The 10,000 Hours Myth
My clients are posting huge international successes, and these do not happen without a lot of effort by both coach and client. These are the two comments that recur time and time again in my discussions about luck to the point where they become worrying. The harder...
The Mystery of Coaching
If it is difficult to identify the best coaching techniques, it is even more difficult to identify a great coach.
Golfing World Profiles Anjelika Hammar and Our Work Together
This television clip of Tour player Anjelika Hammer and our work together has been very popular. It demonstrates some of the reasons why Anjelika has reached the top level of golf, and why she deserves to fly higher still. Also we are getting closer to publishing my...
How Playing Poker Re-Wires Your Brain … for the Better
Are you getting smarter? Is your brain chemistry being permanently altered?
How to Choose a Wonderful Goal
This blog continues examining the differences between a congruent goal and the ones that we choose for the wrong reasons. Goals are critical. If you do not know where you are going, then any road will take you there; it will be a long journey, and it may not be a happy one. The shortest route lies in choosing the correct goal.
Improving Focus, Productivity and Creativity
This podcast episode explains how we can turbocharge our creative power. Creativity is our greatest gift, and if there is a secret to happiness this just might be it.
Spend More Time in Bed and Less Time in the Gym
These days, athletes are spending more time daydreaming with their eyes closed and less time in the gym or on the sports pitch. They are not lazy, nor are they wasting their time. What they are indulging in is deep mental practice.
Direct the 5 Star Movie of Your Best Life
The following visualization technique brings together many of the concepts that I developed while acting. The “Direct the 5✮ Movie of Your Best Life” exercise allows you to consciously change your perspective and when that happens, you always profit from this new viewpoint. Besides, you will see yourself with greater clarity and more like how others see you.
More Lucky Stories
There has been a tremendous response to my request for your lucky stories. There are already some consistent emerging trends that make some people lucky. They will all go in my new book, and I have space for a few more too. So send me your lucky stories now. The...
Visualisation – A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Visualisation is a very influential component for getting lucky. Here is another simple technique taken from my book Get Lucky Now that you can practice to see the big picture and attract more luck and success into your life.
Who Do I Know Who Has All the Skills I will Need?
A visualization technique to learn from the best. You do not need to know this person directly. It could be a famous celebrity, scientist, or sports personality. This exercise will help you to gain an understanding of the skills you need and the confidence to use them.
Use Your Mantra & Get Lucky
I thought it might help to summarise why the mantra is important to all my clients. A mantra is just a few sentences that is your game plan. It is what you take to work each day, take to the sports arena, or use with your friends and families. Although the concept...How To Do Self Havening
Havening is a very flexible tool and can be used therapeutically for a wide range of conditions. In this video I introduce simple concepts of self havening.
How I use Havening in Poker, Golf, and Life
I was recently interviewed by Harry Pickens about how I use havening in poker, golf, and life. Here is the script, and a full audio version is also posted below. This interview will also be a chapter in Harry’s new book.
Testimonial from Rory Brown
“At that time my poker career was stagnate. I was trying to juggle my psychology studies while at the same time trying to win enough from poker to fund my studies. It was a very stressful time in my life. I thought I was doing a stellar job at hiding my anxiety and stress. That was until Doc saw straight through it.”
How To Be A Champion Poker Player
I have known Rory for about three years, and during this time he has rapidly become one of the World’s top poker players, or ‘one of the least bad’, as he would say. Poker is a huge test of mind control, and Rory has made exceptional progress in this...
Has F1’s Lewis Hamilton Read My Book?
Probably not, but judging from his recent comments he easily could have read Push At Open Doors. In an interview with BBC, he talks about his steering wheel, which controls his car. You have a steering wheel too, which controls your life. Perhaps this wheel could also...Aesop Therapy – The Curious Story of the Gullible Weasel, and the Quick witted Bat
This is the curious story of the gullible weasel, and the quick witted bat. Planning and preparation works well most of the time, but sometimes we need to rip up the rule book and improvise. It might make the difference between life and...Aesop Therapy – The charcoal burner and the fuller was not a match made in heaven
The charcoal burner and the fuller lived in the same village and became friends. However there very different jobs placed a limit on their friendship. Whether this limit was real or imagined is the question? As usual with Aesop there are several different conclusions...
