Folks,Do you know anyone else, apart from me, that is an advice monster? You know the type. People who don’t know what the issue is but are sure they have the answer - quick to solve the first problem, not the real problem.Last week, I discovered a q...

Folks,I’m going to start with a quote that gets me every time: “Give a man a reputation as an early riser, and he can sleep ’til noon.” — Mark Twain.Reputation goes before us, changing how we see things – and that’s worth challenging. Perhaps, a...

Folks,We are on the out of the long nights - hope springs eternal. I’ve yet to see an Easter egg, but it won’t be long. Chasing The Sun is a lovely film if you like bikes, long days, and giving yourself the time to do something just because. “I...

Folks,For some people, an inbox with 279 emails is the stuff of nightmares; for others, it’s just another item on the to-do list. Yesterday it was curating anything to do with “coaching”. Today it is the “rate of force development” and “plyometr...

Folks,I want to start with a question: How do you know you are getting better at what you do?Okay, before I answer that question, let’s talk about the Green Lumber Fallacy. The Green Lumber Fallacy goes like this: There once was a guy who knew e...

Folks,I break my own rules all the time – one of them is coaching my kids. Grassroots coaches are in the majority, and nearly all stick around in their sport only as long as their kids do. We might talk about community, knowledge sharing, and th...

Folks,“Towards better” is a noble aim, it could be better conversions or perhaps better work conditions, whatever it is, it pays to think about what “better” means.I sat in on a Coach Education meeting last week where the question was: “How do we cre...

Folks,How was your week?This week, a friend of mine asked for my CV for a project he’s involved with - it’s a chunky monkey: A few thousand miles of jungle trails on a bike with a Netflix crew in tow. I’m not sure what I can add to the party, but it...

Folks,Retiring cycling legend Mark Cavendish once said, “Don’t look for the effort, let it find you.”I love, love this quote: Some hide from the effort for fear it will hurt, and you can’t argue with that. Others race towards it because that’s w...

Folks,Before we tackle the BIG question, let’s start with a realisation I had this week.You don’t always need feedback on the thing you are building. Sometimes, asking for feedback is a trap. Maybe what you want is permission - and that’s got nothing...