Question? What do top industry leaders, politicians, sports people and actors all have in common?

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The answer? At one time or another, they all have or have had their own personal coaches. Planning their every move. Planning their future. Working on the skills required for their job. How they behave. How they react in given situations.

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World class golfers will have a putting coach, a driving off the tee coach, a playing off the fairway coach, a fitness coach, a nutritionist, a psychologist.

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World class tennis players will have their equivalents – serving coaches, short game coaches, playing from the base line and the personal coaches.

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Actors will have been coached so they can create the character that many of us secretly admire – and then coached by the director when making the film.

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Top industry leaders and politicians will have been coached for handling media interviews. How to walk. 

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This is how top people from different fields obtain outstanding results – and the very good news is you can learn these skills too.

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My background meant that as a teenager I was riddled with self-doubt and lacking in confidence. It was very much ‘the meek shall inherit the earth – if that’s OK with you?’. Because of my need to be polite and the likeable little boy I had been brought up to be. That meant many others got ahead in the queue for life. 

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Recognise this picture. And if like I was, you get resentful, especially if others take advantage of your polite nature.

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Over the years I came across the material to help me realise that I could be assertive in a positive manner and still be ‘a nice person’ (I hope).

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​Many of us have fitness coaches in our everyday lives.