This is Adrian Hurley. He is a basketball coach from Australia. He has coached the Australian basketball team in the Olympic Games and FIBA World Championships and ran the Basketball programme at the Australian Institute of Sport for a decade. He understands elite athletes.

The clip is from a presentation he gave to Australian Rugby League seminar for top grade coaches. Players want to work with coaches who care; the CV is irrelevant.

Da wir Deutsche sowieso aufgrund unserer Geschichte, Probleme haben mit Menschen die anders sind, betrachtet man Menschen die anders sind eben als Behindert, Krank, Gestört – an statt Ihnen zu vermitteln. Du bist zwar anders als die große Masse, aber du bist gut so, genauso Wertvoll, wie alle anderen, hast Du deine Stärken,Vorzüge, Begabung, und Schwächen, wie alle anderen Menschen.

Unser Bildungssystem, sowie allgemein hat unsere Gesellschaft ein Probleme mit uns, besonders in dieser Leistungsgesellschaft wo es nur noch um Profit und Makellosigkeit geht – Da, braucht man ja Menschen die reibungslos ohne Schwierigkeiten Funktionieren können. Dies Aussagen kennen wir in verschiedenster Form.

Genau diese Art und Weise: brachte vielen Menschen, einen enormen Knacks, unseres Selbstwertgefühls, uns hat man schon sehr früh vermittelt, Du musst Perfekt funktionieren, Fehlerlos sein, Menschen die es nicht sind brauchen wir in unserer Gesellschaft nicht! – genau dies Sprüche kenne viele von uns.

Gerade wir Legastheniker, die zumeist durch sämtliche Bildungssysteme als Versager, Behinderte, als Dummköpfe gejagt wurden, handelten sich so einen Knacks für Ihr Leben ein. Bittere Häme, Spott, Beleidigungen, Demütigungen zeichnen unser Leben, daher konnten viele von uns, kein gesundes Selbstwertgefühl entwickeln.

Für unsere persönliche, soziale Entwicklung benötigen wir ein gesundes Selbstbild, einen gesundes Selbstwertgefühl, das weder noch „untersteigert“ noch „übersteigert“ ist. Denn diese beiden Extreme findet man oft bei uns legasthenen Menschen. – Wir benötigen aber ein geerdetes Selbstbild, mit einen Selbstwertgefühl, das zu unserem Persönlichkeit passt.

Unser gesundes Selbstbild, wird auch ein gesundes Selbstwertgefühl hervorbringen, besonders wenn wir uns als legasthene Menschen in unserer Gesellschaft Weiterentwickeln, benötigen wir ein sehr gesundes Bild von uns selber, besonders weil wir von der Natur aus, eine gegebene andere Wahrnehmung bekommen haben, die einfach anders ist als die Masse, unserer Gesellschaft.

Nur mit einem gesunden Bild von uns selber werden wir unser Leben gut meistern können, für einen erwachsenen Legastheniker ist es Beste Weg, erstmals sein Selbstbild (Indentität) zu erneuern, um sich neu den Kulturtechniken zu widmen, fühlt man sich minderwertig, schwach und mit Makeln behaftet, sieht es mit den Chancen nicht gut aus, um Schritte in die Richtung für die Zukunft zu gehen. Man muss, sich Annehmen lernen so wie man ist, mit allen Ecken und Kanten. Der Legastheniker muss individuell seine, eigene Einzigartigkeit verstehen – sobald er dies Verstanden hat, wir er auch mit sich selber, mit seiner Umwelt im Reinen sein, dann kann er auch sich heranwagen, die Kulturtechniken gut zu beherrschen.

Wo, ich selber damals erkannte, mich entdeckte das ich selber ein Legastheniker bin, das Problem endlich einen Namen hatte, bemerkte das man trotz Fehlern beim Schreiben, Lesen, Rechnen, viele andere Begabungen hat, entdeckte ich mich selber, entwickelte nach und nach ein gesundes Selbstbild, wagte es zu Lesen, zu Schreiben – genau die Dinge die ich hasste, lernte ich lieben. Diese, Entwicklung kommt aber nicht, von heute auf Morgen. Zu meiner Zeit, wusste man auch nichts weiter über die Legasthenie, also ich musste diesen Weg selber ohne Wissen und Hilfe alleine gehen – ich fand in dieser Zeit eine wichtige, und große Hilfe im christlichen Glauben.
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It was a long week, I didn't sleep well on any given night, so I was tired. And I think there was some grieving energy that needed to be released, too. There have been some changes in my life recently, and I think there's still some letting go that is happening.

