09/09/2026
For a period of my life, I worked in personal security at the highest level.
I’m not going to name names.
That’s not what this is about.
What matters is what those years taught me about people, pressure and performance.
You learn to read a room in seconds.
Who’s composed.�Who’s nervous.�Who’s unpredictable.
�And who represents a genuine risk.
You learn something else too:
The person who loses control first usually makes the worst decision.
And above everything, you learn the value of preparation.
Because when pressure arrives, you don’t suddenly rise to the occasion.
You fall back on the systems, disciplines and preparation you’ve already built.
Today, I use those lessons every single day in coaching.
When a successful business owner or executive sits down with me, I’m not simply looking at their weight, calories or training history.
I’m reading the person.
How they talk about their goals.
Where the real pressure is coming from.
What they’ve tried before.
What they’re telling me — and sometimes what they’re not telling me.
Because high performers rarely lack intelligence, ambition or discipline.
More often, they’ve built an incredibly successful business while allowing their physical performance to quietly slide down the priority list.
My job isn’t to shout louder or give them another generic fitness plan.
It’s to architect a strategy around the life they’re actually living.
And when things don’t go perfectly?
I don’t panic.
We look at the data.
�We identify the problem.�We adjust the strategy.
�And we execute.
Because I’ve spent part of my life in environments where staying composed under pressure wasn’t a desirable quality.
It was part of the job.
I didn’t realise it at the time, but those years were teaching me skills I’d eventually bring into an entirely different world.
Every chapter of your life leaves you with something.
Sometimes its value doesn’t become apparent until years later.
What’s one skill from a completely different chapter of your life that’s become invaluable in what you do today?
Big hugs and belly rubs,
