Seeing and noticing

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership You might have seen something but what have you noticed. Paying attention is active, it involves all your senses and sensibility, not just eyes to… The post Seeing and noticing appear...

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Jul 25, 2023
Ten rules for writing

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Ten rules, most of them not mine, that I’m playing with. The post Ten rules for writing appeared first on SimonHarlingBlog.

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Jul 24, 2023
Which part do you enjoy?

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership What keeps a writer coming back to the text if they are full of self-doubt about the validity of their work? What can we expect… The post Which part do you enjoy? appeared first on Si...

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Jul 23, 2023
Can’t see the wood for the trees

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Noble words are not the same as noble deeds. Building a zoo because you are concerned about climate change and biodiversity is a bit like… The post Can’t see the wood for the trees ap...

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Jul 21, 2023
The need for sophistication

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership If you are a PE teacher, researcher, or coach it won’t be long before you come across the word “affordance”. Based on a person’s physical… The post The need for sophistication appeare...

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Jul 20, 2023
Symbiosis

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Sports are individually funded to drive up participation numbers. Of course, the hope is that the whole, an active nation, is greater than the sum… The post Symbiosis appeared first o...

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Jul 19, 2023
Good

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership It is clear that your “good” might not be the same as mine or anyone else’s for that matter. Being good at golf might just… The post Good appeared first on SimonHarlingBlog.

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Jul 18, 2023
Be more Leon

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Yesterday I was out on the trails at the back of Castel Coch in Cardiff and I bumped into a guy called Leon. I don’t… The post Be more Leon appeared first on SimonHarlingBlog.

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Jul 17, 2023
Objective truth

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership There is little point arguing with people about whether the sun is likely to come up today. But if you do find yourself in a… The post Objective truth appeared first on SimonHarlingBl...

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Jul 16, 2023
The emperor’s new clothing

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership If you know the story of the emperor’s clothes you know that what keeps the story going is groupthink. The fear of not seeing what… The post The emperor’s new clothing appeared first...

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Jul 15, 2023