And, if we ever wound up in a flat share together, chances are that you’d discover that…
…as a certified Mental Fitness coach, Goal Mapping facilitator, student of Positive Psychology, and creator of award-winning programmes equipping men and women from all walks of life…
The moment when someone I’m coaching realises that they don’t have to live as an interpretation of who they are.
And not just that, but they can see how to make that break and allow the real version of themselves to take centre stage.
Creative at heart, I dreamed of becoming an author, perhaps a journalist (or maybe even an actor).
But, all of that went out of the window when, in the final year of my Psychology and Philosophy degree at Durham University, I decided that…
Hmmmm.
I know, go figure.
Money. Status. Stability
So, I played along for the best part of 10 increasingly miserable years, until I couldn’t anymore.
Lying in bed in April 2000, I couldn’t move. Literally.
Somehow, during the night, a truck, or maybe a tank, had driven over me while I slept. My brain was fried and my body ached.
Which was my ‘cheese sandwich incident’. I’ll tell you more about that someday, but suffice to say for now, the only way from that moment was up – I had no further to fall.
They can be the catalyst for the end of everything. Or, they can be the catalyst for a new beginning.
And, what followed was a two-year adventure into discovering how to bring the version of me that had been so desperately trying to be seen all these years out of the shadows and into the spotlight.
A course that captures everything I’ve learned about what it takes to unleash your inner entrepreneur, disruptor, initiator, innovator or pioneer, and fully embrace the adventure that is living the life you were made for.
And I know that frustration.
That despondency and disillusionment.
That feeling of foreboding and despair.
And I know that sense of being out of control in your own life, with no way to change anything.
There are no magic formulas, silver bullets, secret steps or any other kind of hocus-pocus in FIT FOR PURPOSE, just a tried, trusted and proven approach, underpinned by tried, trusted and proven tools and resources.
Equip and empower yourself to kick out the mental health and anxiety stigma by kick-starting your mental fitness workout that creates a solid base to work from so that no matter what, you are in control of your mind.
Avoid performance-draining perspectives like “stiff upper-lip”, “keep calm and carry on”, and “just suck it up” will no longer be part of your narrative because FIT FOR PURPOSE gives you the tools you need to get back in the driver’s seat on YOUR terms.
Learn how to take charge of your environment and stay on track so that, no matter what whirls and swirls around you in an orchestra of chaos, you’ll never be at the mercy of your circumstances again.
Discover how to restore order and start living life on your terms as you work through each of the 16 modules of FIT FOR PURPOSE that are designed to take all the power that the world currently has and puts it back in your hands.
The biggest benefit to the FIT FOR PURPOSE course? Change. Change in your performance at work. Change in your performance in your life outside of work. Change that not only dramatically improves life in the here and now, but also begins to reveal, and drive you towards, the future you actually long to have.
Each foundation is covered in its own course module, which is broken into bite-sized lessons. Each lesson has a video (with an audio version, in case you prefer to listen rather than watch), practical exercises, and tools.
And, for each foundation, you’ll explore exactly what it is, the impact it has on you at work and in life, the part it plays in your mental fitness, how to spot if it’s working for you, or against you; and how you go about making sure you are getting the most out of it in order to maximise your mental fitness levels.
The most important part of any program is being able to bounce back, to acclimate to change, to shift your mindset. That’s why one of the first things you’ll uncover is what mental fitness is, why it matters, and how to build it so that the changes you make STICK.
Debunk the myths around stress and uncover the facts. Shine a light on the sources and situations that trigger your stress response. And equip yourself with the knowledge and tools to truly understand, tame and manage the stress in every area of your life.
See past the stereotype and explore the reality of anxiety. Understand what causes it, and why. And learn how to deal with both its causes and its effects so that, when it comes to the impact anxiety has on you, and the people around you, you are in control.
Learn why so much is made of resilience, and why so much of that is misleading. Dig into what resilience is and the part it plays in your mental fitness, and how to build and maintain your resilience reserves to create a solid foundation for your life.
Happiness is not a luxury item, it’s an essential component of a life of meaning and purpose. Find out what it really is, why it is so important and the impact it has on your mental fitness. Get to grips with how happy you actually are, and how you can increase your happiness levels.
Forget all the talk of glass half-full, positivity and rah-rah-rah, optimism is so much more than that. Optimism is an essential component of strong mental fitness. Discover what it is, why it matters, and how to develop an optimistic approach to life that will boost your performance.
