The audience are coming into the conference room in a City office, greeting each other and catching up as they take their seats. I’m standing at the front of the room, watching them settle while I run through my opening...
I’m sure I wasn’t alone last night in wishing that I could reach into the TV to taste any of the three show-stopper cakes from the Great British Bake Off final. They formed a fantastic finale to the series watched...
September. Remember the smell of new pencils and the feel of a crisp, new exercise book? It’s time to make the most of that ‘new term’ feeling and set yourself up for the final months of the year. Here are my...
Knowledge is power, so the saying goes. So in this information age, with encyclopaedic knowledge at the click of a search engine, how come we aren't 'all-powerful' beings? The ability to find relevant information is part of the answer. Being able...
Keeping a journal or diary helps to anchor and sustain change. Some people are mistakenly put off for fear that it will require too much effort – in fact, it can be a very quick and easy way to keep...
People tell us to listen to our instincts, but that’s easier said than done as we rush through the day. We can find ourselves doing tasks on autopilot, without questioning whether we’re doing what’s best for us, our organisations or...
Habits free up our minds for higher thoughts. They organise much of what we do into sub-conscious routines, so that we can focus our attention on what’s novel, interesting or necessary in any given moment. In doing so, habits anchor...
If you make a change, you will undoubtedly learn something from the experience. But whether that learning leads to growth is down to you. Let me explain. If I go to a networking event and find it hard to strike up...
Fear. It’s never far from our minds. And that’s not surprising as it’s part of the mechanism we’re hard-wired with to alert us to possible dangers. Fear is particularly triggered by situations that are new or different. And if you’re making...