Do you set long term goals? Did you listen to any of the interviews of gold medal winners at the recent Commonwealth Games here on the Gold Coast. If you had you would have heard phrases like : “I have always dreamt of this moment” ” I have imagined holding this medal since I was a child” ” you just …
Minds are like parachute’s…..
“Minds are like parachutes… they only function when open!” This quote comes from Thomas Dewar the Scotch whisky distiller. Think about it, if we go through our day into meetings or training with a closed mind then our minds are as useful to us a parachute that won’t open at 3ooo feet. Remember the phrase “you don’t know, what you don’t …
It’s as easy as riding a bike….
Developing new thinking skills to improve your personal performance, is like learning to ride a bike! Can you remember or imagine teaching a youngster to ride a bike for the first time? Think of the various stages: taking the stabilisers off, walking behind them steadying the wobbles, skint knees from falling off and sobbing “this is too hard!”, eventually making it …
They can, because they think they can
Most of us are familiar with this quote from Henry Ford. Recently I researched this more and found out that its root might be from the old Latin motto: “Possunt quia posse videntur.” They can, because they think they can. I was reminded of this quote during the last week spending …
Believe in yourself
Billy Connolly says “Have belief in yourself, accept your dreams as your reality, start to live it, think it, and aim high” His comment’s from years ago came as part of a story about how his school teacher scoffed at him when Billy said he wanted to be a comedian when he grew up. Billy said that he “took it for …
Holding your Vision
How many of us have visions,dreams or goals of what we want to do be and have in the future? Lots of us do. The more important question today is how many of us have the ability and techniques to hold our vision in the face of challenges? Less of us in my experience. That is why I see so …
