On this episode we had an incredibly insightful chat with Senior Psychologist, Sarah Murray

Sarah has more than a decade of experience working in professional sport, education and business, including overseeing performance psychology at a Premier League football club, as well as working with the ECB, golfers and athletes.

Sarah is also the co-author of Sports Performance Parenting

We spoke of :

• Parental influences
• The role of a parent in elite sport
• Giving feedback
• How children rarely listen to their elders but never fail to imitate them
• Mental health and physical health
• How strength and weakness are two sides of the same coin
• What is the most powerful thing you can ever say

I hope you enjoy

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On this episode we had the absolute joy and privilege to speak with the hugely talented BAFTA winning comedy writer and speaker Tim Reid.

Tim is also the host of the excellent Fist Of Firsts Podcast, which I really recommend you have a listen to.

This was an absolutely brilliant chat, full of life lessons and insights, including :

• Why you should have fun
• Why making wrong turns can take you to the right place
• What is creativity and how to be creative
• What could happen if 'Margaret from accounts' devised your strategy
• Enjoying the mistakes you will make
• What is the best bit of advice ever written in a book

I really hope you enjoy this as much as we did

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On this episode of Previously Learnt, we were incredibly fortunate to hear the life lessons and insights of Darren Harris PLY

Darren is a truly inspirational person. He is a dual sport paraolympian, coach, public speaker, psychologist and best selling author

Darren's TedX talks on adversity have been heard by over a quarter of a million delegates across the world.

Diagnosed and treated for cancer of both eyes aged at just one, Darren later became England's highest capped and most decorated blind and male footballer, with 157 appearances and ten World and European medals

This was such an inspiring chat, discussing :

• Taking one day at a time
• How life is a journey
• How to get a positive mindset
• How much our mindset makes a difference to what we accomplish
• What can we put in our toolkit to improve performance
• Learning from actions, not just words
• The fear of failure
• Why fun is so important
• Why setbacks can be beneficial

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On this episode, we were incredibly honoured to speak with Leicester, England and Lions rugby legend, Rory Underwood MBE.

Rory is England's record international try scorer and toured twice with the Lions.

Rory spent 18 years as a pilot in the Royal Air Force and is now a consultant and founded the excellently named firm, Wingman.

This was such an incredibly inspiring chat as we spoke of :

• The biggest life lesson Rory has learnt
• Why it is important to enjoy what you do
• Dealing with opinions
• Why is networking so important
• Doing your own research and not taking what are you are told as fact
• What makes the Lions so special

As always, thank you so much for listening, I hope you enjoy this chat, and please do let me know what life lesson resonated most with you

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On this episode of Previously Learnt, we were incredibly fortunate to speak with diplomat Charlie Stuart.

Charlie is a world renowned leader, with a career in some of the most demanding and high stake environments in the world.

Charlie has a background in military, international diplomacy, law and strategic security.

In diplomacy, Charlie's roles included Deputy Ambassador to Iraq and Head of Delegation to Tanzania, his current role is as Chief Security Advisor on Africa for the European Union.

This was such an inspirational chat, with life lessons which have certainly changed my life in how I will approach certain tasks.

As you can imagine, we spoke of many things, including :

• Enjoying life and being curious
• How to approach a huge challenge
• Why story telling is important
• What is diplomacy
• Why dancing in the rain is important
• What simple question you should ask yourself before going to bed
• Why not working at 100pc is beneficial
• Why understanding perspective is so important
• Being a proud parent (Charlie's son, Will, plays rugby for England)

I hope you enjoy

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On this episode of Previously Learnt Podcast - Life Lessons From Notable People, we had the fantastic opportunity to speak with former open out cry Liffe trader, Simon Hart.

The Liffe Exchange was a frantic place, think brightly coloured blazers, a lot of shouting and arm waving - certainly an unique environment.

This was a fascinating chat , we spoke of many things, such as :

• Keep moving forward
• Why creativity is important
• Fake it til you make it
• The impact of a parent's outlook and comments
• Risk outlook
• The importance of doing what you do and being true to yourself
• When should you give up on your dreams
• Why you should live every day as it is your last
• Which former Prime Minister had a tough time on the Liffe

Let us know what you think

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On this episode of Previously Learnt Podcast, we were joined by Danny Kerry MBE, arguably the most successful field hockey coach England and Great Britain has have ever had.

Danny has coached both the men's and women's England and Great Britain teams, and has medalled at Commonwealth, European, World and Olympic level.

This was an incredibly honest and insightful chat on :

Leadership

Perspective and perspective setting moments

Having a leap of faith

Effectiveness vs Impact

The importance of health

Dealing with setbacks

Affirmations

Why being unpopular is sometimes the right thing to do

Resources vs Being Resourceful

Plus many more

I hope you enjoy

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On this episode of Previously Learnt, we were incredibly fortunate to be able to speak with presenter and broadcaster, Alex Payne.

Alex is the host of the excellent podcast, The Good, The Bad, The Rugby.

This was a fantastic chat with Alex, brutally honest and incredibly inspiring with many things resonating.

We spoke of plenty of things, including :

• Resilience
• Things happening for a reason, and learning good things from dramatic events
• Sliding door moments and making things happen
• Why you should keep going
• Learning not just from our parents, but also our children
• What ability did Alex wish he had learnt much younger?

As always, I hope you enjoy

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