I was sharing coffee and cake the other morning with a group of women in a delightful garden the other morning. A time well spent I think, but you might not.
Anyway we got onto the vexed subject of time and the lack of it. Despite some laughter about time management one could sense the [...]

Have you succeeded in big life-change and kept to it? As you think about it now was it one particular mental switch that made the difference? The other night my partner revealed how he finally quit smoking after many painful failed attempts. At the heart of his success was sticking to one simple [...]

When’ve you’ve been a smoker for many years it’s hard to quit. You tell yourself that one day you’re going to be a non-smoker but that day has a never-never land quality. It’s just a tale you tell yourself.
I’ve helped many people quit by helping them change their thinking about what smoking does for them [...]

What is motivation? It’s hard to explain but everyone uses it or wants it. It could be useful to think of it as shorthand for opening the gap from where you are to where you want to be. In other words how to achieve your goals.
When you let that sink in your mind [...]

For some of us it’s easier to let setbacks or negative comments make us feel less than fantastic.
I lapse into this kind of thinking from time to time and I’ve had to learn quick sure-fire ways to get out of it.
Here’s a technique that I call Success List and I find really works.
Connect to your [...]