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In this insightful episode, Nick sits down with Jody Palmer, a renowned Performance Chef, to explore the intersection of nutrition, performance, and personal growth. With a wealth of experience in crafting dietary strategies for elite athletes, Jody shares her journey, philosophies, and practical tips for anyone looking to enhance their performance through nutrition and level themselves up.

What You'll Learn

• Jody's path to becoming a Performance Chef and his experiences working with top athletes.
• The role of nutrition in achieving peak performance and overall well-being.
• Practical advice on meal planning and nutrition.
• More examples of how someone at the top of their field continues to Strive for better.

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In this short bonus episode, Nick introduces the Striver Board, a powerful visual and reflective tool designed to help you turn big dreams into daily action. Building on the Striver Table concept, this board helps you stay accountable to your values and goals in areas like health, relationships, career, and finances.

Learn how to create your own board, reflect on your intentions, and make small, consistent steps toward the life you’re striving for. Nick shares personal examples, practical questions, and an easy system to track your progress while enjoying the process.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• What a Striver Board is and how it differs from a vision board
• How to link your board to your Striver Table legs
• Ways to track and celebrate your daily progress
• Reflective prompts to stay intentional and adaptive

Resources Mentioned:
👉 www.strive25.co.uk – Reach out for mentoring or to share your board
🎧 Listen to the Striver Table episode for context

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In this reflective episode of How to Strive, Nick invites you to imagine your life as a table, with each leg representing a pillar of your life that supports what you’re striving for. Whether your table top is happiness, fulfilment, or your birthday BBQ vision, this simple metaphor can help you assess your current balance.

Nick shares his own four table legs: health, relationships, career, and finance, and introduces a practical exercise used in his mentoring programmes. Scoring each leg out of 6 to reveal where you might need to focus attention.

You’ll be guided through how to use these reflections to create process goals and daily intentions that help you move closer to your version of 6 out of 6.

Plus, Nick teases an upcoming episode on creating your own Striver Board. A powerful tool to turn intention into action.

Take a moment for deeper journaling:

• How would you score your table legs right now?
• What’s one step you can take today to strengthen a wobbly leg?
• Which legs help each other stay upright?

If you’d like some support in shaping your reflections into meaningful action, Nick and the team would love to hear from you at www.strive25.co.uk.

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In today’s episode, Nick is joined by Will Webster, a globally respected figure in the rugby world, best known for his work coaching head coaches.

We dive deep into Will’s fascinating journey from player to head coach, with a detour through teaching English literature. Will shares how that unique path shaped his current role, and what it means to coach the people who lead others.

You’ll hear about:

• Planning success within sporting team and the intentional influence of teaching on coaching
• How will uses growth, reflection, and intention to impact his work

Will’s mindset around continuous improvement offers valuable insights anyone can learn from, whether you're in sports, leadership, or just trying to be a little better every day.

Curious to know more?

Will can be found on the below links.

www.wwperformanceleadership.com/

www.linkedin.com/in/will-webster-665675a1/

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In this episode, Nick revisits a powerful clip from his conversation with Cody Royle to dive deeper into the language of resilience. He explores how developing resilient thinking is a learnable skill and shares a brief but practical insight into cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), particularly around the role of positive and negative self-talk. To wrap up, Nick introduces a creative game he's using with his son to introduce self-regulation principles in a fun, accessible way. Listen now and discover small, meaningful ways to build resilience for yourself and your family.

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Episode Summary:
In today’s episode, I take you behind the scenes into a very personal reflection: what I’m striving for — and how that vision shapes my daily actions, career aspirations, and relationships.
I share the powerful image of my "100th birthday BBQ," inspired by lessons from the world of elite sport — especially the legendary All Blacks rugby team.
We explore how to set goals with purpose beyond just outcomes and how you can start building a vision for your own journey of a thousand miles.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• 🎯 Why setting goals beyond personal success leads to deeper fulfillment
• 🎯 The story of my 100th birthday BBQ — and why it drives my daily habits
• 🎯 Lessons from the All Blacks on changing the world (not just winning)
• 🎯 How to frame your own life vision with a simple but powerful question:
  "Who do I need to be, and what do I need to be capable of?"
• 🎯 Practical steps to begin building your own version of this vision

Key Quotes:

Episode Links:

• 🌐 Website: www.strive25.co.uk
• 🤝 Connect with me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nick-adkins-7a67534b/
• 📩 Share what you’re striving for on email or any social media platform.

Take Action After Listening:

1. 🖊️ Reflect: Journal your thoughts — what resonated most?
2. 🌍 Share: Submit your "striving for" vision through the website or LinkedIn.
3. 📞 Reach out: Schedule a call with me to dive deeper into your vision.

Thank you for striving with me. Keep showing up, keep moving forward, and remember: the journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, so keep stepping.

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In this episode of How to Strive, we sit down with Jason Lee — Olympic hockey player, elite coach, who continues helping people strive across sport and business. Jason brings a wealth of experience and insight into what drives high performance and personal development.

We dive deep into the foundations of resilience, the power of a growth mindset, and the subtle but impactful role of language in shaping behaviour and outcomes. Jason also shares his thoughts on emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and the consistent trends he observes in successful individuals, from athletes to executives.

Whether you're pushing your limits on the field, in the office, or in your personal life, this episode is packed with lessons to help you strive for better with purpose and clarity.

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In this episode of How to Strive, Nick is joined by Professor Mark Williams — a world-leading expert in skill acquisition and performance science. With decades of research behind him, Mark unpacks the key elements that make up an optimal learning environment and how these shape long-term learning and success

We explore practical strategies for acquiring skills, building resilience, and understanding the psychological and environmental factors that separate the good from the great. Mark reveals the science behind how the best truly become the best.

If you're curious about the mechanics of mastery and want to learn how to unlock more of your potential, this episode offers a deep, research-driven perspective.

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