and we mean a coach like the athletes we work with. With such a coach, they would be observing your performances and preparation and giving you feedback both during and after your moments of engagement. They'd be reinforcing good stuff, pointing out things to check, highlighting problems to work on…

Risks you can afford to take - Risks you can not afford to take - Risks you can afford not to take - Risks you can not afford not to take... Four different kinds of risks... and do those risks look very different in the current climate? Risks that you…

We'd like to invite you all to take part in a feedback experiment - and of course let us know any results you might experience. We talk a lot about the importance of feedback and the fact that elite performers crave feedback and seek it out, rather than waiting for…

A colleague recently sent me this email which I thought I would share: ======================================= Snow Day Well mother nature has given me a day off. Hooray! For those of you not currently in the U.K. and therefore not subjected to 24 hours of heavy snow and 24 hour rolling news…

Do you run the numbers or do they run you? (a great line from Accenture... thanks for that!). Just been reading about Kevin Pietersen, the England cricketer, getting out for 97. He was out playing a typically KPish type shot. KP, please stay true to yourself and keep playing the…

The lessons from yesterday's Australian tennis Open final could go on and on and the incredible displays of mental toughness pay testament to just what can be achieved psychologically when you have an immense talent base upon which to draw. For most mortals, tough situations are avoided and the desire…

It was interesting watching a clip of Cathy Freeman yesterday reflecting on her gold medal success at the Sydney Olympics, in front of 112,000 people, carrying the hopes of a nation and performing under a huge weight of expectation. In the midst of all of that hype, excitement, pressure, hope…

It's clear to us that when the conditions are favourable, people get very used to being able to get away with minimal preparation - your natural talents, allied with the helpful environment, conspire to get you to where you want to be - the conditions lull you into a false…