Last week I had the good fortune of meeting Australian swimming legend Duncan Armstrong.

Duncan broke the world record to win Gold in the 200 metres freestyle at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. I can still remember the thrill of watching that race... just brilliant!

Duncan also has a host of honours out of the water, including Young Australian of the Year and an Order of Australia Medal.

Duncan is an extremely likeable chap and has some really motivating stories and tips on how to achieve your goals. For elite swimmers, their sport advances by 1/100ths of a second. Naturally Duncan became an expert in motivation and now spends some of his time working in corporate coaching.

Some take-aways from my time with Duncan - Motivation is like a muscle, you need to keep exercising it to stay in shape, and, In order to conduct an orchestra you need to turn your back on the crowd...

More about Duncan Armstrong online: Duncan's website. Duncan Armstrong on Wikipedia.

I have posted a photo of Duncan in my Inspirational Aussies photo album.