Motivation is a key part of success and building the future you want. Find out what motivation really is, the part it plays in building the life that you want, what builds it, and what crushes it, and learn how you can avoid the crushing and zero-in on the building.
Confidence is not always what it seems. Understand what confidence is, how it affects your mental fitness, and why it matters so much. Assess your own confidence and the things that impact it. And learn how to build and keep your confidence at an all-time high.
Deep down (or maybe not so deep down), we all want our lives to count for something. We want to have an impact on the world around us. That impact gives us a sense of identity, value, meaning and purpose. Dig deep into the impact you want to make, and how you can make it.
Love them or hate them, relationships are a part of life. And that can be a good thing, and, sometimes, it can be a bad thing. Get to grips with what makes some relationships good, and others bad, as well as how to build and maintain good ones, and throw off the bad ones.
The world is an increasingly noisy place. Methods of communication are ever-changing, and hearing and being heard has never been harder. Discover what communication is, how it works and why it matters; as well as how to master some basic communication principles.
That elusive work-life balance does not need to be the stuff of dreams. It can be a living, breathing reality when you know what it is, and how to find and establish it. Discover what balance is, how it works, the impact it has, and how to establish it in your own life.
You need sleep. Your physical and mental health demand it. Chances are, though, you aren’t getting enough of it, and what you are getting most likely isn’t doing you much good. Learn why sleep matters for your mental fitness, and how to harness all the performance gains quality zzz’s can give you.
You already know physical health matters if you want to stay fit, well and out of the doctor’s waiting room. But, it also plays an essential role in your mental fitness. And, in this module that’s exactly what you’ll dig into why that is, and how to ensure you stay in tip-top physical condition.
And then, with the key foundations in place, it’s time to put all the theory into practice as you make mental fitness a key element of your daily routine.
Identify the gaps in your mental fitness levels, figure out what steps you need to take to plug those gaps, develop goals to help you get to where you need to be in each of the foundations, as well as the actions you need to take.
And then, armed with all the knowledge you have gained, as well as the practical tools and resources in each of the foundation tool-kits, get to work and make the positive shift in your performance in life inside and outside of work that you dream of, a reality.
FIT FOR PURPOSE is no ‘watch and learn’ experience, it’s a watch, learn and do experience. Each lesson in each module is a blend of theory and practice, providing the knowledge and understanding, as well as the chance to roll your sleeves up and get to work.
Building your mental fitness is no one-shot deal. It’s a life-long endeavour that will have its ups and its downs, its twists and its turns. Which is why you get life-time access to the entire FIT FOR PURPOSE course, including all updates and additions.
To support you in your life-long endeavour, you will also have unrestricted access to the weekly ‘Mental Fitness Q&A’ sessions in the FIT FOR PURPOSE course Facebook group. Questions answered. Experiences shared. Learning extended.
Each foundation has a toolkit of resources and exercises to help you to establish an effective mental fitness routine that will not just embed what you learn as you take the FIT FOR PURPOSE course, but apply it as you keep building your mental fitness long into the future.
Every module has a workbook containing exercises for each lesson to help you immediately get to grips with what you discover and embed what you learn as you take FIT FOR PURPOSE, so that you can begin achieving and enjoying the results you want right away.
Every Monday, long before the crack of dawn, even after you’ve finished taking the FIT FOR PURPOSE course (unless, of course, you don’t want to), you’ll get an email from me, direct to your inbox, to giving you a tip for the week, and a nudge to help you stay on track.
BUILD YOUR FUTURE is no ‘watch and learn’ experience, it’s a ‘watch, learn and do’ experience. Each lesson in each module is a blend of theory and practice, providing the knowledge and understanding, as well as the chance to roll your sleeves up and get to work.
To support you in your life-long endeavour, you will also have unrestricted access to the weekly ‘Goal Achievement Q&A’ sessions in the BUILD YOUR FUTURE course Facebook group. Questions answered. Experiences shared. Learning extended.
Stand shoulder to shoulder with people striving to achieve the same thing as you – the life they were made for – in the BUILD YOUR FUTURE private Facebook group, empowering and encouraging you as you to roll your sleeves up and get to work.
