What do you want?

Folks,Will Guidara, author of Unreasonable Hospitality, shares a story of going to an out of town barbers for a haircut. “What do you want?” asked the gruff barber, pointing to three bottles of spirits. “Whiskey,” I replied with a smile.A day later,...

Read More
Dec 22, 2025
King for the day

Folks,For the beginner, it’s usually not a lack of effort or intention, but where they put their attention. In Mixed Martial Arts, it’s when to tense up, and when to relax - stay tense throughout, and you'll be drained in minutes.It’s not that being...

Read More
Dec 15, 2025
Teenage Kicks

Folks,I’ve started reading the book Unreasonable Hospitality, not because it was my first choice, but because it's bright yellow, sits on Lins' side of the bed, not being read—what was I supposed to do!At the heart of this book is the question: What...

Read More
Dec 08, 2025
A lot to unpack this week

Folks,Let’s start with just that - a video of my youngest daughter unpacking lots and lots of books! You can get yours here. Where did she get that sharp knife from!! My book is now available for pre-order in places like Australia, the US,...

Read More
Dec 01, 2025
Living my best TK Maxx life

Folks,Let me start with a harrowing fact: the average author sells 250 copies of their book. Now, I think we both know, I'm not your average author, or at least, that's what I tell myself. Secretly, I think I'm a little bit better than that - I'll se...

Read More
Nov 24, 2025
Living my best TK Maxx life

Folks,Last week, I attended two events with grand titles:A digital campfire on possibilityProject AcceleratorFull confession: I wasn’t there to clarify my next step or learn to live a more creative life, but I was there to watch how others facilitate...

Read More
Nov 17, 2025
The offer of clarity

Folks,I’m reading some fantastic stuff at the moment around rethinking what success, failure, and help are related to coaching, parenting, and, of course, teaching.We all have our own ideas of what these terms mean to us, but what is clear to me is t...

Read More
Nov 10, 2025
Imperfect design

Folks,Differential learning teaches us something counterintuitive: how we get there matters less than why we're going there.Want to run fast? Great!Try running with your hands above your head. Now try with high knees. Next, long strides!This might se...

Read More
Nov 03, 2025
Imperfect design

Folks,This weekend has been a little bit dull. I can’t lie. I found myself reading reports on projects, initiatives, and task forces in the sports and coaching landscape in Wales, and all of them had one thing in common: none of them worked that well...

Read More
Oct 27, 2025
What do you think you see?

Folks,When you see a park bench, what do you see?If you’re tired, you might see the chance to sit down. Maybe it’s the place you sit and watch the world from. Or, perhaps it’s the place where you first learned to vault.How we show up is important.Tir...

Read More
Oct 20, 2025