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Today I'm going to talk about a view of determination. I think most people think that determination means that you are tough enough to carry on pretty much no matter what.  Whilst this might be the case human beings are innately insecure and never as tough as they think they are and rarely are other people as tough as we perceive them to be! The jazz legends Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock said som...

The old school of telling kids and people what to do or the “my way or the highway” methods, whilst proven to be a poor way of getting the best out of people, surprisingly still prevail.  Basic psychology myths when things are not working and going wrong that all one has to do is try harder, or emotionally blackmailing and “shaming” people, amazingly are still used as tools to motivate.  Why is th...

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/david-sammel?utm_term=QPvEB8wy8 I think this is one of the most helpful changes I have made in my life. When I was younger I tended to be a little bit arrogant because of my belief and conviction that I was right in the solutions that I was offering. I actually believed I could help others run their life better if they took my advice and whilst sometimes thi...

We are all weird Every experience, every interpretation and every life is different as distinct as a thumb print. With this in mind we are all weird in some way to others. The beauty of life is that every person is diverse from another and whilst we have languages to communicate what we experience we can be sure that others experience it differently but we can agree on the overall feelings if not...

Our life is predominantly in our own heads and because of everyday tasks and interactions we easily forget how much choice we have. There are things in life that we have to live through that are not our choice and whilst we can’t choose our initial emotional reaction we can choose and manage our subsequent actions and attitude towards what happens.  We have to guard against saying we have to or ne...

Whatever it is that you do it’s important to figure out the goalposts that you’re aiming for because it’s very frustrating to be aiming for moving targets. For instance, if it is money, or fame or a ranking – whatever the goal, make sure it is clearly defined. However I contend that even more importantly you need to decide what you are prepared to accept as a minimum achievement. With almost 8 bil...

Part 2 of Talking Tennis - John asks me about Liam and the future, superstitions, rankings, Wimbledon ban of Belarussians, Russians and points. Next week we will be back to the 5 minute episodes. Hope you enjoy this latest detour and if you wish to connect further please email david@mindsetcollege.co.uk or check out Twitter @DaveSammel or Instagram @david_sammel

Disappointment to delight - This is a between episode with my continued collaboration with Talking Tennis with John Silk. Here he interviews Liam Broady about his topsy turvy two weeks that ended with the Vilnius 100 Challenger title. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FOMO has a bad rap because it's automatically assumed that the fear of missing out is a bad thing. Because it invokes feelings of comparison and that if you don't have certain things that other people have it can encourage reckless spending, partying too hard, jealousy and any number of unhelpful pastimes. However, when you are afraid of doing something then you can use FOMO to your advantage beca...

How unproductive it is to worry so much about what other people think? Remember, if you think a lot about what others think about you, like you they are mostly thinking the same way so equally will have little space to focus on what you are doing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People have believed many things in history that have turned out to be wrong, and been so sure about their belief that they have persecuted and killed in the protection of an idea, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If it's okay to feel a bit shitty. The crazy thing is there's nothing wrong. Australia didn't go as well as we would have liked, and I've been pretty jet lagged all week yet done some really good work and life is still good. But even when life is good, we can’t always feel amazingly optimistic about everything and neither do we need to be totally positive all the time. Life is a challenge, and we...

So, after doing several of the Australian Open podcasts with a talking tennis, I'm now back with my regular podcast. And it's a nice segue into this podcast because what I'm going to talk about today is choice. One of the important things we can learn as adults is that nobody really can make us do anything, we need to choose to do it. But if you're in a situation where you don't have a choice, the...

How do athletes recover from tough losses? Stories from the tour and the nature of being a professional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Imagine winning more points than your opponent and losing 63 67 76 first round qualifying at the Australian Open? This is the reality of a tennis career and the mindset that it is only January so the good stuff is still to happen this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A little more difficult chatting night before a Grand Slam as the stakes are high and the first match of any tournament is tricky and I've been around far too long to make predictions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Warming up with Nick is always relaxed and Liam felt good going into the match. Excellent week of preparation but sadly a semi-final is not to be after a tough 3 set loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liam has progressed through qualifying to the last 16 - looking to go again first up tomorrow. This episode covers some of the mental aspects to competing at the highest levels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John and myself discuss Liam's first match in the ATP Challenger in Canberra, Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Every two days in conjunction with Talking Tennis we will be bringing exclusive insights into the build up and from the Australian Open. Enjoy!!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Merry Christmas to everybody. It's a fabulous time of the year especially if you have young kids or in my case, a young excited four year old and 16 month grandchildren. It's also a time of year where I get some reflective opportunities and hope you can as well. My main reflection is to be more and more aware of how well people can solve their own problems and hope that my nuggets come across as s...

I know I have said these words – “Every single day you get up and do something to improve your life you are succeeding. Failure is a myth if you learn and go forward from each “failure”. However, you are failing yourself if you know the difference yet still accept mediocre performance from yourself. A classic reason for accepting mediocre performance and compromising excellence is the fear of upse...

Today I'm going to talk about some statements that I feel could influence how you think about life and maybe in thinking about these things, it will stimulate some different reactions to situations that you maybe normally would have.  So the first statement is, whoever comes into your life are the right people. I interpret this to mean that some people come to test us, some people come to challeng...

Bloody emotions! Today's episode comes to you courtesy of Justin who lives in America. He's wanting some advice on how to manage his emotions under pressure. Whether it's playing his club tennis, or just sometimes in life when things seem to be building up, he feels like it's very difficult for him to manage his emotions and sometimes on the tennis court it results in outbursts of anger or frustra...

Today I'm gonna talk about hypocrisy. I have a belief that hypocrisy stems from the ego which is within all of us, and our ego projects its job as protecting us and keeping us strong. The two powerful tools that it uses are beliefs and identity. We believe certain things and we think we're certain types of people. As an example, if you think you're a good person, you might say I don't hurt people,...