David Sammel Nuggets
159 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago -Welcome to "The David Sammel Nuggets Podcast," hosted by David Sammel, a talented author, coach, and consultant. Join him on a life-changing journey to clear your mind with proven ideas, myth-busting truths, and thought-provoking insights. This straightforward, no-nonsense podcast offers eye-opening perspectives that can genuinely improve your life.
Inspired by his time at the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute, David's wisdom was admired by his peers who encouraged him to share his nuggets of wisdom with everyone. Although the concepts might not be entirely new, David's unique storytelling, personal experiences, and interesting anecdotes give a fresh outlook in each episode. Look forward to a captivating blend of humour and helpful nuggets delivered weekly, keeping you engaged and enlightened throughout your journey with "The David Sammel Nuggets Podcast."
Why should you listen? In under 5 minutes, David will win you over with his substance and real results. As a skilled coach, he has worked with numerous Olympians and international athletes. He played a significant part in the achievements of current athletes Liam Broady and Marcus Daniell. Marcus made history by winning New Zealand's first-ever tennis medal at Tokyo 2021.
Ready to unlock your full potential? Visit www.mindsetcollege.co.uk and www.davidsammel.com.
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Own your own space
September 18, 2022 23:00 - 5 minutesToday I want to talk about owning your own space. There is a big difference between respecting other people for what they've done and what they've achieved and owning your own space. In other words, is when you encounter an impressive person, remember that he or she is only another person. The fact that they've mastered their art, maybe exceptional in their field or happen to be in a high position of influence or very well known, at the end of the day, they are still people who live personal ...
Help yourself succeed and feel good
September 12, 2022 00:00 - 8 minutesGood morning. Good afternoon, good evening, wherever in the world you are, this is David Sammel, with another nugget. I'm going to talk today about how you can really help yourself to feel good. Think of your brain as a well-trained and highly tuned athlete that needs the right stuff to perform at its best. To do that, your brain needs to not only be in great shape but operate in a way that helps you to feel good about itself. Therefore, what you know, how you speak to yourself and what you d...
Life problems happen - Get on with it!
September 04, 2022 23:00 - 7 minutesGood morning, good afternoon. Good evening, wherever in the world you are. This is David Sammel with another nugget. I'm coming to you from the mini paradise of Riverside, Connecticut, where I've been enjoying some family time which has been a a bonus. The downside being that Liam couldn’t qualify for the US Open, which was somewhat disappointing. But it gives me this family time, which is highly enjoyable. Anyway, I'm going to talk to you about life happening so just get on with it. My take...
Disappointment Sucks
August 29, 2022 00:00 - 8 minutesGood morning, good day, good evening, wherever in the world you are. This is David coming to you from New York after a disappointing tournament for Liam, and that's the subject of this week's nugget. Basically, how to get over terrible disappointment. Disappointment happens to everybody. And whilst it's easy to say think positive and just carrying on, I think it's important to actually acknowledge disappointment and that sometimes it really does hurt badly, like you want to turn the clock bac...
Everything passes so don't over worry
August 22, 2022 05:00 - 5 minutesGood morning, good day, good evening, wherever in the world you are, this is David Sammel with a new nugget. Today I'm going to talk about the fact that everything passes. Nothing is permanent. Think about it in your history, the good things, and the bad things. Nothing lasts forever. So, you can have some wonderful things happen to you, and they pass. And then you can have some negative things happen to you and they too pass, nothing is permanent. We've all heard the saying, if you don't pl...
Poise for thought
August 15, 2022 05:00 - 5 minutesGood morning, good day, good afternoon, wherever in the world you are. Today, I'm going to talk to you about poise, poise for thought. If somebody has good poise, it means that they're basically look calm under pressure. How do people with poise do this? Well, one of the important things, I believe, is that we need to resist the urge to reply immediately to a question or say something immediately when someone else has spoken. It is important to think before you speak, yet, we're so used to a...
We are so fucking clever........?
