– Then What?

When things don’t go to plan, play out the way we want or expect them to happen, invariably we feel disappointed or upset. It sounds like a reasonable response, doesn’t it, completely justifiable, given how hard we work, or how much energy we devote to a given outcome?

In my 30 years involved in elite sport, I have witnessed many “10000 hours” worth of quality training, only to find athletes miss the mark, or worse still not even show up when it counts?  One of the most common places athletes go to is, the feeling of surprise, that things haven’t gone the way they want it, followed by frustration that it should have, given their training program and commitment. Yet, no-where along the path is there any certainty in results and athletes in their heart know this fact.

In this conversation, we’ll take a closer look at human tendencies to live in and out of different worlds. As a National Coach, I would flit between the personal/material dimension (world rankings, qualification, results) and the philosophical (unknown, exploration, and presence). Each lens creates a different reality inside my mind, with entirely different responses.

It’s tricky sometimes to see how human consciousness is working. Still, when we get even a glimpse, we get to navigate our lives more in tune with our natural wiring, with clarity, creativity and joy alive in us.  When things don’t go the way you want it, you’ll feel disappointed perhaps, but with insight into how the lens of perspective is working, you won’t stay there for long!


Recorded LIVE on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/denise.holland.182/ – Thursday 27th August 2020 (19.00 BST, 11.00 am PDT, 14.00 EST)


Angus Ross. After a long career as a fashion and advertising photographer, Angus has taken to transformational coaching like a duck to water.  Mentored by the world-famous Pransky & Associates, he has developed an insatiable appetite for helping people tap into their true potential.  Angus works with people from a wide range of sectors;  the defence industry, addiction, recovery, within the federal prison system, and the world of sport. Angus connects with his clients in a very honest and open way and then talks about the role of thought and how it either frees or limits us.  The net result of this is that Angus’ clients get a greater sense of their essential nature and experience a much higher degree of success and wellbeing in their lives.  It sounds simple enough, but the results are often life-changing!

Andy Winter has been an Educator, Administrator, and Coach for over thirty years. He encountered Dicken Bettinger and Sydney Banks twenty-five years ago, and his life and his work changed dramatically. Since then he has worked with adults, children, couples, schools, athletes and teams to help them better understand their innate health and wisdom, and live work and play with greater joy.
Andy is the Director of the Center for Insight and Change in Brattleboro, Vermont – where he works sharing the principles behind the human experience. He also continues his practice as a Tennis Pro.

When Things Don’t Happen The Way You Want It –

– Then What!

This interview provides a unique opportunity to hear from specialists in human performance, Angus Ross and Andy Winter. Each speaker specialises in various individual fields; addiction, business, youth and sport. Yet all three speakers share one common understanding of the mind which has the power to help you to take inspired action, and create a world which has love, compassion, exploration and understanding engineered into its fundamental core!

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Matthew Roberts
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