Distraction and procrastination We’ve all been there. Distraction and procrastination. You have that all important project on your desk. You move everything out of the way except that one project. But you don’t feel like doing it and luckily for you, an interesting notification magically swooshes across your screen. Before you know it, you’re distracted…
How to Keep Focused in Four Simple Steps Keeping focused is the most critical ingredient for achieving goals, especially today when there is a myriad of distractions. The energy of your mind is attention, so where you place your focus, determines where you expend your energy and your results. Are you a master of avoiding…
The Secret Formula for Doing the Things you Know are Good For You In the last article, I discussed the question ‘Why don’t we do the things we know are good for us?’ It’s a question I hear all the time. I talked about Speedy and Steady, the names I gave to the two parts of…
Poor Behaviours There are many poor behaviours, from throwing a tantrum, queue barging and ducking into a parking space when you know perfectly well that someone was there first. In addition to these type of external behaviours, there are internal ones that are even more diminishing to your success. When you avoid the following seven…
Do you ever have days when your mind feels full of ‘stuff’, churning over all the things you need to do; things you have started but not finished; things you haven’t even started, jobs, errands, social engagements, household tasks or repairs? Do you feel anxious, stressed or worried? Then you probably need to discover how…
Skyrocket productivity Are you experiencing stress due to the rapid pace of the workplace? Do you wish you could cultivate more winning strategies and adopt behaviours that would help you skyrocket productivity? I want to share with you a key strategy to help your results move forward in leaps and jumps. When you adopt this…
How changing perspectives help your results. Do you ever get stuck in a project trying to discover the solution to a perplexing problem? What about when you are arguing and you can only see things from your perspective? Changing perspectives, seeing things differently is the key to solving many a perplexing problem. However, we tend…
Time Flies sometimes. We all have the same amount of time; the same hours in a day and the same number of minutes in an hour. It’s what we do in each moment that matters. When you are doing something you love; when you are in ‘flow,’ it’s funny how time flies. You are fully…
The ancient proverb ‘Time will tell’ still rings true today, especially with the creation of our goals and desires. With as many as 92% of New Year’s Resolutions failing, how can you ensure you are one of the few who succeed? How can you be a doer and an action taker? How can you start…
Manage Time – is it possible? When I was young and the weather in England prevented me from being outside and I had exhausted my attention with indoor pursuits I remember once telling my mother I was bored. Her response was ‘Never say that. You are only wishing your life away.’ I didn’t get then,…