We know that setting our daily goals is one way to help us achieve them. Writing them down is going to get you even closer to transferring them into the DONE list at the end of the day - by a whopping 42% according to Dr. Gail Matthews, a psychology professor at the Dominican University in California.
Read MoreIf you’ve read Barbara Fredrickson’s book titled Positivity, you’ll remember it promptly starts with two versions of her “start to the day”. She refers to these two versions as Take 1 and Take 2.
Read MoreIt’s not uncommon to hear “I’m so stressed but I’ve no time to do anything about it”. I hear that from new clients, friends, and family. They’d love to but “there aren’t enough hours in the day”. Familiar?
Read MoreBrooding. It's a bit like a cow chewing cud. You just keep turning that big lump of a thought around in your head over and over and over and over again.
Read MoreEach week for 12 weeks, I’ll blog about one habit. And if you feel inclined, you can road test it for yourself. Habit 11 is about Listening.
Read MoreEach week for 12 weeks, I’ll blog about one habit. And if you feel inclined, you can road test it for yourself. Habit 5 is about Self Insight and Regulation.
Read MoreEach week for 12 weeks, I’ll blog about one habit. And if you feel inclined, you can road test it for yourself. Habit 2 is about creating powerful beliefs.
Read MoreI was beyond frightened. I had to eat something but my body was listening to my brain and my brain was saying “why are you doing this? what if you fail? why don’t you just pull out?” These mantras, fed by fear, were on a continuous loop.
Read MoreNot me personally but I know someone who did. She may have exaggerated a little but the fact is she was terrified about public speaking. She took steps to overcome her fear (phobia) by joining Toastmasters but when it came down to doing her final presentation she … well packed her bags and left.
Read MoreI had a discussion with a colleague recently who discovered he had a leaning towards the stronger end of black-and-white thinking. In other words, there wasn’t a lot of middle ground for him. It was a bit of a revelation.
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