How To Escape A Rock & A Hard Place A few years back now, I felt between a rock and a hard place with things in my life, particularly work. For those of you who have ever had the feeling that what you are doing to earn money doesn’t resonate, in fact it begins to…
Empower Your Mind: The Life-Changing Benefits of Reading I am in love with my mind. Why you may ask? Because no matter how much I put into it, it never explodes. It is a reservoir that is always thirsty for fresh revelation and new insight. It is hungrier than a lion and more voracious than…
You grow through what you go through: embracing failure There is the famous quote, “What would you do if you could not fail?” We’ve heard the question so often that we never answer it. So, how would you answer it? According to the dictionary, failure means “not achieving the desired end”. Embracing Failure: The Journey…
How To Building a Champion Spirit ‘Stir up your champion spirit through the power of association.’ There are times when I know that I need to be inspired. That’s when I sit myself down to either read a book, listen to music, watch a sporting event or view a good movie. The movie ‘Mr Holland’s…
How to Develop Good Habits ‘The best of all habits is the habit of continually striving for improvement.’ -Sir Rowland Hill In my early school years I was a poor student. I would rather be running around a field with my friends kicking a ball than paying attention in class. Even as I write about…
How to cope with depression Depression is an insidious disease that strikes at any time and at any age. Depression and anxiety appear differently at different stages of the life cycle. Key stages of life to watch out for depression and anxiety include: For youths depression and anxiety often have their onset in the teenage…
Moving Away from the “Black Dog” Depression Metaphor The term “black dog” is often used in conversations about depression. For many people, this metaphor describes a state of depression characterized by sadness or lack of will, including the loss of desire to partake in activities you once loved. This metaphor can be helpful for adults…
Bringing Together Two Worlds Apart The student came to the teacher, and before the student could speak, the teacher asked four words, ‘What do you want?’ The student replied, ‘What do you mean by asking me what do I want?’ The teacher responded, ‘What do YOU want?’ The student replied, ‘I never thought I could…
Abundance Mindset: Ways to Develop an Abundance Mindset I remember the day, at the age of 18, when my boss asked me to walk down the road to deposit $5000 cash into the bank. I refused. He ended up having to drive me to the bank. Why did I refuse? Because I thought it was…
Integrity: Living a Life of Honesty and Character As an employer of others, the qualifications nor the CV that has been presented to me by a prospective employee has rarely impressed me. I look deeper than that. I am not overly concerned with what they know, but rather with whom they are and the principles…
The importance of being unashamedly YOU! ‘Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.’ Dr Seuss So many of us have lived our lives concerned about what ‘they’ say or think. But please allow me to join with Dr Seuss – the…
How to Be the Best Version of You And Live Your Best Life ‘First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.’ Epictetus What is the point to live a life below your potential? What reason can you and I give ourselves if we never rise up to…
Top Traits of Successful People Successful people are defined by what they say, what they do, and by who they are. Become Successful and Achieve Your Life Goals So here are three outstanding qualities demonstrated by the lives of those I perceive as being successful people. It doesn’t take long to determine whether someone’s successful…
How To Be Strong Without Being The “Bad Guy” Being strong without coming off as a rude or hurtful can be a difficult tightrope to walk for anyone in a position of authority. It can be equally tough when one is not in a position of authority, but must establish a strong stance to make…
Practicing to be Nobody-But-Yourself ‘To be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else – means to fight the hardest battle which any human can fight; and never stop fighting.’ e.e.cummings I resolved many years ago that I would be the me that I had been…