by Saana Koljonen | Jul 28, 2020 | Authentic Self, Posts in English, Self-Development, Sports
Are you consuming more time on thinking how good you can be or how bad you were? Are you spending more time on comparing yourself to others and feeling down because of comparison or can you see others’ success as something empowering to you? Are you using your time...
by Saana Koljonen | Jul 17, 2020 | personality, Posts in English, Self-Development, Sports, Uncategorized
Competitiveness is the heart of sports. If you think about competitive athletes, who comes to your mind? Michael Jordan? Kobe Bryant? We know something of those two tall dudes’ personalities – they brought competition everywhere they went. Then we have a...
by Saana Koljonen | Jul 5, 2020 | Posts in English, Uncategorized
Know the type who is so happy to take the leader’s responsibility? Or the one who will just chat and chat, half of the practice, every day? Loves happenings and events and being right at the center of them? Just radiating more light when getting attention? Someone who...
by Saana Koljonen | Jun 28, 2020 | Communication, personality, Posts in English, Self-Development, Sports
Are you one of the introverted athletes who feel like you should be louder or chattier in sports? But you just don’t like the loud environment? Do you think shyness and introversion is just the same? Did you know that extroverted athletes can also be shy? Let’s dig in...
by Saana Koljonen | May 29, 2020 | Authentic Self, Communication, Posts in English, Self-Development, Sport Management, Sports, Volleyball
“All of us have the spark of leadership in us, whether it is in business, in government, or as a non-profit volunteer. The challenge is to understand where we can use our leadership gifts to serve others” -Ann Fudge Hellooo Ann Fudge and thank you...
by Saana Koljonen | May 22, 2020 | Authentic Self, Communication, Posts in English, Self-Development, Sport Management, Sports, Volleyball
The communication and interaction between coaches and athletes is sometimes excellent, sometimes not so excellent, and sometimes purely catastrophic. Everyone is mad or sad or something in between and it’s hard to focus on the main thing: getting better in your...