George Carlin was a comedian who passed away in the 90’s, though the words he spoke in his later years hold as much truth today, as the day he was speaking them. And one of George Carlin most famous lines is: “It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it” George Carlin – The Big…
Weird stuff abounds in this world, or in other words, things that makes one goes WTF? And no more is this evidence in a recent talk by Matt from Quantum of Conscience, when he talked about the Mummers Parade held on January 1st. The Christmas Bamboozle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0bWvEPGb7A So of course, I had to go and have…
Joys come in many different ways, and one of the joys of writing these blogs and doing what one does, is that it takes me into areas and information that one wouldn’t normally go to, and one ends up listening to people one wouldn’t normally come across. The whole process is fascinating, especially the information that…
I’ve managed to track down one of my favourite You Tube channels, Anaconda Malt Liquor, not that’s he’s on you tube anymore, mainly because he was pointing out the obvious and one of the reasons why I like what he does, is the way that he presents his material. But sadly the folks at you…
I’ve been off line for the last week or so because of the forced updates from Windows 10 and subsequently my computer has frozen. So I’ve had to get a new computer and having to reset everything back up, but hopefully we’ll be back to normal transmission soon. But because I’ve had to start again,…
In the process of developing a cohesive environment for successful coaching, the following links are how to spot takers who will destroy any positive environment being created. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/just-listen/201003/just-say-no-takers http://www.beneaththecover.com/2010/11/29/a-dozen-ways-to-spot-takers-disguised-as-givers/ http://www.smithheggumreport.com/?p=2749 http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/04/10/adam-grant-give-and-take/ http://www.profitablepersonnel.com/recruitment/how-to-spot-the-givers-and-the-takers http://www.leadershipnow.com/leadingblog/2013/04/are_you_a_giver_or_a_taker.html http://pigletscooter.blogspot.co.nz/2013/05/givers-and-takers.html http://www.poutinginheels.com/are-you-a-giver-or-a-taker/ There are many more articles on the web and all you have to do is type in: How to spot…
If I was to put together a seminar on the topic of the Succeeding Mind the following people would be on my wish list and the areas they would cover. Carol Dweck – Growth Mindset Salman Khan – Proactive Learning Daniel Pink – Internal Motivation George Simon Jr – Character Strengths Saatchi & Saatchi –…
The following are links to websites in which others have posted some of my writings and I am always thankful and grateful because of it. http://whenturtlesfly.com/temp/wordpress/?p=4#comments http://www.sportpsychologytoday.com/sport-psychology-for-coaches/understand-the-zone-understand-sport/ http://leesmith.co.nz/?p=579 http://leesmith.co.nz/?p=595 http://www.sportcanterbury.org.nz/new-zealand/news-article/index.cfm/2013/05/gary-cockram-hyundai-coach-of-the-month-may-2013/ Thank you to all When you ever get ahead it’s always through the help and contribution of others, it’s never done alone
