Building skill isn’t the only thing coaches build into their players, for without building in character, one will have no true foundation to work from. Now don’t confuse personality with character, for character encompasses and can be summed up in two simple words: Discipline Commitment That’s it. Defining And Building Character: Jocko Willink And Capt…
Teddy Atlas is a legend in boxing circles and goes back to the days of Cus D’Amato, a legend in his own right. Now boxing may not be everyone’s cup of tea as a sport, though there is a lot that everyone can learn from the sport of boxing, and as usual, it is from…
Fixing things normally starts when the problems arise, for our bodies are so adaptable, that we can actually be doing the wrong things for a very long time before our bodies go, nope, can’t do this anymore, and begins the process of breaking down. And when one starts looking at our bodies, you realize that…
Investigative journalists aren’t as many in the mainstream as they used to be, but they’re still there, though most have surfaced into other viable media, in what is known as the the alternative. And an interesting thing is that out of the top 6 books I’ve read, 4 of them have been written by Investigative…
Binge watching, we all do it from time to time, though most tend to binge watch TV programs, catching upon what they’ve missed out on TV for the week. In the last 3 weeks I’ve been on a binge watching of James Nestor interviews, for after reading his book Breath, the art of breathing becomes…
Rock solid, things that are trustworthy and hardly move, for about 4 years ago, I put out a list of my top 10 books that I have read, and over the intervening time there hasn’t been any change, until the last couple of weeks when I came across the book Breath by James Nestor. And…
Dysfunctional people being paraded as celebrities is what one finds in these gossip and weekly women’s magazines, and these people may have all of the fame and money that they want and could wish for, though when one sees the type of lifestyles that they lead – no thanks, they can keep it. Another dysfunctional…
Sugar’s come in many different forms and can become a confusing topic, especially when one starts getting into the world of simple and complex. And even though the sugar’s can give one a quick energy burst, the damage and effects it begins effecting upon the body is way out of proportion to what one is…
Base Camp is an important aspect of mountain climbing. A base camp is prepared and used as the preparation point for the attempt at higher levels. Everest Base-Camp 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GybCbOYizzI And in some ways going to a mainly plant based diet is the base camp for building upon one’s greater understanding of health. http://beawinningcoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Health-Concept-Poster.pdf For…
Full your boots, actually it’s fill your boots is an old saying, literally meaning allowing someone to go for it, for example, can I have that pile of wood over their?, Sure, comes the reply, fill you boots mate, she’s all yours. The other thing I did the other day was to go for my…
Enlarging just gets bigger and bigger and wider and wider, and some books and ideas come along which can take one’s thinking and concepts to a completely different level. And over the last 10 years, I’ve come across 3 books which has the capabilities to keep enlarging one’s concepts and understanding and move one to…
Two Punch, a great combination to use in boxing, and the power of two is always greater than the one, for the combination of more than one always has the potential to create something greater than the sum of it’s parts. MasterMind Principle – Napoleon Hill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMzu0ZzyIFo And an interesting book I read many years…
Breathless or Breath Less, it’s a bit like apart or a part, for the meaning of the word is counter intuitive to how one says it. For to be apart is to be separated from something, whereas as to be a part of something, means one belongs to something. Therefore: To be Breathless is to…
Practice receive and pass, it’s a fundamental of team sport, and yet some people are adverse to doing it, so what is really going on in the mind where some see the necessity of such practice, and others not so? How does one explain it to those who essentially loath practicing receiving and passing the…
Manipulating others, we’ve all done it to one degree or another, and depending on the intent that one uses will determine whether that manipulating done is good or bad. And at the core of what is going on in this reality and the direction it is being driven, it can only be achieved through manipulating…
Unusual, well it depends on the angle that one looks at it, for what can seem and appear to be unusual to one person, to another is just another day at the office. It’s Not Unusual – Tom Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nagjPyNMu9Q And the following are three sports, that on the surface appear to be unusual, though…
Intriguing, especially the last 10 years, as those who become more aware start to see the farcical nature of the current realty as it is being presented to us, or is it? Because after all the research that one has done, especially into the nature of reality, if one has come to the conclusion that…
Brick and mortar are used for building buildings, but if one wants to become a true learner, one needs to become like a sponge for if one puts a sponge into a pool of water, it sucks it up, if one puts a brick into a pool of water, it just gets wet. And it…
Creative, people think that to be creative, one must have the mod con gear, well with a bit of lateral thinking, anything handy will do, it’s what one does with it that counts. The following is a quick clip, and some of the everyday stuff that they use include: Cones Car Tyres Shopping Trolleys PVC…
Carnival, who doesn’t love one, and at times the presentation of what we’re going through at the moment, starts to resemble a bit of a carnival. Life Is A Carnival – The Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PuC7xyJsBQ And when looking through the month of September, there are some interesting dates that spring to mind, they being: 2nd –…
