Your kid runs onto that field and something happens. You forget everything you know about performance psychology and immediately start coaching from the sideline.Sound familiar?In this episode, Tim and Mario go deep on what children do naturally that most adults have spent years — sometimes decades — unlearning. From the way kids play without an outcome in mind, to the way they pick themselves up without a crisis of identity when things go wrong. There's a masterclass happening every Saturday morning at your local oval. Most adults are too busy shouting instructions to notice it.Tim shares the real story of watching his daughter run her district cross-country carnival — the nerves, the hug before the start line, the instinct to stay out of the way. Mario reflects on coaching young athletes for nearly two decades, the parents who arrive with their own unfinished business, and why he sometimes tells parents: your kid doesn't need you at training. Go for a run.The Norwegian model gets a mention. So does the pressure of getting in the car after a game. And why ice hockey players shake hands after battering each other for 60 minutes — but the loudest person at the oval is also the least qualified to have an opinion.What You'll Take Away- Why kids in flow are the purest model of performance we have — and what kills it- The single thing Tim says to his kids before any event (and the one thing he refuses to say)- What Norway got right about youth sport that the rest of the world is only starting to understand- How to separate performance from self-worth — a skill that has to be built early or it gets expensive to learn later- Why parents at training sessions can actively hurt the coach's ability to do their job- Mario's daughter's genius move: choosing sports her dad knows nothing aboutThe One PercentersPlaying cricket and running is not who you are. It's what you do. The moment a kid internalises that — truly internalises it — they've got a psychological edge most adults are still chasing.That's the one percent. And it starts earlier than you think.GET IN TOUCHMario Buchsmario@healtheticacoaching.comFollow @healthetica_coaching on LinkedIn, Instagram and moreTim Buxtontim@timothybuxton.comFollow @timothykbuxton on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads and moreDISCOVER MORE & SHAREIf you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe on Spotify, YouTube, or your favourite podcast platform. We appreciate your reviews and shares — help others discover the power of aligning your purpose with your performance!

What if the hustle was never the point?

Tim and Mario get into one of the most provocative questions of our time — not whether AI is going to take our jobs, but whether the things it's replacing were ever really ours to begin with.

From Nick Cave refusing to let AI near his music, to ultra-runners choosing suffering they didn't have to choose, to a young artist refusing help mid-painting — this episode asks a confronting question: are we outsourcing the very struggle that builds us?

This isn't a tech episode. It's a human one.

In this episode:

• The question that stops most people cold — if AI did everything you did this week in 4 minutes, how would you feel?
• Why the productivity obsession was always a story we told ourselves
• What Nick Cave's stance on AI reveals about creativity, struggle, and soul
• Mario's engineering lens — AI as the hammer, not the hand
• Why ultra running is booming in an age of optimization
• The difference between being productive and being authentic
• The one piece of advice Mario gives: own it

Key Quote:"AI can rob us of our self-worth if we give it too much — because it robs us of the confidence that comes from doing the work yourself." — Tim Buxton

Get In Touch:

Mario Buchs📧 mario@healtheticacoaching.comFollow @healthetica_coaching on LinkedIn, Instagram and more

Tim Buxton📧 tim@timothybuxton.comFollow @timothykbuxton on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads and more

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Mario and Tim discuss "Funnel The Focus" - the critical ability that separates elite performers from everyone else. Discover how to eliminate distractions, overcome fear, and achieve true focus.

In this episode we discuss:

• Why focus is more valuable than time or money

• How fear and worry silently steal your attention

• The 4-phase process to achieve elite-level concentration

• How successful people make decisions under pressure

• Practical daily reflection techniques to improve focus

• Why you might be "busy being busy" without real progress

• Using visualisation and clarity to eliminate noise

KEY TOPICS:

- Focus as your most valuable commodity

- The competition for attention in the digital age

- From awareness to execution to flow state

- Values-based decision making

- The darts analogy: maintaining focus under pressure

- Email management and boundary setting

- Fear-based narratives and how to rewrite them

PERFECT FOR:

Entrepreneurs, athletes, professionals, students, and anyone seeking greater focus, productivity, and fulfillment.

KEY TIMESTAMPS:

0:44 - Welcome to new listeners

2:04 - Topic: Funnel The Focus

3:02 - What does focus mean to you?

7:39 - How elite performers make decisions

8:52 - Fear as your biggest distraction

11:21 - The awareness-to-execution shift

14:26 - Values as anchor points

17:10 - The darts analogy

19:12 - Visualization and eliminating distractions

20:45 - Daily reflection practice

25:25 - Action items for listeners

Get In TouchMario Buchs - mario@healtheticacoaching.com⁠⁠Follow @healthetica_coaching on LinkedIn, Instagram and moreTim Buxton - tim@timothybuxton.com⁠⁠Follow @timothykbuxton on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, and moreDiscover More & ShareIf you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe on Spotify, YouTube, or your favourite podcast platform. We appreciate your reviews and shares—help others discover the power of aligning your purpose with your performance!