe Root; England’s premier batter is showing his class once more.
Daring to fail
I met up with one of my favourite former colleagues yesterday, who is now a Headteacher at an all-girls school. As well as sharing war stories from the last twelve months, we talked about the mindset of both boys and girls and how they differ.
Monkey see, monkey do
One of the most effective ways to teach children to do anything is a process we refer to as ‘modelling’.
PT and MT
I don’t have to try hard to convince you of the benefits of physical health. I mean, you might not be in peak physical fitness but you would like to be, right?