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There’s a very specific type of pressure that shows up in life. Not the pretend stuff. Not the “stress of a busy week.” Not the “I’ve got a few things on.” I mean the real kind. The kind that hits without asking. The kind that doesn’t pause for breath. The kind that strips you back to who you really are, not who you say you are. And I’ve had plenty of that kind over the last couple of years. Financial pressure. Family pressure. Identity pressure. Performance pressure. Trying

Last week knocked me around. Training dipped. Coaching dipped. Energy dipped. And for a few days there, I genuinely felt like everything I’d been building - fitness, mindset, coaching, momentum - had slid backwards. It wasn’t catastrophic. But it was enough to rattle me. And if I’m being completely honest, it wasn’t just the training. I wasn’t firing at work. I wasn’t as patient with the kids as I’d hoped to be. And I wasn’t showing up the way I normally pride myself on showi

There’s a stage in life where everything runs on fuel made of pressure. Proving you can. Proving them wrong. Proving to yourself that you’re not done yet. That kind of energy burns hot - and for a while, it works. You outwork people. You push through fatigue. You say yes to everything because you can’t stand the thought of slowing down. It’s powerful. But it’s also fragile. Because the day always comes when that fuel stops working. When you wake up and realise you’re not chas

There’s a point most men hit somewhere in their forties. Life looks stable. You’re earning well. The family’s good. You’re training when you can. You’re doing everything right . And yet…something’s missing. You wake up, do the routine, deliver at work, tick the boxes - but that edge, that spark, has dulled. It’s not that you’ve become lazy. You’ve just lost that sense of why. For me, it crept up quietly. On paper, everything looked solid - career humming along, training ticki

For a long time, I chased PBs on the track. Split times, medal positions, national standards - whatever the next marker was, that became the goal. It shaped how I trained, how I thought, how I lived. And I loved it. Now, at 41, I’m still chasing - but the lanes look a bit different. These days, I’m chasing better systems in my business. I’m chasing financial momentum after a few hard years. I’m chasing deeper connection in my marriage, more patience with my kids, and that elu

Most people admire high standards. They rarely talk about what they cost. When I was younger, I thought high standards were the whole game. You worked harder, pushed further, refined until it was perfect - then moved the bar again. It was simple: if you cared, you gave everything. That mindset built a lot of the good in my life. It got me jobs I probably wasn’t ready for, kept me training when I could’ve stopped, and created opportunities I wouldn’t have had otherwise. But ov

There’s a space most of us live in more often than we admit. It’s not burnout. It’s not depression. It’s that foggy middle ground between...

I wish I could say training is fun every day. It’s not. The other morning, I sat in my car at Duncan McKinnon staring out at the drizzle,...

Everyone talks about resilience. It’s become one of those buzzwords you hear in leadership, sport, and life. But resilience is only half...

We live in a world obsessed with instant results. Fast wins. Overnight success. But growth doesn’t work like that. It works like...

I’ve worked in enough organisations to know that pressure is inevitable. Deadlines move, priorities shift, and crises come out of...

There’s a certain type of person we’ve all come across at work. The one who lets you know - often loudly - just how busy they are. Every...

You can’t hand someone a book, tick a box, and suddenly they’re a leader. Leadership isn’t taught - it’s caught. It’s caught when you see...

Tonight I’ll be running a workshop with Peter Bol for St Kilda’s Multicultural and Indigenous Scholarship kids. One of the things we’ll...

Motivation is a great feeling - but it’s a terrible plan. Because motivation is flaky. It disappears the second you’re tired, busy, or...

Some days I nail it. Other days I barely recognise the guy in the mirror. I have sessions where I’m on fire - clear, sharp, locked in....

Some days, I feel untouchable. Other days, I feel like a fraud with a laptop and a dream. That’s the thing about self-doubt - it doesn’t...

No matter how on top of it you are, things get messy. You lose your cool in a meeting. You blow up over something small at home. You hit...

These days, no one’s handing out medals for my performance. There are no scholarships to chase. No coaches screaming on the sidelines. No...

It’s funny - I crossed the line just a few seconds quicker than last time. On paper, the improvement is barely a blip. But if you were...