Your beliefs have tremendous power over your life. Simply stated a belief is an acceptance that something is true, usually without any proof of its truth. We acquire many of our beliefs in our youth and these beliefs and memories still shape our life today. Our memories are based on how we interpreted our experiences…
Have you ever stopped to consider how much we can learn from nature and the animal kingdom? How they stack together consistent wins to create great results? They teach us about the importance of patience, perseverance, repetition and consistency. A trait we often fail in. Furthermore, these traits are necessary for all success, growth and…
About a year ago, Eliud Kipchoge, a marathon runner set out to have another attempt at running a marathon in under two hours. Something that for many people is way out of their comfort zone? Furthermore, if you aren’t a runner it probably holds no desire or interest? I am a runner, however, this type…
Do you desire to always be achieving great results, yet falls short sometimes? This may be because of a common tendency to wait for the right time before acting on an opportunity? Do you put off decisions and delay acting on things that you secretly desire to do? Is it a course, additional studies, training…
To understand exactly what is the role of a mindset coach, let’s look first at what ‘mindset’ means, what a coach does, and next, what makes mindset coaching different to other styles of coaching. Finally, how Mindset coaching can specifically help you achieve the results you want. Importantly, many successful athletes and high achieving business…
What Is a Growth Mindset? Why It Matters for Success and Personal Growth. To answer the question what is a growth mindset, we must first understand what a mindset actually is. A mindset is a collection of attitudes, beliefs and assumptions that shape how we interpret the world. It influences how we respond to challenges,…
Why do we need to boost productivity? Well, it’s important for many reasons. First, over the last few years, productivity has fallen. Second, many employees are disengaged, and a disengaged workforce leads to lower productivity. Finally, even the most diligent of workers tend to get distracted easily today. Our attention span has fallen to a…
How often have you caught yourself thinking or saying, ‘I know that?’ In the context of taking action and accomplishing goals, there is a problem with this phrase. We may know things intellectually, however, we often don’t do them. Moreover, when we don’t take the right actions we fall short of our goals, accomplish less…
Your subconscious mind is one of the most powerful forces shaping your life — yet most people barely understand how it works. In fact, much of what you do each day is not directed by conscious thought. Instead, your subconscious mind quietly runs patterns, beliefs, and habits behind the scenes. Understanding how the subconscious mind…
How often do you find yourself getting distracted and failing to focus on your important tasks, at the cost of your long term success? When we neglect our important tasks, our personal or professional goals suffer, and we end up feeling frustrated with ourselves. Moreover, these are the needle moving ones that are essential to…
We often laugh at ourselves for failing to be consistent, yet again. However, there are huge costs for failure in this department. Moreover, I believe, once we understand the true and terrible costs, we have more drive to up our level of consistency. Furthermore, being selective about what we are consistent with, creates a lever…
The skill of curiosity in these challenging times is one of the most important yet often overlooked skills right now. It has got lost amongst the myriad of posts on how to keep calm, focused, productive, and 100 ways to pivot a business or take it online. Curiosity is so important because it creates wonder…
With so many people in lock-down, our routines and schedules have been thrown upside down. We spend hours and days at home instead of our normal habits or routine of rushing around 24/7, juggling school runs, work, family commitments, household chores and social events. Importantly, it is these very habits and routines that either helps…
Your habits quietly shape almost every area of your life. They influence how you think, how you respond under pressure, the decisions you make, and ultimately the results you achieve. Long before we notice the outcome, our habits have already been at work. That is why the habit poem has stayed with me for so…
I read an article this week about falling productivity, diminishing profits, and the correlation between profits and wages. Specifically, Michael Brennan, Productivity Commission Chair called for a ‘national focus’ to “Combat sluggish labour productivity which is driving disappointing wages growth and damaging the economy.” He concluded that increasing productivity has to be the focus to…