by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 19, 2024 | Blog
One of my favourite Presidents is Abraham Lincoln, and I love the “quote” of his that’s made its way around in online memes: “Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet” (Or a variation of that) I get it … It can be hard to...
by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 18, 2024 | Blog
Yesterday I got the word out about “Marc’s List” of recommended partners that I’m compiling and sharing with my community. This list will be promoted on the Natural Born Coaches website and inside The Coaching Jungle Facebook group, and...
by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 17, 2024 | Blog
Over the last 10 years+ in the online space, I’ve had the chance to get to know a lot of people who provide services that help coaches. So whenever someone asks me for a recommendation, I go through my mental Rolodex, find the right person for them, and send...
by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 16, 2024 | Blog
Here’s a story that’s stuck with me over the years from George Leonard, who ended his (excellent) book “Mastery” with it: === “When Jigoro Kano, the founder of judo, was quite old and close to death, the story goes, he called his students...
by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 15, 2024 | Blog
Cus D’Amato, the legendary boxing trainer who took Mike Tyson off the streets and turned him into a world champion, had a unique way of determining who was a contender and worthy of his time. In Tyson’s book “Iron Ambition”, he shared a story about D’Amato’s gym –...
by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 14, 2024 | Blog
Back when I started my coaching business in 2014, it seemed like a noisy space. I remember noticing how busy it was. All of the social media posts and emails made it seem like everybody was a coach … Flash forward to 2024, and that noise has gotten a whole lot louder!...