by Allan Waddell | Aug 15, 2017 | Character, Inspiration, Motivation, Parenting
TRAIN TO WIN – GO TO LEARN When you first talk to competitors about this philosophy they think you don’t want them to win or that you are trying to make excuses for your inability to help them win. THAT COULDN’T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. When people put so much...
by Allan Waddell | Jul 27, 2017 | Inspiration, Lifestyle, Motivation, Parenting
We are going to explore the nature of competition and put some frame work around it. Maybe this will be the first time you will look at competition this way. When I ask people about competition and what they think it means, mostly they drift towards looking at it from...
by Allan Waddell | Jun 30, 2017 | Character, Motivation, Parenting
A lot of people come to our Martial Arts school to learn how to or work on building their confidence. Over the years some things have become very apparent to me and I would like to share them. Confidence is, according to the dictionary – Confidence definition,...
by Allan Waddell | Jun 12, 2017 | Motivation, Parenting
There is a saying that you will be the average of the 3 people you associate with in a given area. I can testify to the accuracy of this statement, in my life at least. It was only in my forties that I realised that my life had been kind of moulded by the people I...
by Allan Waddell | May 26, 2017 | Inspiration, Motivation, Parenting
Before any race or game a professional athlete will run that race or play that game 100’s of times in their mind first. A runner will set up at the end of the track and run the race through visualisation time and time again. Noticing the power with which their...
by Allan Waddell | May 10, 2017 | Inspiration, Motivation, Parenting, Uncategorized
Now we have a goal its time to GROW it. This 4 step process allows you to move on even the smallest of goals. To GROW our goal we have to have a GOAL, Then we need to have a REALITY check, then notice our OPPORTUNITIES and lastly find a WAY FORWARD. Lets look at it in...
