The Best Cure for Depression?
This can be a heavy subject but I’m not going to take that route. I’m merely going to share with you that you may well intuitively know, but studies are backing up. And that is, a great treatment for depression. Whether it’s the best treatment, I don’t know. I think that with depression (and I…
Book of the Month: January
I’m always being asked what I read. Truth is, that up until about 5 years ago, I probably only read between 2 – 4 books per year. Probably less in fact. Since university I hardly had read at all really (except when travelling for a couple of years). Then I realised (or rather re-discovered) the…
3 Tips To Getting Up Earlier for Work
I know, it’s something we all struggle with. Me included! Especially with dark, dark mornings. Getting up for work can be a real hassle. Here are three tips that might help you. 1) Decide Carefully Your Wake Up Sound Many people just have some kind of “alarm” sound to wake them up. When you are…
How the C.I.A. Can Increase Your Productivity, Energy and Outcomes
A bold claim. What does the CIA have to do with any of that? Simply this. CIA doesn’t (in this blog) stand for Central Intelligence Agency. No. Rather it stands for Choices In Advance. What I mean by this is that you can benefit greatly by making choices in advance. Many high performers I’ve looked…
5 Cool Things You Should Own – January Favourites
OK, may should is a little strong, but I’ve got to grab your attention, right? I do think that you will be best served by including these things in your life though. In 2016, I plan to share each month a blog/vlog on my favourite things. This month is all about new beginnings and (for…
Lose Weight By Doing Nothing
In this post I want to share with you how you can lose weight and improve your health by doing nothing differently at all! Sound good? Well, here it is. A few years ago, some researchers from Harvard university (see full article link at the bottom) conducted an experiment with some hotel maids. They explained…
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
I know, it sounds like a bit of a morbid title. But really you should be inspired. Why? Because you are about to receive an amazing gift. A gift? Yes. You are about to learn – right now – what it took many others their entire lives to learn. You will succeed where they failed.…
The Three Phases of Transformational Change
Have you ever started out on a new path, a new philosophy or even just tried to introduce something new at work. Maybe it was a simple as trying to convince your bosses that “Dress Down Fridays” are a good idea and won’t tarnish the firm’s image. And did you notice what your idea had…
Why Your Habits Can Hurt You
We all live day to day in routine. Habitual patterns of thinking and action that we often don’t think about much. We need to live like this otherwise it would be hard to get much done. It would take too much brain power. So we live a life ruled by habits. We rarely recognise though…
The No-Lose Bet You can make
Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, last week was a busy week for me. I had coaching clients, the final of a speaking competition (I didn’t win 🙁 ), gave a keynote address at a high end HR conference, delivered corporate training and had an interview on a podcast (click link to hear that…