Also, I realized this week how important my Mondays and Fridays are to me. I tend to group my coaching calls with clients on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. This gives me Monday and Friday to work on project-type work that requires bigger chunks of time and focus. What I realized this week (because I was traveling on Monday) is how important both days are to my energy and feeling of momentum.

A productive Monday starts my week off strong. I feel good going into Tuesday knowing that I've accomplished so many important things already. And a productive Friday closes my week off strong. I feel good taking the weekend off for rest and rejuvenation.

This week, I didn't have my productive Monday and instead of accepting that and being present to that reality, I resisted and tried to squeeze in my Monday all week long. So although it was a tough week, I'm happy I'm now conscious of all of this. Now I can set up boundaries (for myself and others) to protect Mondays and Fridays; and I can adjust my expectations and intentions in weeks when Monday or Friday isn't available to me for project work.

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Back from Auckland now, it was lots of fun up there.  I met some people I really liked, and caught up on some things that needed doing as well.  Now I am at home sorting through debris from my old job and preparing for an upgrade to our office systems.  This will happen on Monday and it is really exciting!

So anyway I am close by and you can find me on yahoo messenger:  coachdawn_newzealand

Talk to you soon!

What I liked:

• Having Sean and Brian play with us. They're nice kids.
• The great scoring job by Mr. Thomann – he kept track of pitches and all.
• Jackson's put-out of the runner stealing second. Nice throw, nice tag.
• Henry pitched great in the 5^th.
• Logan turned an unassisted double play (thereby putting me on the ho0k for ice cream), and Henry had the ball pop loose on an awesome sweep tag.
• Putting the kids in different positions. Caleb caught a great force out at second, and having one of our shortest players at first base was great. Caleb is probably the headiest player we have. He very rarely misses an assignment.

What we could have done better:

• Not being depressed about losing by a few. I told the kids baseball is supposed to be fun, and reminded them that they waited all winter to play baseball outside. I should have given that speech in the beginning of the game.
• I think it was a function of being down three coaches, but we seemed to be in a funk, me included.
• Not much else.

I really hate it when umpires do not show up for games.

Hopefully the rain holds off and we can play today and Saturday.

We played a team that was 1-11, but you wouldn't know it. They are well-coached and made some great plays. It didn't help that we were stale after an extended layoff. The big key was our fifth inning, where we batted around and scored seven runs, thanks in part to some great base-coaching by Coaches Schaefer and Witty. That inning put us up for good, and we added two more insurance runs in the sixth. In the end, we won, 12-8.

What I liked:

• Our pitching was solid. Each boy did a great job settling down and being accurate.
• We didn't give up and pulled up by the bootstraps when we were down.
• The delayed steals in the top of the fifth
• Nathan being lights-out in the sixth
• The defensive plays by the Yellow Jackets. Of note was the line drive the pitcher caught just above the dirt.

What we could have done better:

• It took us a while to adjust to the delayed steals. As a result, we threw the ball around a lot.
• Not getting upset when we drill a ball to the outfield and it is caught
• Paying attention in general. I think the layoff hurt us there.

I could have done without the mosquitoes and having to peer through a chain-link fence to see anything.

As a conditioning specialist I must have the ability to adapt the programs I develop to a variety of training objectives and goals. This ability to adapt is required of me due to the broad array of clients and athletes I may encounter during any given period. It is important that I view all people individually and evaluate all training variables that relate to their program. To achieve this end I must consider the following six training variables when creating a comprehensive conditioning program:

1. Energy systems to be utilized.

2. Demands to be placed on each energy system.

3. Ways that each energy system will change according to competition or position.

4. Active movement to recovery ratios.

5. Sports specific demands of the activity and what is necessary for a comprehensive conditioning program.

6. The development of a periodic training plan designed to incorporate all training variables, adjusted as needed over time.

The above six factors are just a few of the things I take into consideration when developing a comprehensive conditioning program for the athletes I am working with.

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]]> http://strengthtrainingandnutrition.wordpress.com/?p=28 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:54:46 +0000 Chris Brown http://strengthtrainingandnutrition.wordpress.com/?p=28 Its interesting how an article was published at T-Nation yesterday on this very concept because in talking to another trainer while at work yesterday, I realized perhaps I was guilty of doing the same.

We were talking about seated overhead pressing with or without the use of a back support (bench set to 90 degrees). Now my 100% rule had been that if the client can stabilize their upper body while pressing a load overhead, no back support should be used (notice the black-and-white nature of the statement). However what I was made to realize is that for stronger clients a seat back might be an option to allow for enough overload without compromising spine health.

Now I guess an argument could be made that if the client has learned how to properly stabilize their lumbar spine under load,  then they should not have a problem stabilizing under a heavy weight. Or that if they can't stabilize with a certain weight, they shouldn't be lifting it.

