Recently I came across and have got into the work of the early 20th Century writer Florence Scovel Shinn and her seminal work the game of life and how to play it. And even though Florence Scovel Shinn was writing back at the turn of the last century, her writings are just as relevant and…
The hermetic principles are a set of principles that date back thousands of years that help explain the workings of our reality. If after reading about the principles and they seem vaguely familiar, if you’ve ever read the book, Think and Grow Rich, you will find that the principles within the book are very similar…
Because I’ve looked at the Mastery Mindset, I thought I’d shine a light on its opposite, the Complexity Mindset. Whereas the mastery mindset is geared towards simplicity, the complexity mindset is geared towards complexity; it doesn’t deliberately go searching for complexity, it does it by default. If the Mastery Mindset revolves around: Simplicity Thinking Growth…
I’ve been looking at what this coaching concept is all about and what it is coming back to is two simple things: Mastery Simplicity The keys to sport are about simplicity, and the reason why simplicity is good is because it’s about being effective, though this sets up a paradox, because: You can’t develop simplicity…
It’s been an interesting journey of discovery in the last few years which this blog has been part of. At the beginning of my coaching I originally started trying to work out what other peoples drills were trying to achieve, then progressed to looking at what successful coaches work from that isn’t being taught, and…
Back in 2008 and 2009 when I was coaching the local regional rep under 16 girls hockey team, I had two players in the side that had dreams of one day playing for the national women’s field hockey side. One was 16 years old, had more skill and flair and who also has a knack…
No doubt a few would have been following the Lance Armstrong saga of late and his downfall and now his trying for redemption in the face of mounting pressure. Though what ultimately led to Lances down fall was his lack of strong character strengths, namely: Honesty Integrity Sincerity If Lance had exercised these 3 strengths…
If you built a car, would you put in a small fuel tank and poor quality fuel? For that’s what’s currently happening when dealing with people via coaching. As a coach, you have to come to the understanding that the mind is like a fuel tank and the only way you can build a big…
I’ve recently read Sydney Banks book, The Enlightened Gardener and I came across two paragraphs that summed up nicely the difference between the outlook for Complexity thinking and Simplicity thinking. The following is the paragraphs that follow each other in the book; see if you can spot the not so subtle difference. Tom’s face turned bright…
