Archive for 2012

My Shop Window!

Peter December 14, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

Just in case you are looking for some Christmas stocking fillers or that little bit of beneficial personal indulgence – here are some online links to my little corner of Author’s World … “Don’t Think of a Black Cat – A beginners guide to NLP”, while ...

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Coachability

Peter December 10, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

I read an interesting article by a colleague that alluded to ‘teachability’ – the factor that recruiters, coaches, ‘people developers’, teachers, look for in individuals and make their judgements accordingly. This ‘teachability’ or ‘coachability’ factor is not so much about raw talent or current ability, ...

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See Me After Tea

Peter November 26, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

Apportion control Life can be bitter-sweet – in fact life IS full of potentially bitter-sweet experiences. We can experience bad things on a good day and good things on a bad day. Here’s the thing though – they are all just days, and they are ...

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Wipeout!

Peter November 14, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

There was an amusing episode at the end of our rugby strength and conditioning session this week, where – just for fun – the players were leapfrogging tackle bags stood on end. It all went well until one of the guys decided he would leapfrog ...

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Will You Shut Up! – Can’t You See I’m Thinking?

Peter October 19, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

I was en route to an appointment and this journey involved 4 sub-modes of transport. Car – Trains – Bus – Shanks’ Pony. Now – who is in control to make the journey smooth, and the outcome favourable in ‘goodtime’? Of course it is Me ...

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Falling Out Of Loving

Peter October 11, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

I was talking with a young friend with regard to some issues he was encountering in his life – issues that I understood to a degree, and issues that resonated with me in that I too had previously encountered those self same issues. One of ...

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The Wind Beneath The Wings

Peter October 2, 2012 4 comments Uncategorised

I was conversing with an online friend recently, and he mentioned some upcoming stage performances he was planning and how he was looking for more inspiration. Now I don’t know whether the inspiration he was looking for was specifically about content, or perhaps a mixture of content ...

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Under The Radar

Peter September 26, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

I was at one of the after school clubs I run yesterday, and before we started our cricketing activity I took the register – and then asked the group a couple of ‘off the wall’ questions. I never pass up the opportunity to slip some kernels ...

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Give Them a Piece of Your Mind

Peter September 25, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

So you’re angry – there’s a bit of a rant. You’re clearly affected so who caused it? What did they do? Jump ahead of you in the bar queue? Cut you up on the motorway? Call you a wuss on the pitch? Stared at you ...

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Primed and ready for action?

Peter September 19, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

This week welcomed in my first after school cricket club of the new academic year. It was great to see the familiar and the new faces as they got stuck into a couple of different indoor games to start off our term’s activities.   One ...

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