Throughout my earlier life, and plenty of my adult life, I took things far too personally. It plagued me. Today, I still have some of these feelings occur from time to time, but as a result of the exploration I have done, and the work I have done on myself and with...

What kind of a mindset do you have? Today I am encouraging you to adopt a growth mindset and explaining why I think it is so important. “Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson We often assume that people...

Are you making excuses instead of really living the life you want? Well if so, this article is aimed at you. “It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.” — George Washington This topic, along with my topic of last week are themes that are very close to my heart...

This year has required me to study and apply self-control in a number of ways. Training to run an ultra endurance running event, weight-lifting, building a particular physique in my mid-40s, raising my children, having a busy business, engaging in research has all...

As I have got older and time appears so much more precious, this has become a topic of increasing importance to me. When I write about having no regrets, this is not just classic death bed regrets, I am also referring to having no regrets when my children have grown...

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.”– Muhammad Ali There are  plenty of studies that have explained how we...

“If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person's life in a positive light, and that's what I want to do. That's what it's all about.” -  Tiger Woods We usually think of role models as those we...

I am a big supporter of formal education, having attended college and University after school, I enjoyed that education and what it gave me. More recently, my own PhD, although offered by a formal learning institution at Bournemouth University, it involves research...

Today I am writing about one of the subjects that I spend a great deal of time talking to my students and clients about – how to stop trying to control everything, and in particular, stopping trying to control the uncontrollable. "Only one thing has to change for us...

My legacy; this is something I’ve been thinking about a bit more deeply recently as I am about to hit a Birthday that will see me closer to 50 than 40 and as I watch my children grow up. Will I have made any kind of an impact, what mark will I make? “If you’re going...