10. Mar, 2010 
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What’s stopping you from achieving personal growth? Michael Jordan recently said that the only thing that held him back was himself and there’s a lot of truth in his statement. So let’s have a look at the ten most common reasons for our not achieving what we want to.
17. Feb, 2010 2 Comments
In pubs, clubs, restaurants, business meetings, blogs, chats, I hear the same question being asked – When will this economic crisis end? If the end means returning to things as they were, I believe that this is the wrong question to be asking! Put it this way – if you were with someone who you [...]
15. Feb, 2010 4 Comments
When I think back on life, I realise that the times when I’ve really thrived, when life was exciting, was when I decided to march to the rhythm of my own drum. The times I’ve felt stifled, on the other hand, were when I conformed to everyone else’s view of the norm. This has taught [...]
05. Feb, 2010 10 Comments
I’m over 50 years old, and whilst I’m not a great believer in regrets, I’ve made more than a few mistakes along the way. Many people at this point would write something like “and I’ve learned from every mistake!” Unfortunately, being stubborn, that has not always been the case and I’ve repeated some mistakes several [...]
30. Aug, 2010 0 Comments
Before organising any meeting, ask yourself a simple question: do we really need to meet? Can we deal with the issue by e-mail, Instant Message or on the telephone/Skye?
23. Aug, 2010 0 Comments
A step change in my personal development has come from shifting my focus from being productive to finding real meaning in what I do. It’s not always easy and old habits die hard, as they say, but it does make a difference. Being Productive When the focus in on being productive, the aim is to [...]
16. Aug, 2010 0 Comments
09. Aug, 2010 0 Comments
There’s a lot of ego in the healing and personal development world. I often hear people say “I healed ‘x’ of condition ‘y’” or “I got ‘x’ to change their approach to issue ‘z’”.
02. Aug, 2010 0 Comments
People’s reaction to physical pain is extremely personal; development of a positive approach to life is just one thing that experts say affects our ability to cope with pain, particularly chronic pain. Understanding the purpose of pain and changing our beliefs about it is another.
26. Jul, 2010 0 Comments
I’m often asked how do bloggers keep blogging during the holiday season when family commitments can often find you away from home without a regular internet connection. The answer, of course, is that we are so committed to writing that we always take a laptop with us, with an internet dongle, and post from the [...]
19. Jul, 2010 0 Comments
Many people believe that if they are “spiritual” or wish to succeed in life, they should ignore unpleasant things that happen to them, in effect denying that they have happened and/or have had an effect on them. But it will have the opposite effect, hampering personal development and growth.
16. Jul, 2010 0 Comments
Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is. Ernest Hemmingway
16. Jul, 2010 0 Comments
I’ve always felt uncomfortable with the concept of negative advertising. I’ve never done it and have discouraged it when discussing business building with workshop participants. For those who don’t know what it is, negative advertising is the criticising of your competition’s products/services in your own advertising. Ryan Air learned a tough lesson yesterday – they [...]
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