August 07, 2022 17:00 - 6 minutesEgos can make us think we are so fucking clever! Whilst my nuggets are intended to offer insights I’m well aware that sometimes I may stray into telling and therefore coming across as being clever. I apologise for these lapses because I know coaching is more about offering perspectives, allowing others to reflect, consider and then choose their own path. The fact is we are not that great at giving advice - our egos make us think we are better than we are when in reality no one knows better...
We can't read minds - so ask!
August 01, 2022 01:51 - 8 minutesGood morning, good day, good evening, wherever in the world you are. This is Dave with another episode of my Nuggets, you'll be happy to hear that feeling a lot better a week on. I'm still here in Connecticut, I fly to Chicago next Friday. Today I'm going to talk about how we just cannot read minds. So we need to ask the question, What am I talking about here? Well, we all tend to waste a lot of energy and time making up stories and assumptions about situations and what we think people are t...
Covid - A positive break from traditional work?
July 24, 2022 20:00 - 7 minutesGood morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever in the world you are, you might notice this week that my voice is a little different. That's because I'm struggling a bit with a sore throat and a little bit under the weather. Luckily, it's coincided with a two week break from the tour which I'm spending it with the family in Connecticut, which is very beautiful and extremely hot, like many parts of the world. I will have some fantastic family time over the next two weeks. Anyway, today, ...
Never take anything for granted
July 17, 2022 19:00 - 6 minutesGood morning, good afternoon, good evening wherever in the world you are. Today I'm coming to you from a Shake Shack in Indianapolis. My bags didn't make it through yesterday on the flight, so I had to pick them up from the airport today. It's a usual travel story as to why it wasn't delivered to my hotel, but I took advantage of the trip on my way back to stop and check out a little if Indianapolis. Walking around at over 90 degrees the thought of a cookies and cream shake from Shake Shack l...
Embrace your Insecurity
July 10, 2022 20:06 - 5 minutesGood morning good day good evening wherever you are this is David Sammel with another nugget. Today I’m going to talk to you about insecurity which is very pertinent to Liam after a very good Wimbledon. I have purposely planned a quick turnaround because after the highs and loss in the 3rd round of Wimbledon, it is a sign of confidence and maturity to put that all aside and focus on the next step here in Newport. I’m pleased to tell you that he started well and focused with a win today. While...
Experience - How crucial is it?Experi
July 03, 2022 22:01 - 3 minutes - 3.61 MBGood morning. Good day. Good evening, wherever in the world you are. I’m coming to you from Wimbledon where we've had a pretty successful week with Liam Broady making the third round and taking out the number 12 seed in the process. My reflections on the tournament come down to what we can teach and what we have to learn through experience. Liam played back-to-back five set matches. Whilst he had done all the training in order to be able to play with that intensity for over four hours, twic...
Experience - How crucial is it?
July 03, 2022 22:01 - 5 minutesGood morning. Good day. Good evening, wherever in the world you are. I’m coming to you from Wimbledon where we've had a pretty successful week with Liam Broady making the third round and taking out the number 12 seed in the process. My reflections on the tournament come down to what we can teach and what we have to learn through experience. Liam played back-to-back five set matches. Whilst he had done all the training in order to be able to play with that intensity for over four hours, twice ...
How we prepare for Wimbledon
June 26, 2022 19:00 - 7 minutesGood morning. Good day. Good evening, wherever in the world you are. I'm back this week. I hope you enjoyed my ATP podcast from last week. I didn't send out a nugget because I'd already done a podcast with ATPmedia and sent that out instead. But back to the nuggets this week. This week I'm going to talk about how to prepare for something huge, like Wimbledon. Obviously, this is the pinnacle of the sport and if you're good enough to be here, that already in itself is a huge achievement. But h...
What is your measure of success?
June 12, 2022 19:00 - 6 minutesGood morning, good day, good evening, wherever in the world you are, this is David Sammel with another nugget. What is success? Everyone talks about success. Usually, it means what can be shown to others as a success. money, status, power, things.And there are 1000s of people and organisations all over the world getting rich, by teaching us all, how to get these symbols of success. What I propose is sit down and decide, first and foremost, what will make you feel successfu...