But I have to remember that different people train for different goals. If someone wants to get add muscle mass without worrying about transfer to performance does it really matter that they are not performing an exercise standing, or with a back support, etc??

My clients will be happiest if I help them achieve THEIR goals.

This conversation was a very good (and apparently much needed) reminder of what a part of my job entails!

CB

'Twas only that when he was off was he acting."

--Oliver Goldsmith

Think about it.

Wanneer je op een punt in je loopbaan bent aangeland waarbij je er zelf niet uitkomt of je nu rechts of linksom moet, is het goed om met een ander van gedachten te wisselen. Met wie kun je dan praten? Wij stellen voor om te beginnen met de gratis mogelijkheden en het dan in fases op te pakken.

Fase 1: je collega’s, vrienden en familie.

Fase 2: gratis advies van een loopbaanexpert.

Fase 3: een loopbaanadviestraject.

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Apparently Crashed-on-her-Butt has % d #peoiupdq-81A987 something to say about celebrating:    

 (I know this because she’s dancing on the keys.) 

Crashed-on-her-Butt is a most astounding faerie. *

One day, a rather smashed (but not in the drunk way) faerie showed up on a pot.  Later, when the novel began, I learned much more about this unusual faerie – who actually worried about if anyone would like her (having broken her wing and smashed her face and all).  That’s so unlike the other faeries I’ve gotten to know who really have no sense of that kind of worry.

As it turned out, though, Crashed’s wish was to better understand people.  Sometimes we are such a mystery to them.. they wonder why our people world is so harsh.  Squealing train brakes, catching our fingers in doors, worrying about this, stressing over that, going to a job every day and wishing we weren’t.. those sorts of things.

Since wishes do come true, Crash found herself in the people world.  But not in the usual faerie way.  She happened to arrive in a ‘denser’ form.. crashing smack dab in the middle of the pottery table.  Her butt hurt.  It took her three days to figure out how to lift her now heavy little body up off the table... all the while the other faeries were cheering her miraculous accomplishment of ‘nearly being people-like’.  When she did stand up and try to fly to the pottery wheel.. well, it was good fortune that she landed on the dog, who gave her a ride to where she wanted to be. Crashed was not very happy about all this.

{“Crashed, your story is 25 pages long in the book... too long for a newsletter,” I whisper to her as we type this.

 “Okay, okay” she flitters back, “I just want to say something not in the book.” 

“You sure you don’t just want to leave this for the novel?” I ask hopefully. 

And I receive something somewhat like a scowl in return.

 “That’s unfaerie-like” I think to myself.. not that she can’t hear my thoughts anyway. “Okay, what do you want to say?” I ask}

“CELEBRATING!!  It  was all of the other faeries celebrating me, and encouraging me to celebrate, that reminded me that my sore butt was really worth celebrating. I had arrived where few faeries ever get to be!  That sore butt was a sure sign. When I remembered that, (because I also discovered that it’s harder to remember things in the people world!) I celebrated my arrival... and my butt wasn’t even sore anymore!”

(“Good point, Crashed” I tell her.

“Thanks,” she answers and then continues qp95[[a erar  to dance on the keys.aera8a;eia;’’a )

Apparently Crashed-on-her-Butt has % d #peoiupdq-81A987 something to say about celebrating:    

 (I know this because she’s dancing on the keys.)

Crashed-on-her-Butt is a most astounding faerie. *

One day, a rather smashed (but not in the drunk way) faerie showed up on a pot.  Later, when the novel began, I learned much more about this unusual faerie – who actually worried about if anyone would like her (having broken her wing and smashed her face and all).  That’s so unlike the other faeries I’ve gotten to know who really have no sense of that kind of worry.

As it turned out, though, Crashed’s wish was to better understand people.  Sometimes we are such a mystery to them.. they wonder why our people world is so harsh.  Squealing train brakes, catching our fingers in doors, worrying about this, stressing over that, going to a job every day and wishing we weren’t.. those sorts of things.

Since wishes do come true, Crash found herself in the people world.  But not in the usual faerie way.  She happened to arrive in a ‘denser’ form.. crashing smack dab in the middle of the pottery table.  Her butt hurt.  It took her three days to figure out how to lift her now heavy little body up off the table... all the while the other faeries were cheering her miraculous accomplishment of ‘nearly being people-like’.  When she did stand up and try to fly to the pottery wheel.. well, it was good fortune that she landed on the dog, who gave her a ride to where she wanted to be. Crashed was not very happy about all this.

{“Crashed, your story is 25 pages long in the book... too long for a newsletter,” I whisper to her as we type this.

