You Have This One Incredible Power!
In modern life it is easy to come to believe that there are powerful forces that shape so much of our daily experience. The massive overreach of government, the power of global corporations and the relentless manipulation of legacy media means we can often feel that there is so little we can do to shape […]
The Incredible Power of Habits To Shape Your Daily Life
Is there a greater power that shapes our daily lives than that of habits? Over hundreds of thousands of years humans have learned to automate large numbers of daily actions. Some of these serve a very useful purpose but some can easily hold us back and ensure we never experience the profound growth and contribution […]
The Best Life Strategy Is This!
Some people have a unique gift to cut through all the complexity of an issue and give us the single idea that can help create major change and success in our lives. Michael Porter is a world famous academic who focuses on the way that strategy can move a business forward. He is the fairy […]
Your Number One Strategy For Success
On the journey of personal development and change there can be so many ideas and systems and strategies. One book says, “Do this!: and another book says, “Do That!” How can we filter out the noise and work out the things that really do work and help to create change in our lives? In today’s […]
Finding Deeper Meaning In Your Life
Martha Nussbaum is a philosopher at the University of Chicago and thinks deeply about the experience being human. In today’s episode she reminds us that there is a risk in pursuing the wrong goals in life and then waking up one day to discover that your life seems empty and without meaning. According to Martha […]
The Greatest Truth Of Your Life
We live in a culture that focuses powerfully upon consumption and accumulation. It seems that the goal of life is to get as much ‘stuff’ as possible. It can mean money to some people, power to others and fame to someone else. The truth about our lives is that we take nothing with us when […]
Why You Need Much Bigger Dreams And Goals
I’ve recently been teaching world history to my kids and it is incredible to discover the wisdom of some of the greatest men and women who have gone before us. In today’s episode I want to share with you a profound insight from Phillip II of Macedon who was the father of Alexander the Great. […]
Why Bad Times Are Good For You
The Roman poet Horace was a man familiar with hard times. Despite the growth and power of the empire this was still a world of suffering and hardships. In our modern world we have a much easier life in many ways but it comes at a cost. The cost is that so many of us […]
Procrastination Will Ruin Your Life
One of the most destructive forces in our lives is the idea that we can pursue our dreams or chase our goals at some point in the future. It can be so easy to tell ourselves that we can get to work on them ‘tomorrow’. In today’s episode we return to the wisdom of Ancient […]
Making Your Imagination Work For You – Seneca The Elder
In today’s episode I explore a great quote from Seneca The Elder, one of the great poets and writers of the late 1st century BC. He helps us remember that our imagination can often work against us and that most of the worst things we worry about will never happen. It’s time to become more […]
