What do we lose when everyone wins?
We won’t grow resilient kids if we only talk about resilience. Kids need to experience struggle, setbacks and failure if they are going to develop the skillset and mindset to be resilient. If a child...
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Learning about Mindset from Stan
Up until around 12 months ago – unless you were a tennis fanatic – you’d probably not heard of Stanislas Wawrinka. The reason being, Stan is the second best tennis player in Switzerland. The best...
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Developing a Minecraft Mindset
What’s in this post: How I used Minecraft to discuss Mindset with kids for whom mainstream education doesn’t work Access to the materials I created in order for you to do similar if you wish Of late...
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What Tennis Tantrums Teach Us…
Yesterday, Roger Federer won through to the semi-final at the Australian Open beating Tomas Berdych in straight sets. Nothing too surprising there you might suggest, given you know Roger but probably...
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Could having goals contribute to depression?
We’re told that having goals is important. At school we teach kids the importance of them whilst there wouldn’t be a boardroom in the country that hasn’t hosted a goal-setting workshop. But what if...
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3 Myths of Mindset
A couple of years ago I tweeted – what I thought – was a great quote from Michael Clarke that illustrated an attitude that could be described as a growth mindset. I was surprised to receive a few...
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Coaching: Do You Wanna Impress or Improve?
Imagine a young cricketer who is regarded as an excellent prospect. Let’s call her Sara. She gets selected for a representative training squad, thus getting access to a higher level of coaching than...
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Chatting with Carol Dweck
Many of you would be well aware that much of my coaching and consulting work revolves around Mindset, and in particular the implications of Fixed and/or Growth Mindset thinking. The world’s leading...
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My Top Tip for Would-Be Presenters & Speakers
I’ve lost count of the amount of people who ask me for advice about public speaking or presenting. The most common question I get is along the lines of: “I’m okay chatting to you or say a few people,...
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The Curious Case of Nick Kyrgios
Up until about 12 months ago, when talking about Australian tennis you could quite comfortably lump Bernard Tomic and Nick Kyrgios into the same too hard basket. Kyrgios had just returned from a ATP...
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