ShareLessons in the Gym In my twenty-five (plus) years of managing gyms, owning gyms and working on gym floors, I’d say that about one person per year asked me about my qualifications and academic background. Yep, one person. In my time as a trainer, I personally completed more than 40,000 (mostly one-on-one) sessions. That’s a [...]
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ShareA Different Paradigm I’m always amused when someone assumes that everyone thinks like they do. For some reason, they expect other people to view the world (situation, relationship, challenge) through their eyes. Interestingly, in most instances, nothing could be further from the truth. Just in case you don’t know; nobody sees the world (exactly) like [...]
ShareFree Stuff It’s been a long time since I have given away some stuff, so today is the day. I’ve got some signed copies of my new(ish) book to give away for the contributions that tickle my fancy. And yes, I will send those books anywhere in the world. For a change, I thought we [...]
ShareLook Past the Cover and Turn the Pages If you want to know someone then know where they’ve been, what they’ve seen and what they’ve experienced. If you want to understand them, understand their history. Or, at the very least, make an effort to. Every person has their own unique story. Their own version of reality. Their [...]
ShareGreat With Words, Not So Good With People Have you noticed how some people are great at speaking but not so good at communicating? That is, they seem to have an adequate vocabulary and more-than-adequate speaking skills but for some reason (or reasons) they just don’t communicate effectively with others. They talk a lot but [...]
SharePants on Fire Hi Guys. I’ve written about lying before but not in any great detail. Some researchers suggest that the average person lies three times every ten minutes in conversation but for all we know, that could be a lie. I find it a fascinating subject to explore mostly because so few people are honest [...]
ShareAm Not, You Are Of course, today’s post is all in the name of fun so before anyone gets precious, defensive or hurt… don’t. If we can’t take the piss from time to time, then we’re all taking life and ourselves too seriously. After all, I’m almost a man myself. And what was the genesis [...]
ShareLife: A Series of Decisions Among other things, it seems to me that life is largely a series of decisions. Big and small. Important and not-so-important. Painful and painless. Personal and professional. Monumental and incidental. Necessary and optional. Informed and ignorant. Selfless and selfish. Courageous and cowardly. And so on. Yep, it’s impossible to go [...]
ShareHi Guys. Yesterday I received a great email from a bloke named Cam. Among other things, Cam thanked me for being his unreasonable friend. You’re welcome Cam. Unreasonable friend? Dude, Your Breath Stinks I immediately loved that term. Cam shared with me that “an unreasonable friend is someone who will tell you that your breath is [...]
ShareA Seven Out of Ten Way back in the early nineties, I gave a presentation at a conference for a large company. For me, it was a relatively straight-forward gig of the health-fitness-motivation variety. Up to that point in time, it was one of the largest audiences I had spoken to – about five hundred [...]