The myth of letting others down
June 05, 2022 17:00 - 8 minutesThis is Dave Sammel coming to you from Great Britain, and the grass court season. So, the grass court season has just kicked off and it's an exciting time of the year for all British players and coaches. I'm looking forward to seeing how the whole season plays out and then on to the hardcourt season in America. But keeping that aside, today, I'm going to talk to you about letting people down and how we so often feel really badly about certain situations like we're letting other people down. I...
Do you value intuition?
May 29, 2022 19:00 - 8 minutesLISTEN TO YOUR INTUITION I can’t think of a better way to start a podcast than with a quote from one of, if not the greatest mind in history. "The only real valuable thing is intuition." Albert Einstein . We all need to learn to listen to their inner alarm system often referred to as intuition or gut instinct. We are all aware of the little inner alarm that makes us uneasy about a situation or person. The reasons we give for too often ignoring this feeling are: o The need to fit in and be par...
Success is relative, feelings are not!
May 22, 2022 19:00 - 6 minutesGood day. Good morning. Good evening, wherever in the world you are. This is David Sammel, coming to you from the UK after a short trip to Paris, where Liam lost a very close, second round qualifying match. He started poorly, but fought back well, and seem to be on top, when a little bit of luck, and good play from the opponent ended up in him losing his serve and unable to break back went down 64 in the 3rd set. He had a couple of break back chances but buoyed by the partisan French crowd h...
Why be a good parent to yourself?
May 15, 2022 16:30 - 8 minutesWhy you need to be a good parent to yourself Why is it important to be good to yourself especially when competing? When you understand how much easier it is to boost your confidence when you are kinder to yourself, then it becomes easier to be a good parent to yourself in the heat of the battle. Think about it - how well do children respond if you shout at them whenever they make a mistake, or keep telling them that they are useless? Yet as adults we somehow think it will help us succeed if w...
The power of mantras in chaos
May 09, 2022 23:00 - 5 minutesThe power of mantras: Good morning good afternoon good evening thanks once again for listening and I hope you enjoy today’s podcast. I’m not doing much to promote this podcast I would be grateful that if you enjoy it and get something out of it if you could please give us a shout out on any social media platform or leave a comment wherever is appropriate for you. It’s amazing how you can calm your mind by thinking about things differently and creating helpfully mantras for yourself. As an ex...
How to recover from a panic attack
May 02, 2022 05:00 - 9 minutesToday I’m going to talk about panic. Panic is normal and very common. It is something that everybody experiences if we caught unawares or really want to achieve something. Anyone can be put into a state of panic if suddenly overwhelmed or before a big match, presentation or any major event because suddenly we worry about the outcome and how we’re gonna perform. Here are some simple techniques to help you overcome panic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It almost always takes longer than we think!
April 24, 2022 15:00 - 6 minutesGood morning, good day. Good evening, wherever in the world you are, this is David Sammel with another weekly nugget, having had two weeks with my wife in Greenwich, Connecticut, where my daughter Roxanne of @roxyfitblog and her family just moved to start a new life in America. It was a very hectic but pleasurable time helping look after my grandkids whilst they had small challenges like finding a house and buying cars and furniture etc. I'm now back on the tour in Belgrade, which is an exce...
Behind the curtain
April 18, 2022 05:00 - 8 minutesGood morning, good day. Good afternoon, wherever you are, this is David Sammel. With a nother weekly nugget. I would just like to say that it's been a pleasure bringing you these nuggets. And I hope that those of you who do listen and download, these podcasts are enjoying them. I would love some feedback as to what I could do differently what you'd like to hear about just absolutely anything. So David at mindset college.co.uk, or contact me on social media, Instagram, Twitter, whatever is yo...
There are no guarantees
April 11, 2022 04:00 - 8 minutesGood morning. Good afternoon. Good evening, wherever in the world you are, this is David Sammel with another Monday Podcast. Today, I'm going to talk about the reasons why I created mindset college, my online life skills programme for competitors. It's because I understand, from my own journey, some of the pain that you might be going through, and that I definitely went through. This is, was really brought home to me, at a challenger in Phoenix, where a guy I used to play against in college, ...
