Ascent with Tom Foxley

Are you playing the music? Or just playing the notes?

Last night was a surreal experience.

At the front of the audience was a stage where every musician for fifty kilometres took their turn in performing.

Teenage rock bands, a full orchestra, the local school, a choir, and naturally with this being France, a trio of accordionists, each stood on stage and delivered their recitals.

Some were incredible. Real musicians that made you FEEL the music. These musicians moved those of us in the crowd.

It felt smooth, and you could tell these were exquisite musicians.

The applause for them was both enthusiastic and sustained. 

Others hit all the right notes, but the entire crowd fell flat and became awkward listening to them.

The applause afterwards was a mere formality - “thank you for trying”.

The weird thing is, these musicians performed virtually every note on their sheet music correctly, yet something felt…off.

But how can that be? How can you play all the right notes at all the right times yet underperform?

One is trying to avoid making mistakes and not be noticed.

The other is a master of their craft, channelling not just the quavers and triplets written on the page, but something within themselves too.

One is imitating greatness - repeating what the formula for success they’ve seen elsewhere… the other is publicly displaying their journey to find it within themselves.

And you, the listener, can tell the difference. 

Are you simply just playing the 'right notes'?

Todays episode is with Tanita Jackson-Dyer. Tanita is currently 11 out of 12 weeks into being coached by myself through Mindset Rx'd.

-Self-doubt

Enjoy!

I’ve never made such radical progress toward my goals in such a condensed time period.

I’ve put on 3kg of muscle, hit a lifetime best on my back squat, taken ten minutes off my 10k run, and taken 5 shots off my golf handicap.

In just 75 days

All while maintaining my goals for the business and not losing my marriage or my happiness.

In this blog post, I’m going to teach you how I did that, and what I learned along the way, including…

• How I hit these goals without aiming at them

In today's episode, I discuss all things vulnerability and feelings with Rachel Loftus.

Topics discussed are:

- Coping with Injury and Illness.

Ready to be uncomfortable?

Here it is: you’re not good enough.

Right now, as you are, you’re not everything you could be.

And that… is a good thing.

What’s more, you’ve been told you need to get rid of that feeling to succeed.

But the opposite is true. You need to harness it, and use it.

Today’s episode is with Hayley Murillo, a CrossFit Athlete, Stuntwoman and recently turned Mother. Hayley’s mindset, work ethic and wisdom is truly remarkable and simply impressive. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did. 

We cover : 

• Learning to love the process

Today, 

I will be covering the art of getting more s*** done. We have all been there, myself included, the procrastination, the hesitancy to just do what needs to be done. 

It’s frustrating, right?

In this episode, I will be covering some key methods that I use with my clients. This includes Special Forces Operators, FTSE 500 CTOs and elite level athletes. 

Topics discussed will include :

• Nervous System Regulation

Enjoy!

Keara Napoli is an up and coming CrossFit Athlete with bags of skill and potential. Currently prepping for semi-finals, Keara is killing it right now!

In this episode we discuss Keara’s mentality, wisdom and key pieces of her mindset and how she developed them. 

If you’re in the pursuit of high performance, you’ll have come across mindfulness. It’s heralded as the saviour of the ambitious, success seeking, crusher, who finds him/herself spinning their wheels, undisciplined, and way too mediocre for their liking.

You’re not here to be mediocre, right?

You’re here to fulfil your potential and live an intentional and deliberate life.

And that’s where mindfulness is ushered in. If only you were more mindful, you could focus more on your tasks…stop those habits you’re ashamed of…and effortlessly cruise toward success.

Yet in my experience coaching 1000+ high achievers, they’ve tried endless meditation apps. They’ve all promised them mindfulness mastery and their wildest dreams too.

Yet these people jump on a call with me and regularly tell me “I’ve tried all the apps, but I still get distracted.” 

In this episode I’m going to explain why that is, and give you some alternatives for mindfulness that - in my experience - will transfer to better performance.

Today’s episode features Joshua Murillo.

Enjoy!