Ambition Habits

More than ever I believe that this is the time you must redefine your habits that will help you strive forward rather than having habits that leave you flundering in fear, anxiety, stress, sad or depressed. We don't want to be floundering! It's easy to stop. It's easy to give up. It's easy not to work. It's easy to do nothing. This is because we have had our purpose taken away from us and we have...

Welcome to the Striving in Lockdown series. We can get complacent being in lockdown but we will not let this happen to us, will we? Of course not! There are two most important areas you must be working on in your sport. Your technical skills Your mental skills They both work hand in hand. How your mental approach is to your technical skills will affect whether you master your techincal skills. How...

Welcome to the Striving in Lockdown series. What we are focusing on in this episode is focusing on you managing yourself and your energy. What I mean by this is; looking after nutritional health looking after your physical health looking after your mental health (comfortable in your own skin) looking after yourself - selfcare - downtime and rest By you doing all of this will help manage your energ...

This is the first part of the Striving in Lockdown Series. We are going to be focused throughout this series on what is going to help you strive and not dive whilst you are in lockdown. We want to have the approach that we are going to be moving forward rather than allowing what is occuring with Covid-19 hold us back. It is very easy for us to be distracted right now; we are not competing in our s...

If I was to ask you the question, "what must you focus on when you compete?" What would your response be? I have a good feeling that you are going to say , "WIN!" And of course you want to win, who doesn't? But just focusing on winning will not give you the results you want. If you focus on the result, you don't play anywhere near your capabilities because you are focusing on the wrong thing. You...

Each week it's important to look back at the end of your week and identify what lessons you have learned that will help you not only learn more about you, but gain feedback so you can keep on improving you to reach the heights you want to reach. What lessons can you learn from the being in people's faces? It is detailed in this episode but here below are the big takeaways; promote yourself everyda...

Have you ever heard of mistakes being good? We get taught through school that mistakes are bad and you are either right or wrong. It is very much black or white. In sport if you make mistakes it's either a win or a loss. And in business it is either succeed or fail. However, we are brought up thinking: mistakes are bad mistakes are wrong mistakes are a failure And then what paralyses us? It's the...

I had the opportunity of meeting two incredibly successful and well known people just recently. These two are well know world wide. They happened to be playing at the golf club where I work and I asked the question when they completed their round, "how did you go?" The response was "didn't play very well, she only does things that she is good at!" And that response I put into the back of my mind b...

Each week it's important to look back at the end of your week and identify what lessons you have learned that will help you not only learn more about you, but gain feedback so you can keep on improving you to reach the heights you want to reach. What lessons can you learn from the quote "it's not the destination, it's the journey?" It is detailed in this episode but here below are the big takeaway...

At some point in the future sport competition will resume. We do't have a firm date on that yet but it will happen. And that is exciting because even though we don't know when... we know that it will happen. However, the question I have for you is; Are You Mentally Ready For Competition? Because there are athletes out there in the world who have surrcombed to lockdown. They have taken it on to do...

When we look at our sport we judge ourselves on whether we have won or lost to whether we are improving. And that's actually not the right way to look at it. If you judge yourself purely on whether you have had a win or a loss, then we have a problem. What does it mean that you are not improving as fast as you would like? Does that mean that you are not winning? Not winning means that you have sho...

Each week it's important to look back at the end of your week and identify what lessons you have learned that will help you not only learn more about you, but gain feedback so you can keep on improving you to reach the heights you want to reach. What lessons can you learn from being in lockdown during Covid-19? How will these lessons help you stay on your path and not lose sight of your direction?...

All around the world we are going through some form of lockdown. There are restrictions placed on us; social distancing no parties no hanging out with friends no social gatherings online school learning people are losing their jobs economies around the world are in shutdown or a coma And then there is YOU! YOU THE ATHLETE! You have had your wings clipped. You can't compete in your sport and you ca...

How would you know if you have hit a plateau? Let's have a look at what a plateau looks like; you are working really hard and not seeng any change. the harder you work you feel like you are going backwards. there is no progress in your development. you question whether your training and practice methods are right. you are furstrated because there is no change. you are angry. you question and doubt...

Each week it's important to look back at the end of your week and identify what lessons you have learned that will help you not only learn more about you, but gain feedback so you can keep on improving you to reach the heights you want to reach. Have you taught anything to anyone? Look at the lessons and what you can learn when you are teaching someone. What are the lessons learned here in Spendin...

This is crucial that you work on your mental strength if you want to become the athlete you want to become. If you are not mentally strong; you will crumble you will lose you will be devastated it will be tough it will be hard doubts will creep in your performance level will drop you will lose motivation you will avoid doing the hard work you will avoid training you will question whether you want...

This is the final part of the three part episodes for goal setting for this quarter. This is where you will be able to break the goals down into months and weeks to make them achievable chunks. That's the best way to accomplish goals in bite size chunks. All you will need is two A4 sheets of paper to do this. STEP 1: WHAT MUST BE TRUE BY THE END OF EACH MONTH Draw up 2 columns one called Life Dest...

Now that you have completed Part 1 Goal Setting, it's time to move into Part 2. You should be now clear on what goals you are setting for your life and your sport. Now it is time to identify what problems or challenges you will encounter and how you will overcome them. Give yourself time to work through this one. Even though the questions are very straight forward allow for time to brainstorm and...

We have come to the end of another quarter. What a challenging quarter it has been. Many changes throughout the world due to COVID-19. However we are going to look back at last quarter, I will show you how and then reset our destiny for the next quarter. Are you ready? All you will need is an A4 sheet of paper to do this. STEP 1: END OF GAME ANALYSIS Draw up 6 columns put each question in the 6 co...

Eveything feels like it is at a stand still right now. No one is sure what to do... none of us are. But the most important thing is that we must endeavour to stay safe and follow what is recommended. Numerous businesses, schools, sporting facilities and gyms are being shut down for who knows how long. Sporting competitions are on hold. It can be easy to get caught up in the hysteria, what the medi...

We don't come with a handbook is true. We are born and no one knows what to do with us and as we grow most of what we do is figured out along the way. So let's take the time away from the Coronavirus and get our minds focused on something else. Let's create a handbook for our future. There is so much we don't know. That's why we go and learn, we copy those who have gone before us, we read books, l...

The world has been hit by the Coronavirus and we are moving into lockdown mode. The borders to many countries are now closing. No one is traveling. Events are closed down. There are restrictions to how many people can congregate in one area and there are many precautions to take. And people are fighting over toilet paper in the supermarkets! What Is The Coronavirus? Coronaviruses are a large famil...

How could you use your education to conquer your sports goals? How do they relate to each other? You will be surprised. If you are struggling to get through your work at school or college and study there is a great principle to use called the Pomodoro Technique. It's a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the 1980's. This technique uses a timer to break down your workload into...

Each week it's important to look back at the end of your week and identify what lessons you have learned that will help you not only learn more about you, but gain feedback so you can keep on improving you to reach the heights you want to reach. Are you a lion in the jungle or are you a lion in the zoo? Anyone that tells you life is easy and it doesn't have it's challenges is not being truthful to...

Never let anyone dicate to you your future. The short reason is because you are the one in the drivers seat and you are the one who is control. Your destiny is in your hands. The long reason is this, firstly we have our goals set for the future and we know what we want to accomplish. We athletes we are a different breed; we think differently to most. we want to achieve great heights in our sport....