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Our gift to you this Christmas is a plan to help you flourish over Christmas from a family, friendship, fitness and focus point of view. Flourishing is about making the most out of your life, the opposite of suffering and negativity. It doesn’t just happen, you have to plan for it and allow yourself to get into the flourishing state. With that in mind, let Enda McNulty, CEO of McNulty Performance, take you through the 5 Fs for flourishing at Christmas time: Family, Fitness, Festivities, Food and Focus. “Every year I train on Christmas Day by going for a run and have been doing so since I was 14 years of age,” says Enda. “I urge people to think about planning your Christmas to maximise it and allow you to flourish over the holiday period.” For more from Ireland's leading performance and well-being company, go to www.mcnultyperformance.com

Ciara Doherty is this week's guest on the Commit podcast and she talks about a life of resilience and taking control of your life and your own decisions. Her life has not been without its obstacles or difficulties, from being a single Mum finishing college, to working as a woman in the construction industry, but she has shown that determination and self-belief will see you succeed. Now a very successful civil engineer with H&J Martin Construction, Ciara also talks about a recent visit to Rwanda with the Bridges to Prosperity charity and how much she learned from the local villagers in overcoming the toughest of environments. "The biggest thing I saw was how resilient the people are," she says. "They are close to each other, resourceful and agile in everything they do. They don’t have a choice." For more from on improving your performance and well-being culture, just go to McNultyPerformance.com for more insights and information.

'The greatest gift you can give is investment in yourself,' says Sinead Kane on this week's Commit podcast and at the age of 17 she decided to be more pro-active and take control of her life. Being born with 95% blindness, growing up was about being left on the sidelines, but at 17, when a guidance counsellor said she shouldn't pursue law in college, that was when she decided to choose to be visionary, not blind. Incredibly, since she took up running six years ago at the age of 30, Sinead has completed the seven marathons on seven continents in seven days challenge, as well running in 12 hour and 24 hour races and holding the world record for distance run on a treadmill. 'Being optimistic is difficult and I struggle every day with it. The biggest bully in my life is myself,' she admits, but her success in life far outweighs any negative self-talk. We all make excuses for not succeeding and Sinead has more excuses than most, but her achievements are a reason for the rest of us to try and catch up. For mor

Enda McNulty, CEO of McNulty Performance, and an All Ireland winner with Armagh in 2002, looks ahead to Sunday’s All Ireland between Dublin and Tyrone and can’t wait for the tactical chess game that will unfold… "There’s a great sense of excitement in the week of an All Ireland final, and even after all these years even though I’m not playing, I can’t wait for the Tyrone v Dublin clash. If you’re from Ulster you support your own people to do well and I believe Tyrone have what it takes to win this game. In terms of mindset they have to believe they can win and that Dublin are beatable. Tyrone just need to be within touching distance in the last few minutes and then Dublin can be really tested under pressure. " For more insights and information on Performance, Culture and Well Being, go to www.McNultyPerformance.com

Standing up on stage to make jokes is one of the scariest things many people can imagine doing, but facing up to your fears and making brave decisions is one of the hallmarks of Jarlath Reagan’s life and career, including the donation of one of his kidneys to his brother. On this week’s Commit episode, we speak to the comedian and host of the hugely successful, An Irishman Abroad podcast, about following his passion, having the right mindset to succeed, and overcoming your fears. For more insights and information go to McNultyPerformance.com

It's holiday season and whether you're away for three days or three weeks, we're setting you a simple mission: total rejuvenation.  But can you do it?   Can you commit to rebooting, recharging, refreshing and recommitting to your physical, mental and spiritual well-being while away? Go easy on the margaritas, don't have too many late nights, keep yourself active, and try new things with your family and friends. Whether you're in the boardroom, running your own business, or in professional sport, take the time to rejuvenate yourself completely. For more insights and information from Ireland's leading performance company, go to www.McNultyPerformance.com

"It’s a hundred times more difficult to create unity of purpose for an organisation with thousands of employees across the world than a football squad at the World Cup," explains Enda McNulty on this week's episode of the Commit podcast. " However, the same approach is applicable. First is the who then comes the what. Ensuring you’ve the right people in your team; ensuring there’s a good environment to be working in; ensuring the right executive team is in place. These are the pillars for success." Enda was also joined by McNulty Performance's partner, Paul Corry, a former professional footballer in England who gave insights into just how far behind club football is when it comes to new training techniques and approaches. For more information on unlocking your potential in business and life, go to McNultyPerformance.com

Great leaders aren't just born, it is a skill that can also be developed, explains Enda McNulty on this week's Commit podcast. Great leaders are adaptable, are decisive, engage, empower, excite and enable those around them. Why not start on your own leadership journey today? Start with your own leadership journal and reflect on your leadership strengths, then appraise your areas for leadership development. Finally, identify your leadership goals in the next twelve months, develop a massive action plan and commit to it every single day. For more insights and information, go to McNultyPerformance.com

