Mark has successfully run the Comrades Marathon, completed
the Duzi Canoe Marathon, represented Border in the South
African inter-provincial Paddle Surfing Championships and
was an active NSRI volunteer crew member of Station 7, East
London, for 5 years. In addition, Mark suffered a serious
parachuting accident that resulted in major changes to his
life. These life experiences have resulted in his being
able to formulate the simple yet thorough ‘Propellers
of Life’ programme that revolve around the basic emotions
that dictate our behaviour on a day-to-day basis. Mark has
been married to his wife Penny for 33 years and they have
two adult daughters both of whom enjoy success in their
professional as well as personal lives.
Why Rate 1?
A Rate 1 turn is a planned, balanced and well managed manoeuvre
that a pilot will execute to turn his aircraft in Instrument
Flight Conditions (3 degrees of turn per second / 2 minutes
to turn through 360 degrees) i.e. when the pilot has no
visual reference to the horizon.
So the analogy from the personal training point of view
is a balanced, planned and well managed execution of the
task at hand to achieve a specific goal.
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Why the Propellers of life?
Apart from the obvious strong practical connotation
to flying, people in general have an inherent fear
of the propellers stopping in flight. This analogy
to life is very real, for if any of the propellers
on an aircraft begin to malfunction and the problem
is not managed correctly, the unit can break. In one’s
life if any of the “propellers of life”
start to become unbalanced, hereto problems will follow
if not addressed and managed correctly.
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| The Flight Plan |
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The destination is determined |
Dream |
| 2. |
The Plan on how to get there is established |
Plan |
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The Plan is prioritised: flight levels, speed, calculated
time frames |
Goals |
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There is a Pilot-in-Command |
Accountability |
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There are pre-determined actions for any “surprises”/
alternates for take off and landing |
Scenario Planning |
The journey through life needs to be addressed in a very similar
manner and it is in capturing the initial dream, then following
your own ‘flight plan’ that we at Rate 1
Coaching will coach you.
The exercises are simplistic, but ought to be done in a soul
searching manner. In this way we focus on key points and at
the end of the exercise we bring the entire process together.
Everyone has the opportunity of finding out his / her strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities and threats in all areas of life and
in so doing is able to focus accordingly.
We will coach you to take your dream that is intangible and
within a specific time frame turn this into a goal that is tangible. |
