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For some time the PERIPHERALVISION performance coaches and I have working with an emerging team of swimmers who trying to break into the elite level. Some of this squad are already national champions and medal holders – but their dream is ‘to be great’. With ‘great’ – comes very, very high levels of expectation and…

Character Muscle in Focus // Resilience – the ability to bounce back from setbacks & mistakes. Have you ever played tennis – or – watched elite level players in match? They make mistakes the whole game – OK – whilst making some great shots here and there during the whole match as well. The players…

GOOD INTENTIONS // We have all tried to ‘change something’ within ourselves – and – it is hard work right! We might want to ‘be better – be stronger – be more resilient – be more patient – be fitter – be more insightful – be a better colleague/friend/partner/parent’ – whatever it is… it seems…

At PERIPHERALVISION, one thing that we are privileged to do is hang out and work closely with a variety of elite performers from all walks of life – business – sport – the arts… you name it. One story shared by our – Recovery /Movement performance coach – Victor Popov – detailed insights and the…

… A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE FOR THE MODERN EXECUTIVE UNDER PRESSURE. When the French philosopher Desecrates was wandering around Paris in the 1600’s, he had a thought. Strolling by the Seine River, through the Left Bank or “La Rive Gauche”, he mused on whether Aristotle, Hippocrates, Galen (famous Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher…

A MODERN MINDSET FOR THE ELITE EXECUTIVE UNDER CONSTANT PERFORMANCE PRESSURE. If you look at it closely – most performance areas in business – sport – the arts – emergency services – are very similar – that is – if you can productively manage your emotions when the pressure rises, you have a chance to…

“I can’t do this!” “I stink at this task!” “Why do I always mess things up when it all seems to be going so well?” “I will never get this right.” How many times have these thoughts entered your mind during the pressure of life/work playing itself out? Negative [ Unproductive ] self-labels or beliefs…

MANY THINK ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS DO THINGS OTHERS AREN’T WILLING TO DO. In these times of ongoing business change – volatility, uncertainty, ambiguity and complexity are plenty. In the military – at their leadership academies – they refer to this as the VUCA world – volatile/uncertain/complex/ambiguous. Not unlike our landscape…

Whenever we won a surfboat race – our coach would ask us – ” So… exactly why did we win?” Success doesn’t happen by accident – yet it can and does short term – so understanding the proof points and strategic choices we were making to ensure we went faster – each time – were…

3 Habits and the Waterfall Effect… There is one main characteristic of the waterfall to think about in relation to our habits and ultimately our performance impact…the water that makes it what it is – never really stops. It keeps moving – always chasing a momentum. For example – over thousands of years the only…