You can do everything right and still lose, and that was the big feeling I got when I watched Manchester United beat Arsenal yesterday in the English Premier League. It was a brilliant, pulsating game in which Mikel Arteta and Arsenal did so many things right, but the only problem…

Some quick hitting thoughts for this week… Hunt and seek the things and the people that make you happy. The days and the week go by so fast and so hard, and it is tough. What gets us through ultimately, even if we don’t realise it, are the people in…

A few weeks back I had a conversation with a friend of mine who was going through a particular challenge in a new position at work. The friend said they were under pressure to adapt to the new demands and it was spilling over into anxiety. It was a deep…

Another day, another chance to shine. Let’s get it, let’s really get it. I want to be great and I want to be the best that I can be. I want to join the gods. My actions must align with that, I am really trying my best but it’s not…

Man, thank you God, for everything. Thank you for being there for me, for guiding and always shining your light on me. This life is long and it is difficult. Much respect and praise to those who are doing it big and who have consistently achieved big things — Barack…

One mistake we make when it comes to training is that we want to do too much. Often when we start we are excited and we go overboard and end up breaking our bodies. This is a great paradox of training, in my opinion. …

A new year is always fresh and is a perfect chance to start again and start well. That is what new years are for. So far it has been a good and positive start to the year. I just have to maintain the positive steps and my concentration through the year. There are 52 weeks in a year and we are in Week 3 now. So, there is plenty of time to go and that gives us a chance go week-by-week: make every week count and keep track of our progress as the days and weeks go by.

“Losing is part of the game. If you never lose, you are never truly tested, and never forced to grow.” — David Sirlin, Playing to Win: Becoming the Champion I am currently part of a team and it seems we are always losing. Three times over the past year we…

Keep pushing to move forward. Keep learning. There are many things that I thought I knew but I really didn’t know. That is the biggest lesson of life, that is why these days I try to reserve judgment. When you are young you say ‘I would never do this or that’ / ‘this or that could never happen to me’. But life tends to teach you otherwise. 19 July 2022