So the fateful week has come, when GordonBrown finally gets to be Britain’s Prime Minister.

As a personal development bloggster, however big the event, I’m always much more interested in politicians’ attitudes and language than their actual political colours. After all, no-one can predict the events that will take place, but it’s usually fairly easy to predict how an individual leader will react to them, based on their belief-system.

So what of Mr Brown? Equivocal, so far, if quotes on the BBC website are to be believed

On the one hand, he’s said that his party “must have a soul”. Probably a tick in the box (although as most of the rest of us have never lost ours, this is more a case of catching up with the voters than leading a charge towards progress).

It’s a second comment he’s made though, that disturbs me. Apparently, he’s said, “I shall try my utmost”.

Now on the face of it, this sounds like the earnest, heartfelt desire of a conviction politician, ready to do whatever it takes. And in a sense , it is.

The problem is though, from a coaching standpoint, “trying” never works.”Trying”, however, earnest, well-meant and work-ethic driven, always keeps the tryer in the “trying” space…that grey hinterland between desire and achievement of an outcome. If you’re trying, you’re rarely actually “doing” or succeeding, but more likely, working your socks off to feel like you’re putting in a self-defined amount of required effort that will enable you to sleep at night.

All good, earnest stuff. But if I could give one message to Mr Brown…

Don’t worry so much about the “trying”. Just do your utmost.

Hope this helps generally, in the fairly likely event that you’re not Gordon Brown

More soon (this week is as packed as ever)

Clare