The One Thing Most People Are Missing
When was the last time you really experienced silence. When did you last spend any amount of time in solitude just with your own thoughts and feelings. The hectic pace of modern life means that we often fail to find the time to just be with ourselves and to check in with the desires of […]
Why We Need to Invest More in Relationships
In today’s episode I talk about the major cultural trend toward individualism and why we need to pick back. We have evolved as highly social creatures but many aspects of modern life drive us toward self-focus and a narrow set of relationships. To create a more rich and abundant life we need to commit to […]
You Need This Quality
In today’s message I share the importance of the decision to become relentless. So often, we don’t have the internal positive feelings we would like to have. So what do we do? Today I talk about the decision just to make that one single choice to become relentless. It’s a daily decision that can change […]
A quick way to move toward happiness
In today’s episode I spend some time discussing the way that focussing upon the needs of others can do so much to move us out of negative mental states. Our culture is increasingly self-absorbed and it is also increasingly depressed and anxious. Perhaps a greater focus upon the needs of others could help all of […]
Understanding What It Takes
In today’s episode I share the simple insight that creating real change in your life requires a truly uncommon mindset. It’s not enough to simply have a few nice ideas about change. You need to have a totally different mindset. Understanding what it takes is a crucial step that will keep you pressing on when […]
The Two Levels of Decision
In today’s episode I explore how the top level decisions can really shape our lives but how we also need to pay a lot of attention to the small moments of decision that we face every day. In the small moments of decision our destiny is shaped.
There is no substitute for hard work
It’s so easy to fall for the talent myth. We can easily come to believe that there are some super-talented people and then there are the rest of us who are just plain average. Nothing could be further from the truth. Talent exists but it is not the all-powerful x-factor we have come to believe. […]
The Power of Perseverance
In today’s episode I share one of the final key points from my book Bridging The Gap. Talent is not unimportant but it is not the only thing that matters. The ability to have grit and to stay the course when things are tough is also so important. Let me share with you some simple […]
Fear and what to do about it.
In today’s episode I continue my recent sequence from my book Bridging The Gap. Today it is all about the one great force that holds us all back in some way. The power of fear. I also share that everything that you truly desire is always to be found on the other side of facing […]
Asking for what you want
In today’s episode I explore another key insight that I picked up from a book by the Dean of Harvard Business School. One of the things that entrepreneurs and successful people learn how to do is to ask for what they want in life. They identify what matters and then reach out for the help […]