The Walls We Build Around Ourselves

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I was speaking with Sharon, my wife, and a few friends,a few weeks ago, and we got around to talking about favourite colours, favourite flowers, favourite foods etc.  When one of my friends asked Sharon what was her favourite flower, Sharon replied ‘Well this week my favourite flower is the Orchid.’  When my friend questioned [...]

How Doing Something Stupid Can Change Your Perspective

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I had never been so afraid to leave the house before. Could I really step out the door like this? Finally, I worked up the courage to turn the doorknob with the hand that was wearing a weight lifting glove, open the door, and step outside. This was it, no turning back now. What was [...]

Are You A Trailblazer?

Today I have interviewed Jonathan Mead from IlluminatedMind.net Jonathan Talks about his story of quitting his corporate job to do something that he truly loves, which is helping others realise their potential. However, when he realised there were hundreds of other people who were tired of their jobs and wanted to go it alone, and [...]

Don’t Do These 15 Things If You Want To Turn Your Dreams Into Reality

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Ever feel like your dreams are never going to become a reality? It’s not like you’ve completely given up on your dreams. You occasionally think about how awesome it would be if you achieved them, but there are so many other things in the way. Your job. Your boss. Your kids. Your parents. Your finances. [...]

How to Say No and Still Be the Nice Guy

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Many times in our daily lives, we face situations, where we should say “no” to a request. However, we find it to be a very difficult thing to do. We are afraid to think what others are saying if we decline. We might also think that saying “no” will hurt our relationship with that other [...]

The Truth about Becoming a Winner

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If you’d like to become a winner, you’re not alone. Winners are the icing on the cake of society, the cherry in the cocktail of life and overall just the coolest people on earth. But what is a “winner”, actually? Is Bill Gates a winner? How about Mother Theresa? Or Gandhi? What about Vincent van [...]

7 Powerful Actions to Bring Your Life in Balance Today

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How complete is your life? Can you say that you are 100% satisfied with the direction that your life is going, with your relationships, your goals and your health? Some people call this type of life completion “control,” others call it “inner peace” but I call it “life balance.” It really doesn’t matter what you [...]

From Stress Head to Peaceful Warrior

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‘I think you need to find a way to let go Karen, let go of control and learn to just be,’ Kelly my coach gently suggested. Images of dull, lazy people ran round my head, people who never get round to anything, people who have no sense of drive or ambition. Imagine. How awful. This [...]

Separate Fact From Fiction

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In my 35 years as a psychotherapist, I have been struck by the inability many people have to distinguish between fact and fiction.   People get depressed, they get negative, and they get anxious for generally one main reason – they treat interpretations like facts!  They never learned to do otherwise – this is not [...]

Four Simple Steps to Finding and Monetizing a Passion

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In the last three years I’ve made a small science out of the study of passion. I’ve even become a little obsessed. Not only have I set out to understand what allows certain people to find their passions, but also what allows the seemingly rare few to transform that passion into a career, business and [...]