Adventure and Mindset – how an Olympic medallist helped me face the tyranny of the “shoulds”.
About a month after leaving the Army, I was having coffee with a former colleague, now a highly successful endurance athlete and performance coach. Over a couple of hours, she offered lot of helpful advice; however, one comment really stuck with me. After listening to me talk about my plans and direction of travel, she looked at me with a wry smile and said “there seem to be an awful lots of ‘shoulds’ in there.” Fast forward 6 months and I was stood on the side of a mountain
