Thousand Mile Journey always begins with a first step, for without that first step, one can not begin. And it becomes the same with looking at any subject or topic, if one doesn’t take the first step, the journey doesn’t begin. And some of the best journeys are the one’s that aren’t planned, and the…
Knowledge, the more we have, the more our comprehension expands, and the accumulation of knowledge never stops at all, for some topics are so complex and intertwined, that at the start we barely see anything at all. And as more and more people expand their knowledge, the more knowledge that becomes available, for once one…
Dyslexic for a day, who wants to be one, though for a minimum of 20% of the population, that isn’t an option, it’s what we have to work through day after day. And the following clips are of teachers trying exercises that simulate someone with dyslexia trying to make their way through the education system….
Helping others, there are many ways of doing this, and helping others is different ways for different people, for the one size fits all model rarely works in practice, for we are all at different levels of where we are. And sometimes we fall down and we need a help from others that gets us…
Raising something is always an interesting thing to do, and it is normally a desire which sets any raising aspect in motion. For desire is always the first step in wanting to improve in anything that one does. Desire – Napoleon Hill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igX5BknpkkA Though what about raising ones consciousness level? How does one go about…
Reinforcing something requires repetition, especially when it comes to learning and improving, and through a feedback loop, one gets to see how that improvement is going, or not happening at all. Feedback Loops: How Nature Gets It’s Rhythms – Ted Ex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inVZoI1AkC8 And of course, on of the greatest feedback loops is the equation for…
Motivation for players to improve is one of the biggest topics and task a coach will ever face, yet player motivation for improving is one of the least understood topics around, yet at it’s heart is some basic fundamentals to help. And over the years, one comes across some interesting material, which helps one to…
Develop, develop, develop, that is the nature of one’s sporting reality. For in development, one is constantly improving. Though improvement doesn’t happen in a linear fashion, generally there maybe quick initial improvements, followed by a gentle incline, almost a plateau, then at some stage a big leap. Almost if one can picture the profile of stairs,…
Trial and error, we all hate making mistakes and not getting things right, though when one really begins looking at it, all sports coaching really is, is a process of trial and error. And this is why having an overall picture in one’s mind become essential, for the point the one is aiming for, over…
Pushing the envelop can be unsettling for some, though by pushing the envelop, one begins expanding their knowledge out. And when one stops and begins explaining things to others, one can surprise themselves by what they have actually learnt over time. So in the spirit of pushing one’s boundaries further, the following are some you…
Path – Follow the yellow brick road, or do you. There are many paths we take in life, and at times we do not know whether we are on the right path or not, that comes with experience and inner knowing. Though one common road we all take, or should take, is the path of…
Juggling is something we do in our lives naturally, for we all have many things on the go, and if we didn’t know how to organise ourselves, all the balls that we have in the air, would fall to the ground. And it’s always interesting watching people juggling different objects and the timing that they…
Polymath is an interesting concept, yet it something our educational system doesn’t cater for, yet some of the most creative people, like Leonardo Da Vinci, are and were a polymath. So what is a polymath? Quite simply put, it is someone who studies and researches over a wide range of interests and subjects, and by…
Stepping out into the sea of information can be scary for a lot of people, especially if they have been through the indoctrination program that we call education, and a lot of people are happy to stay within the perceived comfort of the system, though at what price? What’s Your Price? – Black Pilled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkEa4wOejNk Though more…
Why do people find curiosity so strange? Almost like an anomaly, whereas curiosity is the basis of being human, and to deny curiosity, is to deny one’s most important learning tool. You remove the curiosity, you remove the learning And if people are telling you to stop being so curious, they are effectively telling you…
I used to base my coaching from the unconscious belief that everyone wanted to learn and improve, but not anymore, as I gave away that fallacy many years ago and shifted to a new fundamental starting point for coaching which is that no one wants to learn and improve and I have to create the…
Whenever one tries something, or begins to learn something new, it is always through the process of taking small steps and this same principle of taking small steps applies to the process of waking up to the reality that surrounds us. For there are 2 types of waking up that one goes through, the first…
If anyone plays any form of sport at any level, apart from striving to get better, and trying to win, one of the underlying factors of what sport is really about, it is a journey of self-discovery, in other words, one begins to find out what you are really made of and who you really…
If one ever starts anything, one thing is guaranteed, somewhere along the line you’re going to have failures and fail at things, it’s just the way it is, no one has ever come up with the perfect plan from the get go. Success comes from the accumulation of failures and learning from them and trying…
In the world of self-directed learning, people maybe a bit concerned that they won’t find any teachers on their path and in the progress of their development. Ultimately that is an irrelevance because with an open mind and when one begins to look, teachers are everywhere. Your teachers could be people around you or people…
