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Good day. Good morning. Good evening, wherever in the world you are. This is David Sammel, coming to you from the UK after a short trip to Paris, where Liam lost a very close, second round qualifying match. He started poorly, but fought back well, and seem to be on top, when a little bit of luck, and good play from the opponent ended up in him losing his serve and unable to break back went down 64...

Why you need to be a good parent to yourself Why is it important to be good to yourself especially when competing? When you understand how much easier it is to boost your confidence when you are kinder to yourself, then it becomes easier to be a good parent to yourself in the heat of the battle. Think about it - how well do children respond if you shout at them whenever they make a mistake, or kee...

The power of mantras: Good morning good afternoon good evening thanks once again for listening and I hope you enjoy today’s podcast. I’m not doing much to promote this podcast I would be grateful that if you enjoy it and get something out of it if you could please give us a shout out on any social media platform or leave a comment wherever is appropriate for you. It’s amazing how you can calm your...

Today I’m going to talk about panic. Panic is normal and very common. It is something that everybody experiences if we caught unawares or really want to achieve something. Anyone can be put into a state of panic if suddenly overwhelmed or before a big match, presentation or any major event because suddenly we worry about the outcome and how we’re gonna perform. Here are some simple techniques to h...

Good morning, good day. Good evening, wherever in the world you are, this is David Sammel with another weekly nugget, having had two weeks with my wife in Greenwich, Connecticut, where my daughter Roxanne of @roxyfitblog and her family just moved to start a new life in America. It was a very hectic but pleasurable time helping look after my grandkids whilst they had small challenges like finding a...

Good morning, good day. Good afternoon, wherever you are, this is David Sammel. With a nother weekly nugget. I would just like to say that it's been a pleasure bringing you these nuggets. And I hope that those of you who do listen and download, these podcasts are enjoying them. I would love some feedback as to what I could do differently what you'd like to hear about just absolutely anything. So D...

Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening, wherever in the world you are, this is David Sammel with another Monday Podcast. Today, I'm going to talk about the reasons why I created mindset college, my online life skills programme for competitors. It's because I understand, from my own journey, some of the pain that you might be going through, and that I definitely went through. This is, was reall...

Good morning, good day, good evening, wherever in the world you are, this is David Sammel. Why do resolutions fail? Well simply put, the people that we can let down the most, or the person we can let down the most is ourselves because we are not accountable, other than to ourselves unless we tell other people, what we're planning. One of the key areas that we can improve is to learn how to trust o...

www.mindsetcollege.co.uk Good morning, good day, good evening, wherever in the world you are. This week, I'm going to focus on routines and preparation. Whilst I'm going to use tennis as an analogy, because that's where I have so much first-hand experience, I'm also in my job as a coach have mental skills for other athletes and for people involved in business and entrepreneurs. See the similar and...

Good morning, good day. Good evening, wherever you are in the world you are. This week, I'm coming to you from the Phoenix Country Club, where Liam is going to be playing the semi finals this afternoon. And I'm going to talk to you a little bit about resilience, which, of course, is a buzzword, and many people talk about being resilient. And my interpretation of what resilient is, may may help you...

Fuck the why. I'm getting a bit fed up with advertising and articles on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and all the gurus and experts telling us that we need to know our why, why we do things, the why that is our driving force and if we know what it is then we will find it easy to imagine and see exactly what we want in the future and that without the why we will be less motivated in our work. It is...

One of the most common human conditions that I encounter is capable people, including high level athletes and highly trained individuals who are successful, falling into the trap of undervaluing their expertise. Naturally, when we’re very good at something it comes easily to us and because it feels so easy, we automatically think that it comes easy to everybody and that our information is common s...

Saving people from situations or problems may seem like a wonderful thing to do but very often it is an ego trip, a deflection from a person’s own problems or to create a form of control through dependency. Good teachers from caring parents to coaches understand the importance of care and guidance to help others, especially young people who learn so much better through their own experiences and by...

This is a magical lesson. Things have value whereas your peace of mind is priceless. Never ever sell out what is priceless for what is valuable? So, if you lose something valuable, leave something behind or break that which is valuable to us, we can really get upset and experience feelings of regret, guilt, anger, frustration, and loss for the item. We will often go to enormous lengths to buy some...

Quit or carry on When I work with sportsman often you get to a situation where they talk about quitting because things are so tough and it's not going their way. I'll always say to them, "Let’s not be flippant about quitting. This is a serious statement so if you genuinely want to quit then do it, don’t just talk about it. There are only two answers to this. You either quit or you carry on, but if...

As head coach of the Bath Academy, I prided myself with the help of Barry Scollo in building what we call a team of leaders that encourages everybody to be every open and not afraid to speak their minds, and by and large people do speak their minds, especially with big issues. But we've had a couple of situations which really proves how quickly fear can grow in an organisation that is very open an...

Good day, good evening, good morning, wherever you are in the world. And here is another one of David Sammel’s nuggets. I'm just about to leave Melbourne to travel back to the UK after a pretty successful trip where I was involved with the ATP cup and then of course, Liam qualified to play Nick Kyrgios on the John Caine arena, and unfortunately went down in that match where he effectively did very...

Good morning, good afternoon. Good evening, wherever you may be in the world. Welcome to another David Sammel’s nugget podcast, with short and sharp little tidbits that maybe help you in whatever you're doing. So hopefully you enjoy this one too. We are come to on the cusp of the Australian Open, where Liam Brody has qualified for the main draw, having come through three very, very intense, and to...

Hello, everybody, and welcome to another mini podcast of David Sammel Nuggets. This week's nugget is about controlling the controllables. I have a question: Does it depend on your lens, the way that you see things. We hear a lot about controlling the controllables which makes it somehow seem like it's the same for everybody. But the reality is very different for each person and changes according t...

Good morning, good evening, good afternoon, wherever you are in the world. I'm currently in Sydney, and Happy New Year to everybody all around the world. Obviously, we saw it in a little earlier than most. But it's fantastic to, to be back in Australia after a two-year absence. I missed last week, because I was travelling from Miami to London, then up to Manchester then to Doha, and through on to...

Good morning, good day. Good evening, wherever you are in the world, this is David Sammel. Again, and I hope you're enjoying my Nuggets. Each week, I just hope to bring you a little something that can bend your mind a little bit and make you possibly think slightly differently about a topic that you haven't considered before. And even if you had, hopefully, it's a good reminder. Today I'm going to...

Good morning or good afternoon, wherever you may be in the world. This is David Sammel, with a another nugget for the week, the power of posture. If you have your chin up and your shoulders back, and you walk at a decent pace, you're going to feel a lot more confident, you're going to believe that you can do things, you're going to have more energy. So the power of posture is incredibly important...

Welcome to another little nugget. It's Monday and this is David Sammel coming to you from a very wintry base in Yorkshire. Plenty of snow out there today. Anyway, today I'm going to talk to you about legacy, your daily legacy. In life, we tend to remember, people who have either treat us really badly, kind of put a fist in our face, or we remember people who have treated us very well and make us f...

Good morning. Good day. Good evening. Wherever you may be. Today's Monday nugget is looking at the railway line of life, the never ending railway line with stations all along the trip. The world has been going for billions of years and mankind for, it seems like maybe millions of years, but certainly modern man for thousands of years. I liken the train line to us being born and getting on the trai...

Good morning. Good day. Good evening wherever you are in the world! Here has another Monday nugget. Today. I'm going to talk about breakthroughs, which happen when you least expect them. I have a saying which many of you might've heard before or read before? Do the work and good things will happen you just never know when! So often breakthroughs happen after long periods of work, sweat and tears....