BUILD YOUR FUTURE includes a comprehensive toolkit of resources and exercises to help you to establish an effective goal achievement routine that will not just embed what you learn as you take the programme, but also to apply it as you keep building the future you want every single day.
Every module has a workbook containing exercises for each lesson to help you immediately get to grips with what you discover, and embed what you learn as you work your way through BUILD YOUR FUTURE, so that you can begin achieving and enjoying the results you want right away.
Every Monday, long before the crack of dawn, even after you’ve finished taking the BUILD YOUR FUTURE course (unless, of course, you don’t want to), you’ll get an email from me, direct to your inbox, to give you a tip for the week, and a nudge to help you stay on track.
Each module is broken down into bite-sized lessons, delivered in a way that suits how you learn best. Watch the video (there’s over ten hours in total). Listen to the audio. Or read the manual – the choice is yours. And, as you’d expect, everything is downloadable, and yours to keep forever.
Move beyond what you have been taught about goals and understand the true fundamentals of them - explore what they are (and what they aren't), how they work in the real world, and why they matter so much when it comes to building the future you want
Establish a base that will not only get you started building the future you truly want, but will also support and sustain you as you go deeper and deeper into the adventure of your real life - the life you were made for.
Take hold of a beautifully simple, but hugely powerful, approach to setting goals, that harnesses the power of your creative right brain and logical left brain, to create inspiring, focused and meaningful goals to deliver the future you want
Unpack the basics of actions - what they are, why they matter (and why not just any old action will do), and how you identify the ones you need to take to achieve the goals you set
Now the rubber hits the road, and all you know about goals, foundations for success, Goal Mapping, and actions, comes together as you create an Action Plan to take your goals from aspiration to reality
Setting great goals, identifying what to do to achieve them, and bringing all that together in an Action Plan is great, but unless you follow through on it, it's worth nothing. How you follow through is what this module is all about
And, at the risk of sounding like I’m blowing my own trumpet a little, if you are serious about building your mental fitness so you can create the future you want, and perform at your best, I’d even go so far as to say it’s priceless
Most on-line courses have lost me after 20 minutes max, but was different. Interesting, informative, interactive, practical and enjoyable, and had my attention the whole way through.
Andy’s passion for what he teaches is infectious and delivered with a genuine desire to impart the very best of his knowledge for every participant. Highly recommended.
Andy takes complex theory, scientific facts, practical common sense, proven approaches and all of his years of experience of not just teaching, but actually doing this stuff, and boils it all down into a unique style that makes it easy not just to understand, but to immediately start applying to your own day-to-day life.
Wholeheartedly recommend this for anyone serious about not just their mental fitness, but their life in general.
What makes this incredibly valuable is the way in which Andy presents a lot of complex information in such an accessible and memorable way. It makes you want to get to work immediately! I highly recommend it!
Andy brings together the science, the practicalities, and the common sense,of the fundamentals of Mental Fitness, and presents them with enthusiasm, expertise, and in a way that is easy to digest.
And that means that you not only understand what they are and why they matter, but also what you need to do to make them an integral part of your life inside and outside work and, crucially, how to do it
Enrolling on FIT FOR PURPOSE, even factoring in the included free lifetime access to BUILD YOUR FUTURE, is a big investment…
Well, for starters, let me give you the answers to some of the most common questions I get asked. Then, if your question still isn’t answered, just drop me a line and I’ll help you directly.
No, not at all. You'll get access to two new modules every week until, by week eight, you have all 16 modules in your library. But, you don't have to complete two modules every week - you can work through the modules as quickly, or as slowly as you like.
The material is all downloadable, and you will have access for as long as you decide you want it. And, if you should ever decide you want to close your account for any reason, you can simply download all the material and keep it to use as little, or as often, as you wish.
What I have found is that some people like to go at it quickly, get the ball rolling, so-to-speak, and then revisit specific elements they want to focus on, or even go through the whole thing again at a more leisurely pace and in more detail. Other people choose to take it slow and steady from the outset. It really is up to you.
My advice to you is this: you will only get out of it what you put into it, so allow yourself enough time and space to maximise what you can put in, so you can maximise what you get out and, therefore, maximise the boost to your mental fitness and overall performance in life and work.
And, if that means that, with everything else you have to juggle, it’s short bursts over a longer time-frame, relax and go with it. Or, if it means you can go full-tilt, and that’s what you want to do, then relax, and go with it.
