I’m really not keen on New Year’s resolutions. I can see the attraction of their connection to a sense of renewal at the start of the year, but for most people, their success rate is tiny. I suspect a lot of resolutions are driven by a desire to “fix” the unwanted effects of excessive indulgence …
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(Focus Pocus Part 2) Following on from Focus Pocus Part 1, here are 10 Steps that when followed, will help you increase and sustain focus, and give a significant boost to your energy, productivity and fulfilment. Notice that I said when followed. To get the results you have to do the work, and the work …
The most common habit that people tell me they want to develop is focus. In today’s world that’s really not surprising as we have so many more things than ever before constantly vying for our attention. Yet to produce any kind of result, in any area of life, you need to maintain commitment and focus …
The other day around 7:45 am I was walking across London Bridge when a young man, probably about thirty, went past on a bicycle. There’s nothing unusual about that, there are loads of people cycling across London Bridge at that time in the morning. However, there were a few things that made him stand out. …
I had a really interesting conversation on Wednesday afternoon with a guy called Bruce who I’d been introduced to by a mutual connection who believed there was the potential for some shared value from us talking to each other. I was interested in how the research that Bruce and others have been doing into interventions …
I was at a business networking meeting this morning. It’s something I do fairly regularly, but recently I’ve been thinking about how to make sure it’s worth my while. One of the problems with doing that is that there are a plethora of reasons one can have for going networking, and few of them are …
Over the last six weeks I’ve got back into exercising regularly and eating well – and the result is that I’ve lost 6kgs. I’ve achieved that by changing my habits around eating and exercise. However, what’s really interesting is that the way I’ve managed to change those habits has nothing directly to do with either …
