I want you to imagine two climbers, and see if I can put an idea in your head about how they will perform on the wall. They are of equal strength and technical skill. We are considering their language and body language to predict their performance. 

Being stuck in a plateau comes from 2 main causes: your skillset isn’t broad enough to progress, or your approach to climbing is wrong.

Motivation is a funny thing, sometimes the psych is high to try hard and do things but just as often it is not.

If failure is the gateway to success then why do so many of the population get so angry or frustrated with it? Why are we so afraid of it?

I was recently working with a talented young climber who I set a challenge. This climb was what I would class as particularly anti-style but well within climbing grade and ability if the time was taken to working it out.