Folks,Two of the kids I worked with for a number of years have had a stellar week. Darcy Harry won her first European Golf Tour Event, and Joel Makin had his first win on the Professional Squash Association Tour. Both were underdogs, neither fan...

Folks,I heard about a brilliant twist on an old format this week. Even if you haven’t been to a wedding fair, I’m sure you know the format – everything you need under one roof. Not this one. Imagine an alternative wedding fayre where you do...

Folks,What! Don’t bring your best self? Are you mad?When I read “Don’t bring your best self to a meeting” in the book Art of Gathering, I knew exactly what Priya Parker was getting at, and I reckon you do too. Why would anyone spend their time d...

Folks,I move in circles where words like “empowerment” are common. Admittedly, it’s usually not long before the door is swinging off the hinges, and I’m gone, but you get my point.  Michel Foucault’s theory of power suggests that power exis...

As a young sports scientist working in football, I often felt like the odd one out. I lost count of the times my manager would… The post The odd one out first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

Folks,There can’t be many people left on this planet who haven’t recently had a conversation about Zone 2 training – those fat-burning steady-state efforts that you can sustain for an hour or so. Many years back, I spent a lot of my time telling athl...

Green for go, red for stop. But what about amber? “Maybe”? In reality, it’s simply a signal that conditions are shifting from favorable (green) to… The post Go when it’s green first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

Here’s a brilliant example of what being an impresario looks like: You find someone who hasn’t thought of doing the thing you want to do,… The post When two become one first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

Everyone has a story, and therefore, a book within them, if they can get their story out. But what will you use it for? A… The post What’s your story? first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

In the triple jump, the stages are clear: hop, skip, and jump. For the high jump, they are: approach, takeoff, and clearing the bar. The… The post Hop, skip, and jump first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

An impresario will start with the end in mind. A facilitator starts with what’s on your mind. One orchestrates a discussion, the other organises the… The post An impresario and a facilitator walked into a musical hall…. first appeared on SimonHarling...

If we treat learning as a “comprehension test” where an expert invariably gives out information, and then we spit back out the bits we understood,… The post What would you like more of? first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

When Mike Matheny wrote the Matheny Manifesto, he was deciding the spec, just like Pete Carroll with his “Win Forever” approach. You might look at… The post Deciding the spec first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

If you have ever read a book, eager to get to the end or the exciting bit, you will know how hard it can be… The post In the moment first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

Or more accurately, a source of ignition. Of course, having a flame is never enough; you need fuel and oxygen. The initial, energetic declaration of… The post Fire starts with a flame first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.