As one coaches for longer and longer, what one begins to focus on more and more is the learning process and how people learn. And people can focus on the different genders as a difference in the learning process, which I’m sure there is a minor difference, though after 30 odd years of coaching both…
One thing about playing sport, is that one has to become used to pushing through the physical discomfort of pushing themselves past their perceived limits. It is not so noticeable in adult sport, as those who have been playing for long enough have learnt to push themselves through that discomfort that they feel, and by…
The more and more one begins to understand this life, one realises that is actually some sort of game that we are playing, with rules that restrict us to what we can do, and once you understand this the real fun can begin. The interesting thing about rules is that they tell us what we…
Ultimately there is more to us than meets the eye and once we realise this we can begin using the power that exist in all of us. The reason why I say there is more to us than meets the eye is because: We’re all leaders We’ve all got great abilities We can influence more…
I’ve just recently finished a book, Mind Of A Survivor by Megan Hine and is well worth a read, and this is one of those books I came across just by browsing through a book shop. Mind Of A Survivor https://www.bookdepository.com/Mind-of-Survivor-Megan-Hine/9781473649293?ref=grid-view&qid=1497996705864&sr=1-7 As a survival expert, she asked why do some make it through, when others…
In order for trust to develop between people, the words that they use and the actions that they take must match otherwise trust gets eroded very quickly. Personally, I lost my blind trust in people in positions of authority and power many, many years ago, and as a result, I do not take their words…
Everyone has a trigger point in what gets them motivated to do what they do and as a coach it’s learning to find those access points with the psyche, so you can trigger that motivation within them. And looking at psyche access points, there seems to be about four main ones, they being: Standards Morality…
When you begin learning what’s going on behind the scenes, in terms of the powers that think they be, the first thing you want to do is to start waking people up to the realities to what is going. So you go around telling everyone that you meet about the information you’ve discovered in your…
There is a simple way to begin to accelerate your rate of learning and that is simply by starting. I keep hearing people saying, I haven’t got time for learning, and I go, do you watch TV? If so, you’ve got time for learning. As an experiment, give up an hour of watching TV and…
When entering the playing zone, your performance certainly rises to a different level, but the question really is, by how much? Measuring a raise in the performance level through the playing zone is always going to be a subjective measurement because there are so many factors involved and working from a different realm. As a…
If you were to ask a group of people who wants to learn and get better, 95% of the people will put up their hands and say yes I do. When left to their own devices, what you’ll find is that out of that 95%, only 5 – 10% of the population will actually motivate…
If anyone is looking to improve their influence and motivation as a coach, and let’s face it, who doesn’t, there are two books that are worth getting and reading. The two books being: Focus – Heidi Halvorson and Tory Higgins http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Focus-Heidi-Grant-Halvorson/9780142180730 Instant Influence – Michael Pantalon http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Instant-Influence-Michael-Pantalon/9780316083348 And a couple of clips by the authors…
The following is an interesting talk by Heidi Grant Halvorson on the benefits of having a get better mindset as opposed to having a be good mindset. http://99u.com/videos/22655/heidi-grant-halvorson-the-incredible-benefits-of-a-get-better-mindset For having a be good mindset is all about proving yourself whereas the get better mindset is all about improvement and only comparing yourself to you. The…
Since I started looking into how to motivate others and what I’m finding is there is a lot of confusion out there and plenty of vague answers. The one thing coming through is the need to understand others before you can begin to motivate them, with the following link about understanding others needs http://www.prlog.org/10065474-how-to-motivate-others-top-tips-on-leadership.html People’s…
With the Coaching’s principles, something else is required that puts it into action and the angle that one comes from will determine the application of what happens. We’ll call it the driver, for without it nothing will happen. The driver is composed of what you’re working to and the knowledge and information of ones understanding….
As I’m learning more about igniting and sparking internal motivation in others and as I’m reviewing the works of Bob Sullo, the main take away are as follows: Begin by intentionally creating an environment where students can satisfy their needs Your job as a teacher is not to take responsibility for students’ lives by motivating…
I’ve been thinking about the word desire for a while, you hear about having a desire for this and others talk about needing a desire to achieve things. The more I think about it, desire can’t survive without internal motivation, for: You need Desire To achieve Understanding And you need Understanding To achieve Mastery To…
As I’ve been writing the last few days, something has become blindingly obvious to me and that is: Imagination is the key to motivation When you read the quotes on imagination, what sticks out, it’s what people picture which is driving them; it’s not coming from any other source. This is where the two questions you…
I’ve been refining the way to ignite intrinsic motivation. The one thing to be aware of intrinsic motivation is that it revolves around how good you want to be and going out to accomplish it. Because if you want to be good you’ll work without being prompted to accomplish it, in other words, you’ll be…
The following may seem a small simple statement, though the more that I am seeing, the more that it’s coming true. If you want to become a very successful coach: Develop the determination in your players to succeed, then help them get there For in reality it’s not you who gets the players there until…
