3.5 minutes read. Here is a guaranteed path to develop your mindset by working on conquering the stress in your life. I was presenting to students at the James Cook University campus in Brisbane this week on Healthy Mind Healthy Life, with tips to create a new mindset for success. Part of the talk was…
How to be productive and survive the eight-second syndrome (3 minute read) Did you know that your attention span is decreasing? In 2000 it was around 12…
Visualisation techniques have been scientifically proven to improve performances. One reason is that your body cannot tell the difference between a real experience and a vividly imagined one. However, there are some tips that ensure you are doing it correctly. I was coaching a client this week who was finding it difficult to imagine himself…
How to change and avoid wasting time Last weekend as I was resting due to a bit of a head cold, I took the opportunity to clear out some old client files. Yes, I admit there were two boxes of data going back quite a few years that needed sorting. While checking them to shred…
How to focus on your goals like crazy So, it’s a New Year, a fresh start, new beginnings, perhaps? Perhaps you have started, or are about to start, and you are feeling excited? This often happens when you embark on something new. While it’s critical to be crystal clear with knowing what you want and…
How to Step into Your New Year with Ease There will be some of you who have set your goals for 2019. There will be others who will be madly creating lofty New Year’s Resolutions in the next few days or even weeks! However, if you want to ensure you achieve your goals this year,…
The smarter way to succeed at New Year’s Resolutions and tackle your goals is to shift how you approach them. If you are like many people you will have set lofty New Year’s Resolutions in the past that you didn’t achieve. There are sound reasons for this. There is a vast chasm that needs to be…
The high cost of success. Most people have a desire to improve and grow. To be good at one thing, many things, or to be the best in the world. We often read about incredible human performances on the sporting field and sometimes the business world. However, it seems many of us are missing out…
What are the keys to happiness? People have discussed, debated and agonised over the topic of happiness for centuries. Questions such as ‘What is happiness?’ ‘How can we achieve happiness?’ and ‘What does a happy life look like?’ have been hot topics. Countries have attempted to measure and define happiness. Bhutan has a gross national…
Mental Rehearsal will help you gain your winning edge and boost your results Dozens of world-class athletes cite visualisation or mental rehearsal as an essential practice in their mental preparation. Frequently, the difference between winning a medal and missing out can come down to a mere thousandth of a second. Many experiments have illustrated the…