Build trust in yourself
April 04, 2022 05:00 - 6 minutesGood morning, good day, good evening, wherever in the world you are, this is David Sammel.Why do resolutions fail? Well simply put, the people that we can let down the most, or the person we can let down the most is ourselves because we are not accountable, other than to ourselves unless we tell other people, what we're planning. One of the key areas that we can improve is to learn how to trust ourselves, and therefore, do not over promise ourselves what we're going to do. Start off under pr...
Routines and Mindset College
March 28, 2022 00:00 - 5 minuteswww.mindsetcollege.co.uk Good morning, good day, good evening, wherever in the world you are. This week, I'm going to focus on routines and preparation. Whilst I'm going to use tennis as an analogy, because that's where I have so much first-hand experience, I'm also in my job as a coach have mental skills for other athletes and for people involved in business and entrepreneurs. See the similar and same traits of those who succeed. During lockdown, I had the time to create mindset College, wh...
An interpretation of resilience
March 20, 2022 03:00 - 5 minutesGood morning, good day. Good evening, wherever you are in the world you are. This week, I'm coming to you from the Phoenix Country Club, where Liam is going to be playing the semi finals this afternoon. And I'm going to talk to you a little bit about resilience, which, of course, is a buzzword, and many people talk about being resilient. And my interpretation of what resilient is, may may help you. So basically, this week has been going very well. And obviously, through Liam's career, we've b...
Fuck the why!
March 14, 2022 02:00 - 8 minutesFuck the why.I'm getting a bit fed up with advertising and articles on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and all the gurus and experts telling us that we need to know our why, why we do things, the why that is our driving force and if we know what it is then we will find it easy to imagine and see exactly what we want in the future and that without the why we will be less motivated in our work. It is such a buzz thing to do now - to find your why! I find this just ... Well, in the beginning when ...
How we undervalue ourselves
March 07, 2022 01:00 - 6 minutesOne of the most common human conditions that I encounter is capable people, including high level athletes and highly trained individuals who are successful, falling into the trap of undervaluing their expertise. Naturally, when we’re very good at something it comes easily to us and because it feels so easy, we automatically think that it comes easy to everybody and that our information is common sense, or that our level is normal. It’s amazing because so often when I’m doing a podcast, presen...
Teach rather than save
February 28, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutesSaving people from situations or problems may seem like a wonderful thing to do but very often it is an ego trip, a deflection from a person’s own problems or to create a form of control through dependency. Good teachers from caring parents to coaches understand the importance of care and guidance to help others, especially young people who learn so much better through their own experiences and by doing things for themselves. It is essential to not fall into the trap of caring so much that yo...
What is important, things of value or peace of mind?
February 21, 2022 00:32 - 6 minutesThis is a magical lesson. Things have value whereas your peace of mind is priceless. Never ever sell out what is priceless for what is valuable? So, if you lose something valuable, leave something behind or break that which is valuable to us, we can really get upset and experience feelings of regret, guilt, anger, frustration, and loss for the item. We will often go to enormous lengths to buy something we really want like a sports car, diamond ring, house or whatever we desire that we think w...
Don't behave like you have no choice?
February 07, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutesQuit or carry onWhen I work with sportsman often you get to a situation where they talk about quitting because things are so tough and it's not going their way. I'll always say to them, "Let’s not be flippant about quitting. This is a serious statement so if you genuinely want to quit then do it, don’t just talk about it. There are only two answers to this. You either quit or you carry on, but if you carry on, you carry on with a positive attitude. Working towards a goal with a negative attit...
How to avoid fear in an organisation
January 31, 2022 08:00 - 12 minutesAs head coach of the Bath Academy, I prided myself with the help of Barry Scollo in building what we call a team of leaders that encourages everybody to be every open and not afraid to speak their minds, and by and large people do speak their minds, especially with big issues. But we've had a couple of situations which really proves how quickly fear can grow in an organisation that is very open and it all comes down to the hierarchy. I'll give a quick example. A senior coach took a player to...
