THE INVICTUS PROJECT

Over the last few years, I'd had some the opportunity to work with World Champion athletes and World Class Teams. Seeing things from the other side of the fence gives you a very different perspective. I know when I was an athlete all I was obsessed with was winning and beating people. Then doing that at the highest level possible. What I didn't see where the things that would eventually hit me from my blind side. Why is it important to know what could bring you down? Firs

After spending many years practising doing things the "more challenging way," I figured out you didn't have to bottom out before asking for help. Most people don't access how they may think, behave or what they do on a day in, day out basis. Then bang something happenings, and the whole world comes down. Or in other scenarios, it can be a small problem to begin with, that you don't care much for and then over time this problem grows and grows and grows until the thing that

A lot of the work I do is problem-solving. However, the long-term effect is that those I work with start to solve their own problems. I know that was a huge culprit of heavily focusing and immersing myself with any problems I had. Sometimes I'd complain, moan, slag off, avoid or run at it as hard as I could. These were not the most strategic methods of best dealing with the problem even though they worked up to a point. In the long all it did was pull me in a direction, I did

I see this happening day in day out. I was a major culprit of this. One minute you'd be nice as pie to someone's face and next minute you'd be slagging them off as soon as they turned the corner. What I didn't realise at the time was how destructive this way of thinking was to me. It meant that I was just as bad as everyone else. Many of us are quick to judge and to point the finger and try and shift blame. We'll spend lots of time complaining and bad mouthing other peopl

As I immerse myself more with my work, I see more and more that we humans are extremely habitual with our behaviour. With this trait, it can sometimes get us into sticky situations. I know at the time if I was in a tricky situation (e.g. disagreement with parents, teachers, sports coach) I'd either vent verbally or turn on my heel and run. Another one of my favourites was to complain and moan about how bad the problem was following it. Since then things have moved on a litt