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Tim Gallwey has been called the catalyst for the era of sports psychology and the Godfather of coaching.

Tim Gallwey

Over 40 years ago, Tim wrote his first book The Inner Game Of Tennis and has since sold over 2 million copies. When major corporations like AT&T, Apple, Coca-Cola and Rolls Royce heard about his unique process of coaching and training, they began asking for Tim’s input in terms of change management, leadership and team development. Tim is now a sought-after speaker and seminar designer and his methods have impacted people all over the world.

In Part 1 of his interview, Tim Gallwey describes the birth of the sports coaching industry and the fundamental difference between the traditional paradigm of training vs the way he learned to teach – allowing learning to occur naturally and more quickly and effectively.

Tim goes deep into the role of judgement in the learning process, the secret to having the mindset of a peak performer, the power of learning from experience, and a simple way of dealing with fear. He also unpacks his foray into working with AT&T, where his methods were used to successfully retrain 20,000 telephone operators and transform the culture of the largest company in the world – from a monopoly to a competitive enterprise.

A wise sage with decades of experience and insight, Tim Gallwey’s observations will enlighten and expand your ability to coach others…and yourself, for success.

Also check out Episode 142 – Part 2 for the continuation of our interview with Tim Gallwey.

Key Takeaways

Once you as the coach are no longer being the learner, the transformed, and the changer – the value of your coaching declines.
Learning is less about teaching and more about what’s happening inside the person, which they then express in behavior.
Judgement blinds you to what’s really happening.
It’s easy to change a backhand but it’s hard to change MY backhand when I’ve come to the point of identifying myself with how I do something or how I think. It then becomes a habit that I call ME. “This is the way I do it.” You have to unhook the performance from your identification with it. And that’s what observation does.
Inner Game Formula: Performance = Your Potential to Perform – Interference (fear, doubt, identification)
Trying too hard can impede learning.

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www.theinnergame.com

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