That's when pressure bears down on you too hard.
When the possible outcome becomes too magical.
There's too much attached to it.
It's too loaded.
It leads to a desperate, panicky energy where it's tough to listen to the right inner voice.
Mike James
That's when pressure bears down on you too hard.
When the possible outcome becomes too magical.
There's too much attached to it.
It's too loaded.
It leads to a desperate, panicky energy where it's tough to listen to the right inner voice.
You can download the podcast on all your normal outlets including Apple & Spotify or on the link here:
I'm delighted to announce episode 6 of the Curious Cows podcast is now available to listen to via your favourite podcast app or this link:
Matt Brown - the story of an international standard junior tennis player who shared the court and tour with the likes of Andy Murray and Rafa Nadal, but didn't make it....on the tennis court at least. After a career ending injury whilst at Baylor University, Matt used his academic education and experience from sport to forge a hugely successful career on Wall Street with Goldman Sachs in New York City. Hear his inspiring story in this new episode of the Curious Cows podcast.
Here's episode 5 of the Curious Cows podcast in which I tell the story of....The Curious Cow! (It's a 7 minute listen ;-)
A number of listeners to this podcast have asked, 'why Curious Cows?', so I thought I'd take the opportunity to tell the story of the 'Curious Cow' as a metaphor for the simple premise that we have a choice in life between being fenced in all our lives by herd wisdom or challenging it and its associated limits and barriers. And that's the main thread of this podcast - talking to people who are approaching life with a 'curious cow' attitude, who are walking to the beat of a different drum, thinking differently and outside the box.
Meet Ian Cast - Dressage coach, confidante, best friend, and mentor to Olympic gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin. Hear his story from taking Charlotte on as a teenager and their journey together through to Gold at the London Olympics in 2012, Rio in 2016 and hopefully on to Tokyo this summer. Ian has some superb insights into coaching at both a recreational and high performance level, and his passion for his trade and sport shine through.
Please follow this link to listen and also look out shortly for the Curious Cows podcast via Apple & Spotify:
https://curiouscows.uk/podcast/episode-4-ian-cast-on-dressage-and-an-olympic-heroine
You may enjoy listening to the next episode of the Curious Cows podcast, a conversation with inspirational tennis coach Jemima King.
Jemima is the County Performance Officer for Buckinghamshire Junior Tennis. She is an inspirational coach and role model for girls in sport whilst also being a huge advocate for the female coaching journey.
As a player she played U.S College Tennis at Boise State, becoming their most decorated ever doubles player, but also was instrumental in leading Bucks Ladies to their first ever Division 1 'County Week' title.
Listen to how she balances out motherhood and coaching, her Fed Cup Trip to Argentina with Judy Murray in 2012, and what 'performance' means to her. She concludes with her 3 key qualities/values that she seeks to live up to everyday.
https://curiouscows.uk/podcast/episode-2-scott-allaway
Delighted to say our first 'Curious Cows' podcast is up and available now to listen.
Simply click on the link below. I very much hope you can listen to it and enjoy what you hear.
My very best,
Mike
https://curiouscows.uk/podcast/episode-1-the-fall-and-rise-of-halton
Hello friends of Everyball,
I am delighted to announce that we are releasing our first 'Curious Cows' podcast this Wednesday!
The aim of the podcast is to inspire our listeners to ‘win’ through learning from each other via a series of talks with those with a 'story to tell' throughout the Chiltern area from a variety of different disciplines, most commonly with a sporting link.
Winning of course requires some definition and for us at ChILDS (The Chiltern Institute of Learning, Development and Sport) it is simply to develop ourselves, our organisations and people to ‘better our best’ on a daily basis through adopting the deep child-like curiosity to learn. In essence we seek to challenge 'herd wisdom' by becoming 'curious cows'!
ChiLDS itself has grown out of our work at Halton Tennis Centre where I am Director of Tennis, so it seems only fitting that our first podcast is an interview with Nick Leighton and John Walker - the architects of an amazing sporting and business recovery from nearly being boarded up and shut down in 2000, through growing into what now many call one of the finest examples of a tennis centre/club in Great Britain.
Episode 1 'The fall and Rise of Halton Tennis Centre' will be released this Wednesday via our curiouscows website.
Many thanks,
Mike
'Everybody's got a plan until you're punched in the face' - Mike Tyson (allegedly)
And we're gonna get punched in the face - perhaps not literally but the blows will come, of that there's no doubt.
So I guess it becomes all about how we take the punches and respond.
Roll with them.
Bend to them.
Like trees in a storm, bending but unbroken.
And build in some flexibility to your goals - the twists of nature, of fate, those things outside our influence and control inevitably come into play.
That is resilience.