By RNZ Mental performance coach David Niethe has worked with world-class athletes like golfer Dame Lydia Ko and MMA fighter Israel Adesanya , but says his struggle with school and bullying first pushed his self-image into the ground. He likes to challenge people to consider what they could do in life if they knew you could not fail, and has written about his coaching approach in his book The Winning Mindset . Niethe told Susana Lei’ataua being the victim of bullying at school provoked him to try to become “the biggest strongest version” of himself he could.
He was only diagnosed as dyslexic later on in life, and said that meant school was tough..
