NLP sport pro

Here is natural instinct, and there is control. You are to combine the two in harmony. If you have one to the extreme you will be very unscientific; if you have another to extreme, you become a mechanical man, no longer a human being. So it is a successful combination of both. It is not pure naturalness, or pure unnaturalness. The ideal in unnatural naturalness or natural unnaturalness” Bruce lee

At the centre of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.” - Lao-tzu

Or don’t double guess yourself, make the pass because you see the space…!

An eighth dan karate black belt told me last summer that

Bruce Lee once said ” I don’t do martial arts I am martial arts”

Humans beings not human doings ?

Empty your mind. Be formless. Shapeless. Like water. Now you put water into a cup,it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle,it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

Bruce Lee

I love this quote by the great martial artist Bruce Lee. It helps me remember to flow with life.

How can you use this philosophy today ?

“A manager has to be a coach and psychiatrist, and I like doing both” Gordon Strachan  Manager Glasgow Celtic F.C.

Have the skills needed to successfully managing a soccer team changed since the 60/70s ?