How to Strive - with Nick Adkins
Hi I am your host and coach Nick.
With over 14 years of experience in professional sports coaching, I have dedicated my career to player and coach development across a variety of sports and industries. My expertise spans both on-field coaching and strategic development roles, where I’ve worked to enhance performance, build high-functioning teams, and foster long-term growth in athletes and coaches alike. In addition to my work in sport, I have also collaborated with businesses to transfer my coaching skills and principles into organizational development, helping teams and leaders thrive in dynamic environments through my transformational leadership approach. My commitment to continuous learning and fostering a growth mindset drives me to always pursue excellence in every aspect of my work.
How to Strive - with Nick Adkins
The Sunday Strive
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In a world where we are constantly moving, achieving, reacting and rushing into the next challenge, one of the most powerful skills we can develop is the ability to pause, reflect and intentionally choose our next step.
Welcome to the Sunday Strive, a guided weekly practice designed to help you look back with curiosity, learn from your experiences and create intentional action for the week ahead.
In this episode, we explore how reflection transforms everyday experiences into meaningful learning and how taking time to notice the small moments can create significant change over time.
Together, we will explore:
📝 Reflecting without judgement
Looking back over your week with curiosity rather than criticism, noticing the moments, conversations and experiences that shaped you.
🏆 Recognising your wins and progress
Learning to acknowledge the steps you have taken towards the person you are striving to become and connecting your progress to your Striver Table — your foundations of health, relationships, skills and contribution.
🧠 Turning experiences into learning
Understanding the challenges, setbacks and successes of the week and asking what they can teach you moving forward.
🧭 Creating direction for the week ahead
Identifying what matters, understanding the moments that may challenge you and planning how you can create the conditions for success.
⚡ Building behaviours that support your goals
Creating simple, sustainable habits and actions that you can return to when life becomes busy, unpredictable and challenging.
Because striving is not about creating a perfect life.
It is about creating awareness.
It is about making intentional choices.
It is about becoming slightly better, consistently.
The most successful people and teams do not simply experience life — they learn from it.
So grab your journal, find a quiet moment and give yourself the opportunity to reflect, reset and refocus.
Ask yourself:
Where am I going?
Do my behaviours align with what matters?
What is my next step?
Because:
Direction + Alignment + Effort = Striving
🎧 Join this weekly reflection practice and take one intentional step towards becoming the person you are capable of becoming.
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www.strive25.co.uk/