The trouble with teaching people to fish

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Teaching people how to catch fish is preferable to simply handing them your catch. For a little extra time spent, you get to keep your… The post The trouble with teaching people to fi...

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Aug 30, 2022
Emotionally invested

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Don’t feel that you have to go with your first answer. You can change your mind.  In fact, it’s worth remembering that we won’t think… The post Emotionally invested appeared first on...

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Aug 29, 2022
Constructive dissent

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership What to do? When the kids stop following your drills. Or one of the kids puts their bib on in a way that makes them… The post Constructive dissent appeared first on SimonHarlingBlog.

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Aug 28, 2022
Easier said than done

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership If you did what you told others to do. What would change? The post Easier said than done appeared first on SimonHarlingBlog.

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Aug 27, 2022
What gives you the authority?

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Authority is a specific position occupied within an organisation. An organisation that has influence over the way you do things. Legitimacy is the right and… The post What gives you t...

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Aug 26, 2022
Getting clear on what we actually mean

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership The term “grassroots” means to gather everyone up at a local level and create change at a national level. Yet, sport is run at a… The post Getting clear on what we actually mean appea...

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Aug 25, 2022
Reward

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership It once attracted your attention and because you craved it, you changed your behaviour to get it. Now it goes unnoticed but the behaviour remains… The post Reward appeared first on Si...

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Aug 24, 2022
Are you going my way?

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership It is clear that more coaches are asking for mentors. What is not clear is where the coach expects to go. Any road will do… The post Are you going my way? appeared first on SimonHarli...

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Aug 23, 2022
Yesterday

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership I took my desk-bound, screen-watching, teenage nephew out on his mountain bike. 2.5 hours later I returned him to his worried mother. Kids are not… The post Yesterday appeared first o...

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Aug 22, 2022
Just right

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Hard on the outside and soft in the middle. Being clear on what is nonnegotiable creates a strong force field. While on the inside letting… The post Just right appeared first on Simon...

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Aug 21, 2022