John Shackleton has a background in sports psychology and has coached world champions and Olympic medalists.  A top level swimmer in his youth, John became a professional coach in his 20s, training international level swimmers and triathletes.  In his quest to improve performance he turned to sports psychology to help his athletes achieve at their absolute best. 

Over the next 20 years his training company grew to become the largest of it’s type in Europe with a group of specialist trainers working with blue chip clients such as Hewlett Packard, Coca Cola and Pfizer throughout Europe and the US. 

In his late 40s John sold his interest in his UK companies and emigrated to New Zealand where he set up on his own speaking and coaching business and quickly established himself as one of Australasia’s top motivational speakers. For the last 15 years he has been delivering conference keynotes and training workshops throughout Australia, New Zealand and Asia on performance subjects such as motivation strategies, self belief and goal setting etc.

In this episode, we discuss:

2:30 John’s journey from athlete to sports psychologist

7:18 Achieving peak performance without the stress

8:45 Understanding what is and isn’t in your sphere of control (and why that matters)

16:18 How to ensure your mental wellbeing isn’t tied to “success” or “failure”

20:19 How the definition of “peak performance” needs to chance

23:35 How mindfulness lets you unlock more peace and time

26:30 What mindfulness is and how to harness it

29:46 How mindfulness improves staff and patient relationships in a business

37:58 Being values driven and mindful in your business

40:30 Tips for those who struggle with mindfulness

43:05 Practical things you can do to bring more mindfulness into your business

Find out more about John Shackleton

www.johnshack.com