The One Thing
What separates living fully from holding back?
After decades at the highest level of performance, I went looking for the one thing.
The difference between composure and panic,
between freedom and tension.
between living fully and holding back.
Working with people under real pressure, one pattern became clear:
Under pressure, the difference is rarely talent.
It’s the handbrake.
When the handbrake is on, we tighten.
When it’s released, something shifts.
Performance moves from fragile to free.
Leadership from control to trust.
Culture from compliance to belonging.
Where is your handbrake?
And what would change if you let it go?
About David Galbraith
David Galbraith is a NZ Registered Clinical Psychologist and leadership mentor who has spent decades walking with people at the edge of what is required of them, including Olympic athletes, national teams, and business leaders.
His guidance is also influenced by Eastern philosophies and grounded in calm under pressure, deep preparation, and a steady authority that places who you become above what you achieve.
Today, his focus is on making this guidance available through multiple pathways to those willing to meet life and leadership with the same depth.
A few ways to begin
A small selection of starting points into this work.
Apply the Work
Where courage becomes lived practice.
People arrive here with different goals, ambitions, and questions. The work is the same in essence – meeting life and leadership with courage – but the way you engage depends on what you are seeking right now.
Depth asks us to slow down,
so we can move forward with integrity.
The Book
For more than 25 years David Galbraith has been refining how to best support a person unleash their personal greatness. He has been incredibly privileged to work with some exceptional people from all walks of life. As part of this journey he was asked to generate his material into a publishable book. ‘UNLEASHING GREATNESS’ (2015) is the result of this work. Already sold thousands of copies, secure yours here!