 “Okay, okay” she flitters back, “I just want to say something not in the book.” 

“You sure you don’t just want to leave this for the novel?” I ask hopefully. 

And I receive something somewhat like a scowl in return.

 “That’s unfaerie-like” I think to myself.. not that she can’t hear my thoughts anyway. “Okay, what do you want to say?” I ask}

“CELEBRATING!!  It  was all of the other faeries celebrating me, and encouraging me to celebrate, that reminded me that my sore butt was really worth celebrating. I had arrived where few faeries ever get to be!  That sore butt was a sure sign. When I remembered that, (because I also discovered that it’s harder to remember things in the people world!) I celebrated my arrival... and my butt wasn’t even sore anymore!”

(“Good point, Crashed” I tell her.

“Thanks,” she answers and then continues qp95[[a erar  to dance on the keys.aera8a;eia;’’a )

July already... more than half way through the year. 

«  What have you wished for this year?

«  How close are you to achieving your dreams?

Instead of beating yourself up for not getting everything done that you think you ‘should’ have done,

I invite you to make a list of what you have....

«  recently accomplished,

«  chosen to do or be,

«  enjoyed,

«  gotten through,

«  moved forward on,

«  lifted the spirits of another,

«  AND be sure to include everything that involved playing, moodling, doodling and pondering.

If you are stumped on finding anything you consider worthy of ‘The List’, pretend that you are a good friend of yours.  What would you tell your friend to put on the list?

And then, I invite you to find a way to celebrate those items on the list. 

We generally haven’t been taught to celebrate ourselves... yet celebrating is one of the most empowering coaching and self-coaching techniques.  When you take a moment to really notice the grandness of you - your perspective shifts, your energy shifts, your ‘self sabotaging’ self talk lessens, and you create space in your thoughts for enthusiasm, confidence, and new ideas.

Coaching clients are often stumped when I ask them for the first time,

“How will you celebrate that?”

It doesn’t take long, though, before the celebrations become an integral part of their lives.  The results are simply too effective to ignore.  Celebrations can be as simple as lighting a special candle for oneself, to going for a hike you’ve been ‘meaning’ to get to,  or getting your toenails painted (this is especially fun for the guys.), treating yourself to a movie with buttered popcorn,  or taking a weekend holiday.

One client who always created goodie bags for events,  had a joyous time shopping for a goodie bag of inexpensive treats for herself. 

As you read this, are you feeling completely stumped? Do you have no idea of what you would celebrate or how you would celebrate?  In fact, do you think maybe you’ll just ignore this and skip through to the end to see how ‘she signs this one off’? 

Aw, come on, get a piece of paper and spend five minutes acknowledging you.  And pretend you have no choice but to come up with a celebration.

You’re worth it.  Notice how the ‘not so necessary’ thoughts diminish when you celebrate you.   This simple step  (albeit not always ‘easy’ at first)  nurtures the energy you need to find the ways for your wishes and goals to become a reality. . .  You know, those ones we hoped for 2008, but haven’t quite been able to get to yet. 

Well - this has been a challenging week for me.  About midweek I got some news that pulled the rug out from under me, so to speak.  And I'm still reeling.  And I'm wondering - how can I write something inspiring from this place?  I don't feel - well much of anything even now.  So that is what I'm going to write about.  What do when this happens.

I believe we are all designed for, made to do certain things.  One of the big challenges is figuring out what that is.  The next challenge is once you know - actually doing it.  And what do you do when other circumstances intervene to destabilize you? 

You keep going.  You remember - this is what I am meant to do, this is MY path.  The challenges, the saddening or destabilizing experiences don't CHANGE that.  So for today - I may feel sad, a bit out of control, but I can still take action toward the things I am built to do.  I know  my goals.  I know what I am working toward.  I know who I am.  None of that is changed - it is just more difficult right now.  But I can take another step, and another step.  I can keep going.  And that will lead me to a place of stability once again.  I can't control everything, but I can make those choices.  I can take just one more step.

Cool! Me too, "HEY!"

I am looking to mentor people in IT architecture. Part of the Open Group IT Architect Certification (ITAC) requirements is ‘giveback’ to the profession and mentoring is one of the most important. I have experience as an application, integration and enterprise architect with particular technology experience in SOA and most IBM software

Mentoring is not just about technology, it is also about careers, coaching and soft skills…

I also have quite a few certifications which i can help with too, including TOGAF, ITAC, Sun Enterprise Architect and Project Management Professional

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En los próximos días os sorprendemos según vayamos montando las nuevas maquetas que se han diseñado, que creemos os van a agradar mucho.