“Your mind is everything. What you think you become” – Buddha. However, have you stopped to ask yourself what this really means in relation to your life, your goals, health or success? Well, it really is important to unpack this to find clues for success. In my work, I place a major emphasis on examining…
There is a secret to how to rewire your brain for the greatest possible results. Additionally, there is a reason why you must become a dedicated curious observer as to what is going on in your head. The self-talk, chatter and non stop thoughts. Furthermore, why you must then develop a habit of changing any…
If you had to rate yourself on a scale of 1 – 10 for the quality of your thoughts, what would you give yourself? Are yours predominantly positive and focused on what you want? Or, do you tend towards more negative thinking? Do you tend to focus on what you didn’t do, what went wrong,…
Accomplishing great results is hard work. Furthermore, it requires us to continually challenge ourselves to step outside our comfort zone, to grow and become a better version of ourselves. Sadly, there is no shortcut to success, nor escaping hard work and discipline. However, there is a crucial key on the road to success. A key…
Last week I shared seven strategies to help you develop grit, or mental toughness. In the next few articles I will delve deeper into each strategy. Moreover, I will share additional and sometimes, uncommon tips and insights. Tips that I hope will give you the edge in your life. Furthermore, they will help you train…
Last week I tuned into live coverage from the Hawaiian Ironman Triathlon World Championships in Kona. It bought back some wonderful memories from when I competed here. Furthermore, the importance of building mental strength, a necessary ingredient in ultra-distance events. Our ability to become mentally strong, what I call, developing grit, is essential to help…
This week is Mental Health Awareness week, an important area of health that is often neglected or avoided. Understanding how to build mental strength is vital for our overall wellbeing and happiness. Moreover, the purpose of this week is to reduce stigma and build awareness. Additionally, to encourage individuals to take action towards improving their…
No doubt you remember the days of lockdown? Those days of isolation, lack of travel, and restrictions on where we could and could not go? Not many good ingredients in that mix to improve your wellbeing? While we love our home and living near the ocean, we were itching to have another adventure. So, we…
At the end of each year, when it’s time to review and reflect on the year that’s been, I share a set of questions with my clients. The questions are designed to help them get maximum data and insights to strategise and plan the year ahead. One of the questions I share is specifically related…
Do you ever find yourself saying you will do something and then not do it? While we all slip up from time to time, it’s when we fail to take more action towards our future success that it becomes a problem. Moreover, if we are good at avoiding the right action we create hard to…
One essential habit to cultivate, and one we all need more than ever, is the habit of genuine human connection. Moreover, in today’s world, we’re not just recovering from a global health crisis; we’re facing a growing loneliness epidemic. The deep sense of disconnection many are experiencing has become one of the biggest threats to…
One of our greatest assets is our ability to use our minds, to curiously ponder things, and ask powerful questions. Questions allow us to find solutions, change perspective and seek new meaning in our experiences. Our minds love to replay good and bad events. Furthermore, they loop round and round until we digest them and…
Why is it common that we frequently end up sabotaging success, even when we don’t set out to do so? There are several reasons, and in this article I will seek to explain why it’s a very human thing. Furthermore, what you need to do to fix these faulty programs and where the solution lies.…
Recently, I have been enjoying reading the work of the wise Stoics. Stoicism is a school of philosophy that goes back to Ancient Greece and Rome, some two thousand years ago. There are great takeaways and lessons from their practices. First, Stoicism focuses on helping individuals to hone their virtues of character, for the purpose…
After being inspired by Ash Barty’s decision to retire from tennis, I wrote about the important habit of self-reflection. Moreover, I shared two important foundational questions that lead to us having thinking time to answer them. Who am I and what do I want?.’ If we truly want to live a fulfilled and meaningful life,…