As part of National Workplace Wellbeing Day, we've got a special bonus podcast episode for you. McNulty Performance fitness and energy management advisers, Austin McNulty and Sean Draper talk to Enda about some of their best short and simple tips for making sure you are fit and healthy for work and daily living. For more: mcnultyperformance.com

This week's podcast is celebrating National Workplace Wellbeing Day but Enda, and fitness and energy management adviser, Austin O'Malley, explain why the principles of wellbeing must be lived 24/7. Giving one example, they discuss Costa Rica's principles of 'Pura Vida' - or the good life - and how and why we can all embrace natural movement, healthy eating and slowing down into all of our lives. For more: mcnultyperformance.com

The more you fail, the more you learn. How many times have you failed? All the great champions have failed. It’s how you respond to the failure that matters – we all have that choice. Everyone has a fear of failure but how do you use that as a fuel to manage, deal with it and overcome it? Seek failure, challenge yourself in the next seven days and seek out an opportunity to fail and make the decision to choose how to respond. For more, go to www.mcnultyperformance.com

From working closely with Irish rugby as a performance coach, Enda McNulty gives some insights into how, with Joe Schmidt leading from the top down, a winning culture and attention to detail has been embedded throughout the game in Ireland.

On this episode of Commit, Enda McNulty talks about a recent business trip to Japan and what we can learn from the East when it comes to mental training and attention to detail. For more: mcnultyperformance.com

This week on The Commit Podcast with Enda McNulty, we have Michael Kearney. From early roots in agriculture, Michael went on to manage the Irish Rugby team with great success. What makes Michael unique is that not also has he achieved great success on the rugby pitch but also in the world of business with Home Instead Senior Care and Snap Printing. In this episode, Michael describes his journey from being a sports fanatic in school ‘playing pretty well, every sport under the book’, to attending agricultural college, emigrating to Australia, returning to set up a business and then eventually managing the Irish rugby team. Michael talks extensively about the importance of mental strength, ‘learning from mistakes and learning from experience is extremely important’. He also talks about the importance of dealing with your mental health early on. ‘It’s a muscle that needs to be trained,' he says. For more: mcnultyperformance.com

"The modern world abdicates responsibility, but when you're running in temperatures of -50, it's on you and only you can survive." Ultra marathon runner, Brian Bell, is a man who knows all about endurance, resilience and peak performance and is this week's guest on Enda McNulty's Commit podcast. Describing himself as an ordinary person, he does extraordinary things and pushes himself to the limit, but, he says, if he can do it anyone can. "If you're passionate and really want something you can achieve. People in Ireland can be afraid to dream and can be afraid to express it for fear of ridicule. But put it out there, dream and make it happen." For more: mcnultyperformance.com

On this episode of the Commit to Peak Performance series, Enda McNulty is joined by former Lions, Ireland and Leinster rugby player, Luke Fitzgerald, to discuss how he coped with injury set-backs throughout his career, how he needs to impress in his first season away from rugby, and why you need to remember and focus on the things that you do well. "In the early part of my career especially, I was trying too hard to be an all-rounder," says Fitzgerald. "Instead, remember what it is that you do well and always focus on that." For more: mcnultyperformance.com

He's been lead dancer with Riverdance, performed over 5,500 times for the world's leading dance organisation and been at the top for 18 years. So how does Padraic Moyles maintain his peak performance? On this episode of the Commit to Peak Performance series, Enda McNulty of McNulty Performance, finds out the rituals and techniques Padraic uses to be an elite performer. "You have to question and critique yourself all the time," says Padraic. " When you quit you're never as close as reaching your potential. Don’t quit, keep the quest for knowledge alive, keep your passion alive and always strive to be the absolute best you can be." For more: mcnultyperformance.com

The second series of the Commit podcast by Enda McNulty, Ireland's leading performance coach, sees Enda focus on peak performance. What is peak performance? How can you achieve it in your work and family life? And what are the secrets to elite peak performers in business, sport, medicine, emergency services and the arts? In this series of 'Commit to Peak Performance', Enda McNulty unlocks the secrets, finding out from the best how they do it, and what you need to do to perform at your peak.

Are you able to go with the flow? Can you put yourself completely in the moment, where you are so in tune with yourself and your surroundings that it's almost as if time stands still? "It's a reminder to slow down, to be fully centred in the now. It's a special place where we need to be for optimum performance," explains Enda McNulty in his latest '10 Minutes to Commit' podcast as he gives practical tips on achieving the state of flow with ease. Commit! by Enda McNulty is available from Amazon and all good bookshops. To find out more, visit McNultyPerformance.com.

Do you have the mental strength to overcome setbacks in your working, sporting, personal and family life? Do you give yourself enough credit for what you're good at and doing well? In this episode of Commit! the six-part podcast series accompanying the book of the same name, Ireland's leading performance coach, Enda McNulty, discusses the importance of mental strength and why everyone needs to be focusing on their signature strengths. 'Monitor your self-talk and make sure there's at least five positives to every one negative', he advises. 'Remind yourself always what is working well, what you're good at, and focus on that.' Commit! by Enda McNulty is available from Amazon and all good bookshops. To find out more, visit McNultyPerformance.com.