Nick Kyrgios- a great example of Locker Room Power
January 24, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutesGood day, good evening, good morning, wherever you are in the world. And here is another one of David Sammel’s nuggets. I'm just about to leave Melbourne to travel back to the UK after a pretty successful trip where I was involved with the ATP cup and then of course, Liam qualified to play Nick Kyrgios on the John Caine arena, and unfortunately went down in that match where he effectively did very well dealing with a very hostile crowd, and a player who is a master at psychological warfare, a...
Australian Open - Get into the process and carry on!
January 17, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutesGood morning, good afternoon. Good evening, wherever you may be in the world. Welcome to another David Sammel’s nugget podcast, with short and sharp little tidbits that maybe help you in whatever you're doing. So hopefully you enjoy this one too. We are come to on the cusp of the Australian Open, where Liam Brody has qualified for the main draw, having come through three very, very intense, and tough matches a superb effort. By the time you listen to this, possibly we will know the result fr...
How perspective and competence affect what you can control
January 10, 2022 08:00 - 5 minutesHello, everybody, and welcome to another mini podcast of David Sammel Nuggets. This week's nugget is about controlling the controllables. I have a question: Does it depend on your lens, the way that you see things. We hear a lot about controlling the controllables which makes it somehow seem like it's the same for everybody. But the reality is very different for each person and changes according to our perspective of what is controllable. As an example, an accountant will find budgeting eas...
How to upgrade your mental software
January 03, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutesGood morning, good evening, good afternoon, wherever you are in the world. I'm currently in Sydney, and Happy New Year to everybody all around the world. Obviously, we saw it in a little earlier than most. But it's fantastic to, to be back in Australia after a two-year absence. I missed last week, because I was travelling from Miami to London, then up to Manchester then to Doha, and through on to Sydney, so I had close on four days of travel. It was not possible to record last week's podcast,...
The art of good questions
December 20, 2021 11:00 - 6 minutesGood morning, good day. Good evening, wherever you are in the world, this is David Sammel. Again, and I hope you're enjoying my Nuggets. Each week, I just hope to bring you a little something that can bend your mind a little bit and make you possibly think slightly differently about a topic that you haven't considered before. And even if you had, hopefully, it's a good reminder. Today I'm going to talk about the art of great questions. When speaking to people, it's good to ask questions, bec...
The power of posture
December 06, 2021 10:00 - 5 minutesGood morning or good afternoon, wherever you may be in the world. This is David Sammel, with a another nugget for the week, the power of posture. If you have your chin up and your shoulders back, and you walk at a decent pace, you're going to feel a lot more confident, you're going to believe that you can do things, you're going to have more energy. So the power of posture is incredibly important because if you slump, and you walk with your head down, and you shuffle, and you don't walk at a...
Daily Legacy
November 29, 2021 13:53 - 5 minutesWelcome to another little nugget. It's Monday and this is David Sammel coming to you from a very wintry base in Yorkshire. Plenty of snow out there today. Anyway, today I'm going to talk to you about legacy, your daily legacy. In life, we tend to remember, people who have either treat us really badly, kind of put a fist in our face, or we remember people who have treated us very well and make us feel good. So in life, I think it's very important to decide whether you're going to be a drain o...
Be a good passenger
November 22, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutesGood morning. Good day. Good evening. Wherever you may be. Today's Monday nugget is looking at the railway line of life, the never ending railway line with stations all along the trip. The world has been going for billions of years and mankind for, it seems like maybe millions of years, but certainly modern man for thousands of years. I liken the train line to us being born and getting on the train at a station. And when we finally finish our journey on this earth, we're getting off at anothe...
Breakthoughs happen if you hang in!
