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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,...

Whether you are the coach, teacher, or learner the following will help. As a learner try find environments and coaches who tick these boxes and if you are a teacher then this has worked for me on both sides of the fence.  In my experience how well we learn boils down to the simple practice of: There must be a want, curiosity, or interest in order to learn anything. Learning something in which we h...

5 Simple Ways to Kill Impostor Syndrome We often hear people talking about ‘imposter syndrome.’ This phrase refers to a feeling of being an impostor, unable to take credit for your own success and believing that you are a fake. Impostor syndrome is commonly experienced by high-achieving individuals, especially those who have recently experienced a great deal of personal success or recognition. It’...

Expectations are a close cousin to comparison. Both will eat away at you and hurt you if you apply them wrongly, not only as a person, but in whatever you're trying to accomplish. The key takeaway is to remember that all expectations are future based and therefore subject to assumptions. Under normal circumstances we can assume but history is littered with black swan events that blow away expectat...

We can put a goal out in the universe and focus on it, but there is no guarantee we will achieve it. What is guaranteed is we will learn and to come out with more experience. Life is a series of destinations, some of which we will have the pleasure of reaching and some not but every goal that we work hard for is worth it’s weight in gold in self worth. An important distinction is to forever unders...

Have you ever noticed that if you're looking to buy a certain car, how you suddenly notice how many they are on the roads, and they seem to be popping up everywhere? Equally, when you focus on a project that's been hanging over your head and you've been procrastinating and when you finally settle down and really start working at it, how the focus you suddenly bring to the project brings you answer...

The word gift means that you're given something for nothing. It is a blessing that requires no work, and you don't have to earn it. It is simply a gift. Talent is a gift! When people are gifted in any field, whether it be in sport, acting, plumber, electrician, looks, anything that we value in any field, it has been freely given to us and most of us are talented at something, often not that notice...

How to deal with nerves: Before we perform as an athlete, actor, presenting, a job interview or in any given situation where there is pressure to do well, even if it is a small audience of one, like a first date, as humans, we will have nerves. The best of the best in the world will all all say that before a big event or match that they are nervous. It is part of the human condition. So what deter...