Nope. Or, rather, 'kind of'. As soon as you are enrolled, you have access to modules one and two. Then, each week, for the next seven weeks, you'll get access to another two modules.
So, if you get started right away, you will need to start at the beginning and work through in order. But, as your library of modules builds up over the first eight weeks, until you have all 16, you'll be able to pick and choose which modules you tackle.
And, of course, if you can't get started right away after your enrolment, you have all sorts of options. Start at the end and work back. Start at the beginning and work forward. Or go for the middle and take your pick on forwards or back.
BUT….
I put the course together this way for a reason. There is a method to it and, while there is no set way you have to approach it, and while it is perfectly possible to do it in any order you wish, I strongly recommend you do work through it in sequence to ensure you build your knowledge and understanding in a systematic way, building learning upon learning, so that you can maximise the gains.
Of course, if there is one foundation that’s of particular interest because of some personal circumstances (for example), you could always dip into that ‘in isolation’, while still working your way through the modules in order.
That said, that’s just my recommendation. How you approach it is up to you – just be sure that your approach is set up to give you the biggest gains, so that you can achieve the outcomes you want.
Of course! You have lifetime, unrestricted access. There is absolutely NO limit on how many times you can download a resource, watch a video, listen to an audiobook, read an ebook, work through a lesson or revisit a module. You made your investment, so wring every last drop of value out of it.
If you’re not 100% satisfied with the program, or the extras after 14 days, we will offer you a full refund, no questions asked. That means you can enrol today, and you don’t even have to decide if you’re in for good!
Take the full 14 days to explore the materials and experience the Build Your Future programme and then...make a life-changing decision using the information you have, rather than the information you don’t.
In a word, science. The science behind each of the mental fitness foundations is widely published and well-used. Every tool is built around either proven scientific theory, or coaching best-practice. And the content of every lesson is grounded in research and practice.
Plus, I’ve been using a huge portion of what is included here for the best part of two-decades, it’s won me awards for innovation in intervention design, as well as service delivery. I’ve used it in programmes tailor-made for, and commissioned by, local homelessness, substance misuse and criminal justice agencies, and been used in courses I have developed for businesses and charitable organisations for use as part of their leadership development and performance programmes. And, I use it in virtually all of my one-to-one and group coaching work.
And if you want the clincher – I use it all daily in my own, personal mental fitness regimen. I guess you could say that I am the chef who not only tastes, but eats what he cooks.
Yes, other people do offer 10 (or some other number) step programmes and formulas for success. And they have their reasons for doing that. My reasons for not doing that are simple, and they stem from the fact that you are unique; and, as such, a one-size-fits-all generic solution is never going to cut it.
Sure, stress, anxiety, motivation, confidence – in fact all of the foundations – have common elements. But, here’s the thing, how you react to those elements – the things that trigger your stress, and why, the reasons your confidence is high or shot to pieces, for example, are unique to you. So, to put yourself in the driving seat and maximise the positive impact that each foundation has on your mental fitness, you need a ‘you’ sized approach.
So, while you won’t get a magic formula or silver bullet from me, you will get core principles and everything you need to apply those principles to your own circumstances. Which means that, no matter what life throws at you - the good or the bad - you are more than equipped to take it in your stride, deal with it and use it to boost your performance, rather than allowing it to derail it.
As long as you want to be. Once you are in, you are in. Until you take yourself out, should you want to. The thing is, when it comes to mental fitness, your work is never done. There is always more to learn, always more to develop, always more to improve. And, by being part of an active, vibrant Facebook group you will always be part of a community of like-minded people who can share your adventure with you. You don’t have to be a member of the group (some people don’t do Facebook groups, others don’t do Facebook full-stop), but the opportunity to join and be as active (or inactive) as you wish is there from the moment you enrol, and will be there for as long as you want it to be.
Like with the Facebook group, the choice for how long you receive the weekly accountability check-in emails is yours. You can choose not to receive them at all, or unsubscribe from the mailing list at any point if you want to stop getting them, or leave your subscription to the mailing list open forever and a day. You are in control. I’ll be sending them out every Monday, and whether or not they make it into your inbox, and for how long, is entirely in your hands.
Then drop me a line – I’d love to hear from you, and help you get those questions answered, doubts straightened out, and get to know you a little along the way. You can email me directly at andy @ biglifesolutions.com.
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