November 15, 2021 00:00 - 4 minutesGood morning. Good day. Good evening wherever you are in the world! Here has another Monday nugget. Today. I'm going to talk about breakthroughs, which happen when you least expect them. I have a saying which many of you might've heard before or read before? Do the work and good things will happen you just never know when! So often breakthroughs happen after long periods of work, sweat and tears. So the message is to keep going until you finally push through. Remember nothing in life is perma...
We all start at the beginning
November 08, 2021 11:00 - 6 minutesHello and welcome to a another Monday nugget. Everyone starts at the beginning. No one is an expert immediately, whatever you decide to do in life, a new hobby a new job. A new vocation, a new course, you start at the beginning and whilst you might have a fantastic aptitude for something and progress very quickly, you start at the beginning. And if you going to become an expert, it is commonly. Talked about that we need to do about 10,000 hours of practice of anything that we do in order to b...
How to turn confrontation into opportunity with 3 golden words
November 01, 2021 10:54 - 6 minutesHow to turn confrontation into opportunity with 3 golden words. Confrontation is an opportunity to fact find. See it as a way of understanding the other person and if possible helping them understand you. As with all these things it’s the how that counts and this is my specialty. So how do you turn confrontation into an opportunity to understand the other person and get to a place where you’re both working on the solution? As an example an everyday situation where two people are trying to a...
Great questions pt2 - Honesty questions for measuring up!
October 25, 2021 10:00 - 6 minutesIt's Monday again, and this is David Sammel with another Golden Nugget for the week. I hope you had a great week last week and that this week is gonna be even better. I'm going to continue the theme of great questions that we can ask ourselves in difficult situations or on different topics that affect our daily lives. Today is a lovely one, which is, "what do you do if you feeling sorry for yourself?"Here are the questions that I asked myself in this situation. Grab a pen and paper, preferabl...
Great questions to ask yourself if stuck or bad thing happened part one
October 18, 2021 15:13 - 6 minutesAnd a Happy Monday to all this is Dave Sammel with a nugget of the week. Today I'm going to talk about a favourite. And this is great questions that we can ask ourselves in different situations. I'm going to cover two situations that happened to all of us and see if these questions can in some way, spark something in your mind that can help you. So, the first topic is “What questions can you ask yourself if you're feeling stuck?”Ask yourself, what excites me?A second good question is what dra...
Steps to control fear
October 11, 2021 10:00 - 7 minutesGood day to you. This is David Sammel with another nugget of the week. Naturally, we're all free thinkers and there are plenty of people doing podcasts and blogs on all of these subjects. I'm just one extra voice in the crowd, but I hope that I can get to the crux of the matter, to the nub of the problem very quickly in a short space of time, so you can get an alternative perception that can maybe spark something in your brain to help you in a given topic.Today's topic is based on steps to co...
Why do we run away from problems?
October 04, 2021 10:00 - 5 minutesToday I'm going to talk about not only resilience but the ability of human beings to solve problems. And why is it that we try to avoid problems, when naturally we're curious. Human beings are incredibly curious from, really the day that they born. And if you watch babies, how they develop and the curiosity that they have for absolutely everything, and little kids who have amazing curiosity and try to solve problems all the time. And then as we get older, we start to get scared of problems. A...
How is your attitude to resilience?
September 27, 2021 10:00 - 6 minutesHi, this is David Sammel with another podcast. I'm very tired, but I'm also very happy and delighted that Liam Broady, after our 3rd challenger together back in 2014, in Charlottesville, Virginia, lost his first final. Since then, he's made seven others and lost them all.And finally, yesterday, he won his first challenger. Now, this is what resilience is all about. We all think that we are ready. And often before, we are not quite ready. And if I look back at all the finals he played, he wasn...
Label for efficiency not as a one size fits all
September 20, 2021 18:04 - 6 minutesHi, welcome to another episode of David Sammel nuggets. Today I'm going to talk to you about labelling. And we, you know, labelling can get a bad name. But actually labelling is very important to us as human beings to navigate life efficiently. When we hear that something somewhere is a good restaurant, in our minds, we are willing to try it because we heard that it's a good restaurant, and if we go, then it is, then we label it as a good restaurant. And you're the same as if we hear that som...