We’ve come this far?

We’ve come this far. A rallying call of the foolish, or the final step for the committed. How do we know which one we are?… The post We’ve come this far? first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

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Aug 27, 2025
It’s not change if it doesn’t happen

It’s tempting to think that the reason coaches are reluctant to adopt an “open book” approach to their coaching philosophy is that it’s the hard… The post It’s not change if it doesn’t happen first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

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Aug 26, 2025
Making it count

My eldest is entering the business end of her school life. Whether I have any anxiety, stress, or ambition, it’s my job not to pass… The post Making it count first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

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Aug 25, 2025
Who you know

“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” Most of us take this to mean getting a leg up—being offered a chance that wouldn’t… The post Who you know first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

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Aug 21, 2025
Fun and failure

One of the great opportunities that the world of physical fitness offers us is the opportunity to design for, embrace, and work with failure. Not… The post Fun and failure first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

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Aug 20, 2025
Reading your audience

If a writer needs to know where they are taking their audience, how to make them feel, what they want them to understand, and what… The post Reading your audience first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

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Aug 19, 2025
The next step

After you write this book, what’s next? What’s the next step? We are hard-wired to ask “What’s next?” when a better question might be, “What… The post The next step first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

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Aug 11, 2025
What’s the weather like up there?

Noel Gallagher described the formative years of Oasis songwriting as “The Golden Years”, a time when the content of the songs related directly to the… The post What’s the weather like up there? first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

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Aug 07, 2025
Don’t make me come over there!

No coach I know wants to deliver dull, drab, funless sessions. I also know plenty of coaches who are unsure where discipline, structure, and rules… The post Don’t make me come over there! first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

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Aug 03, 2025
Read your work

An editor friend of mine once gave me a piece of advice that stuck: “Read your work.” It’s a great way to check if your… The post Read your work first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

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Jul 31, 2025