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    TGP #31 – 2 People You Should Make Proud

    The Antidote to Your DoubtsRead time:  1 minute 20sec   Imagine you’re looking back on your life and see two people standing before you: Your 8-year-old and 80-year-old self. Have you made both of those people proud? In this edition, we’ll explore how to make both of...

    TGP #30 – 15 Lessons from 150 Podcast Episodes

    The Antidote to Your DoubtsRead time:  3 minutes 23sec   On Tuesday, I hit 150 episodes of my podcast, Raising Your Game (pops party popper). I’ve had the opportunity to not only interview some of the best athletes, coaches, authors, and psychologists but also share...

    TGP #29 – The Antidote to Your Doubts

    The Antidote to Your DoubtsRead time: 2 minutes 20sec   I doubt myself constantly. It’s something that I have to work tirelessly on. Sadly, I’m not alone in this. Even those at the very top, your idols, whether in sport, business, film, or music they face doubts....

    TGP #28 – Four Words for Perspective

    Four Words for PerspectiveRead time: 2 minutes   Chances are, you’ve experienced something similar to what I’m about to describe. I was catching a train home from London. And at rush hour, the train was not only delayed, but the train had been reduced to fewer...

    TGP #27 – North & South Humility

    North & South HumilityRead time: 2 minutes   I learned one of my most treasured lifelong lessons when I was 18 years old. I traveled to Adelaide to join a cricket academy for the Australian summer. I was housed with a family of the club where I was placed (which...

    TGP #26 – Owning Your Mistakes

    Owning Your MistakesRead time: 2 minutes   "They are so stubborn, they can’t admit they are wrong" "They’ll never own up to their mistakes." Have you caught yourself saying this about someone else before? I have. I’ve made many mistakes in life. Too many to even...

    TGP #25 – The Power of Questions

    The Power of QuestionsRead time: 2 minutes   I recently did a personality assessment on myself as part of my masters. I was due to do a piece on either perfectionism, narcissism, or risk-taking and its relation to performance. But my tutor sent out what he called a...

    TGP #24 – Listen to your Inner Critic

    Listen to your Inner CriticRead time: 2 minutes   This week, I'm going to explain why running from, reframing, or blocking out your negative voice is something that you shouldn't be doing. We are living in a world where we are trying to make everyone feel confident,...

    TGP #23 – Don’t let Perfect be the Enemy of Done

    Don't let Perfect be the Enemy of Done.Read time: 2 minutes   Last week, I spoke about the resistance that we face when going towards our dreams and ambitions. So, this week, I'd like to expand on another idea and explain why this resistance exists. And a particular...

    TGP #22 – 20 Seconds of Courage

    20 Seconds of Courage. Read time: 3 minutes   One of my favourite films is We Bought a Zoo. (Matt Damon, Scarlett Johannson) Not only because of the heart warming story, but this line… “All you need is 20 seconds of insane courage, and I promise you something great...

    TGP #21 – The Best Birthday Gift

    The Greatest Birthday GiftRead time: 3 minutes   Tomorrow is my birthday; I turn 33. I know, I know. I don’t look a day over 23. Aww shucks. Stop it. And in this article, I’m going to tell you what the best birthday present I could receive is and how I encourage you...

    TGP #20 – 3 Methods to Remove Unhealthy Habits

    3 Methods to Remove Unhealthy HabitsRead time: 2 minutes   One of the biggest mistakes that I see people make in developing changes that they want is trying to make too big of a change. They don’t remove what is getting in the way. In today’s article, I’m going to...

    TGP #19 – How Focusing on One Skill at a Time can Pay Off

    How Focusing on One Skill Can Pay Off Read time: 3 minutes   When I was a professional cricketer, as a bowler, I had to have a wide range of skills. Fast balls, slower balls, cutters, bouncers, and yorkers. Ultimately, they get the ball to go in all different...

    TGP #18 – An End Of Year Review

    An End of Year Review   Read time: 3 minutes   With the new year in a couple of days. We can want to start to set out our new year goals and ambitions. But a huge part of that is reflecting on what went well this year. So I've created a template of reviewing your...

    TGP #17 – 5 Books that Will Change your Life Perspective

    5 Books that will Change your Life Perspective Read time: 2 minutes  Over the past few years, I have read dozens of books on the subject of self development, psychology, performance, and mindset. Unfortunately, most of them were a waste of time. They could have easily...

    TGP #16 – 6 Invisible Mental Health Habits

    6 Invisible Mental Health Habits  Read time: 3 minutes    You'd have to be living under a rock not to be aware that mental health is one of the most discussed topics right now. My social media feeds are full of people supporting or encouraging others to look...

    TGP #15 – A Simple Guide to Respond rather than React

    A Simple Guide to Respond rather than ReactRead time: 3 minutes   How many times have you reacted to someone or something, and moments later, you regret what you did or what you said? It could be 5 minutes, 5 hours, 5 days or 5 years later but no doubt that regret...

    TGP #14 – How to Be Honest with Yourself

    How to be Honest with YourselfRead time: 3 minutes   We all tell ourselves stories, about ourselves. They give meaning to your life experiences. And the truth is, we hate the truth—the true story that we are hiding. Today we’re going to look at how being honest with...

    TGP #13 – The Difference between Resilience and Mental Toughness

    3 Steps to Avoid Overthinking in Performance.Read time: 3 minutes   As I grew up in sport, I knew that to make it to the top, it was going to require mental toughness and resilience. The trouble was, I thought they were the same thing. Until I realised and learned...

    TGP #12 – 3 Steps to Avoid Overthinking in Performance.

    3 Steps to Avoid Overthinking in Performance.Read time: 3 minutes   This week, I caught up with one of the professional athletes that I help. And when going through what he’s done well, not so well, and looking to develop. Overthinking is something he's struggled...

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