IGNORE YOUR COACH (SOMETIMES)

  What does my recent role as Darwin in a TV documentary, Tiger Woods, and the academic International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching have in common? They all highlight the potential dangers of coaching. There is only one person responsible for...

HOW TO TREBLE YOUR SALARY

‘The harder you work the luckier you get.’ How many times have you heard this expression? What does it mean? You slave for 10,000 hours, study for more qualifications, give up holidays? It could mean all these things, but my definition is a lot simpler. You become...

How to Treble Your Salary

You may remember I wrote a post earlier this year about making your own luck. This is what I wrote then. I rarely make predictions, but this one was on the money, literally. “The harder you work the luckier you get.” How many times have you heard this...

FOLLOW THE MONEY

Where are you in your life right now? Hopefully you will be going large on health, wealth, and happiness. Get this balance right and you will be laughing. If one or more of these buckets is a bit light then life will be somewhat less comfortable. I was networking last...

PUT YOURSELF IN THE PICTURE

In July I played in a golf competition with Martin. He is a very good player, but as we approached the first short hole he complained that his unfulfilled ambition was to score a hole-in-one. So how does a tour coach handle this kind of comment? Pretty much the same...

NOBODY SAID IT WOULD BE EASY

  I have mentioned top Irish professional poker player Rory Brown several times in the last few years. He has had his share of triumphs and tribulations, but things have really clicked recently. This is a normal pattern, as success is rarely linear, and rarely...