Rayse the Game Blog

The main thing Lack of focus and decision fatigue are big problems today. Consider this: We’re in a world of excessive choice and pressure to be perfect, as pushed by social media: having 6 pack abs, pearly white teeth, and top grades. But, we know reality is different. When struggling with focus, I turn to…

In this video coaching newsletter, I discuss an email from a parent who is stressed about her daughter who is sitting the Leaving Cert this year. She is concerned about the points going up and that her daughter needs to make a 90 point jump from her 5th year results to get her dream course.

Last week, I had to pleasure of doing a 1-2-1 coaching session Donal (pseudo-name). Donal is 16-years old and is doing his Leaving Certificate this year. He also has a learning difference called Dyspraxia. According to the Oxford dictionary, Dyspraxia is a ‘developmental disorder causing difficulty in activities requiring coordination and movement’. Others refer to…

This is Cassandra. Her story is remarkable. When I met her she was stressed and unhappy. She had just done her Leaving Cert Mock Exams and she was under a lot of pressure. She asked me if I thought it was possible if a student could go up by 200 points. I told her of…

This week, I have been reading How to Raise Successful People by Esther Wojicicki (pronounced Wojiskey) who is a famous Stanford University professor and she shares some old-school wisdom on her experiences both at home and in the classroom of how to nurture and develop young people. ​You can watch my Facebook Live video by…