Yesterday I reflected on the incidence of imposter syndrome appearing in the daily feedback I am getting from clients in the Get Your Year in Gear programme. We reviewed the Three Excuses that we give ourselves for wanting to quit. This stuff looks hard I don’t want to look stupid I’m too ______to do this
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As I indicated in my lead article in November’s Extreme Business newsletter, with less than 60 days to go until the end of 2019, now is the time to be making important decisions about your 2020 personal and professional life. I’m going to help you to kick start that process with a FREE WEBINAR on Tuesday 26th
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So the detox is done. Here’s what I said on 10th September 2019 (the day after my birthday): Let me define my detox: No alcohol; Low/no carbs – getting back to Paleo – no bread, potato, pasta, rice. Lots of protein and vegetables; One day off per week (Saturday). I’m still weighing in at around
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I received a WhatsApp message from a long-term friend Colin Lawson yesterday – he and I used to work together in financial services many years ago. Colin had been having a clear out and found a copy of my goals for 1997. A document printed by me on 22nd January 1997 (it was a Wednesday)
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My Facebook “friends” will know that today is day 8 of a 52-day detox. I’m focusing on nutrition (Paleo – because I know how to do that and enjoy it), on sleep (having read Matthew Walker’s “Why we sleep” during the summer) and on exercise via the WattBike (whilst my Achilles tendinopathy prevents me from
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I took a day off work yesterday to visit The Imperial War Museum with best friend Dr. Tim Thackrah. It’s a thing we do, meeting 3 or 4 times a year to visit a famous London landmark or museum and inevitably talking shop and life on the way around. It seems rather flippant to say
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The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others
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When my kids were little (a.k.a. the 90’s) we would frequently take the last 2 weeks of August as a family holiday, so that the first Monday in September would be the “back to work” day. I well remember how often that Sunday night’s sleep would be broken by a mind active with anticipation and
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I had intended to start today’s post by posing the question: “What is it that makes someone want to run their own business?” Then, thinking about the answer (or, at least, my answer – which I’ll share with you in a moment) I decided to approach this from an entirely different and yet topical perspective.
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I’m always keeping my eyes and ears open for Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) from within my own client base and community. One of the regulars is along the lines of: “I’m unhappy with another individual’s performance and/or behaviour and I need to talk to them about it – but I don’t want it to get
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