Getting Back on Track
One of the things I love about my work as a personal coach is that it constantly keeps me on my toes. The last few weeks, I’ve found myself helping a couple of my clients improve their productivity and reduce their stress levels. And to do this we’ve been working on improving organisation in their daily lives and we have spent some time dealing with procrastination. Last Friday morning, I sat at my desk and looked at my own ‘to do’ list. Being organised is not one of my natural personality traits; it’s something I...
read moreBeating Depression
I got an email from a client last Friday that gave me great joy. When she first signed on as a client with me a year ago, she was a mess. She was on medication for chronic depression, she hated her job, her family was neglected and she completely lost any sense of focus and direction’¦ and that was just the start’¦ over the last year we have seen some big changes in her life, but this email shows me that it has all been worthwhile. In part, she said: ‘I’ve made sure that I’ve left work on time (unfortunately...
read moreThe Forgotten Benefits of Men at Work
A few weeks ago I started clearing a corner of the shed and putting up a pegboard for all my tools, then last weekend I got stuck into building a workbench. As I was working on the project, it occurred to me that a large percentage of men don’t do anything constructive either at work or at home. Office workers for example, attend meetings, sit in front of computers, write documents and shuffle papers. None of these activities provide them with the physical challenges men really need. Many of the people I have met over the years have no...
read moreCity2Surf 2010 – The World’s Biggest Fun Run
Two weeks before the start of the 2010 Sydney City2Surf, the organisers had to close entries when numbers reached 80,000. To manage a crowd of 80,000 on foot 14km through city streets and then get them back home is no mean achievement – congratulations to the Sun Herald and all of the organisers, sponsors and volunteers. This was a personal milestone for me – my 40th City2Surf – and it just gets bigger and better every year without loosing any of it’s character. The City2Surf is an ‘all in group fitness...
read moreCut minutes off your City2Surf time in only 24 hrs
Well, here we are Saturday morning on the day before the 39th City2Surf and it is time for my Number 1 tip to strip minutes from your City2Surf time. How to avoid the Vindaloo Line I just made that up’¦ (I had a particularly hot vindaloo last night, and I know you don’t want to feel like I did first thing this morning!). The Vindaloo Line is what I call (as of now) all those people who line up at the port-a-loos at the start and along the run. This untimely stop can cost you many minutes. There are only two reasons you’ll...
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