What’s stopping you from achieving personal growth? Michael Jordan recently said that the only thing that held him back was himself and there’s a lot of truth in his statement. So let’s have a look at the ten most common reasons for our not achieving what we want to.
One of my favourite films is Patch Adams starring Robin Williams. If you haven’t seen it, I really recommend that you borrow or buy it as it contains so many lessons that you can use for your personal growth. And it’s not an airy fairy, pie in the sky work of fiction. It’s biographical – [...]
Are you really happy with things as they were before the economic downturn or are you looking for something different? Do you want to stagnate or are you prepared for a period of personal growth and societal change and even, perhaps,change on an even wider level?
I’m hoping that one of the results of the downturn [...]
Think of someone who you consider to be an expert at communication. What makes them so good? Do they speak without hesitation? Do they have a good grasp of their subject? Is their delivery polished? Whilst all of those are important, I would suggest that there are two things an effective communicators will demonstrate: clarity [...]
As I wrote here, my wife and I are going through an exercise decluttering our appartment. It’s a small appartment and having lived here for over 5 years, even though we don’t buy much, it all accumulates. However, the uncluttering is only part of the exercise. It’s part of our personal growth in the last [...]
In this article I examine 9 of the lessons we can all learn from the economic recession together with three questions we can each ask ourselves to try and prevent it happening again.
When I think back on life, I realise that the times when I’ve really thrived, when life was exciting, was when I decided to march to the rhythm of my own drum. The times I’ve felt stifled, on the other hand, were when I conformed to everyone’s view of the norm.
This has taught be that [...]
All too often, when coaching clients or just generally chatting with people about their personal growth and development, they tell me that they’re unhappy with certain aspects of their personality. When I ask them what’s stopping them from changing, they say things like “I was born this way”, “It’s just who I am”, “You can’t [...]
Many people are motivated by having something to work towards; for them, having a clear vision is useful for their personal development and journey in life.
Endless Possibilities
If you are someone that needs to find a vision for yourself you will want to make sure that you are following through with what life has in [...]
Wow, a lot of good articles this week in my Google Reader feed! It’s been very tough reducing the list to a reasonable length, but I managed it in the end – happy reading!
Is it Time to be Ditching Traditional Marketing? by Karen Skidmore
Karen argues something dear to my heart – that traditional marketing is [...]
