The Issue With Goal Setting

When we train our minds to think clearly about our goals, we achieve more. It is self-evident that we are all different. We can look right within our companies, the offices in which we work, within our own households and families, and see that there are some people...

Understanding Ourselves as Part of a Success Formula

In the 1600’s, Shakespeare wrote – “The fault lies not in our stars but in ourselves”. In the late 1800’s, John Ruskin, the English critic and philosopher, made this statement – “There is only one small corner of the universe that each and every one of us can...

The Cost of Failing to Control Stress

If we allow the failures within us to take over, it often leads to another failure, stress; which in turn affects our health and subsequently, undermines our performance ability. It might surprise you to know that as many as one in five workers in the United Kingdom...

The Lure of the Trappings of Success

Excerpt from The Other F Word – Failure No.3 – Being Devoted to the Trappings of Success I often ask participants at my “Self-Development” workshops: “Are some people more interested in the trappings of success than actually achieving success itself?” I...

Personal Accountability Issues Affecting Success

Exerpt from The Other F Word – Failure No.2 – Unwillingness to Accept Personal Accountability The second of these failures, or enemies of self, is Lack of Personal Accountability. According to behavioural scientists there are two types of people:...

Why Your Life and Business Needs to Survive Stress

This title may sound like an exaggeration, but stress directly leads to millions of cases of severe physical illness all over the world every year. Why is that? We know that stress isn’t a supernatural occurrence that only affects a few people; in fact, I’m sure...