Many books have been written about pressure and how to stay calm under pressure. My reference for immense pressure comes from my professional rugby career and captaining teams in highly pressured games. Standing in front of sixty thousand people and singing the National Anthem does come with a lot of pressure when you are wearing a Springbok jersey. All Springbok…
I have always believed that my kids must play at least one team sport, and if they want to play another sport, then that is their choice. The reason I pushed them to play a team sport (and, if they wanted, an individual sport too) is because the two are so different. In an individual sport, you only have to…
The annual Tour de Krige started as an event where I invited a few friends to join me for mountain biking. I soon realized that many people wanted to participate in a three-day stage race but either weren’t fit enough or didn’t enjoy riding and eating with 1,500 other cyclists. I saw an opportunity to curate a smaller, more exclusive…
Finding Time for Fitness I often ask people about their health and what their exercise regime looks like. The answer I usually get is, “I don’t have time to train,” which is probably true for many of us who work from 8 to 5. The fact is that if we don’t make time, we will never have time. When I…
When I need to write about a negative mindset, it really challenges me. I am the forever optimistic person who never really had a negative mindset, and therefore, it is not natural for me to give advice on issues that I don’t experience often. There have been many times in my short life when I have been left broken and…
Reflecting on the Big 5-0 I will never forget when I was at school—I always used to think that 50-year-old dads were really old. Now, with only a few days to go before I turn the big 5-0, it feels like a bit of an anti-climax. I really don’t feel 50 at all. I guess our generation of fathers will,…
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