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I’m sure at some point, like me, you will have played the Yes/ No game. One person thinks of an item or a person, and the others ask questions to which the answers can only be Yes/ No in order to derive clues so they can guess what the item is or who the person is....

Over the years of coaching people in all walks of life, I've noticed that the most successful people, personally and professionally, have a heightened sense of purpose, a clear direction, a feeling that their life is in some way significant. Here are some simple tips...

Today is the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. And every year, at this time, I think of the final message sent out from Allied Command to all troops involved in that Special Mission (Operation Overlord): “It is advisable to proceed in an orderly fashion. But it...

It’s a common enough saying: "Where there’s a Will, there’s a Way." But I prefer: "Where there’s a Why, there’s a Will, and a Way." Your Purpose must be so BIG you can’t achieve it… until you become the Best You possible; the person who can and who will. Your greatest...

The Wonderful Life and Brilliant Business can only be achieved by having Great Days. Not “fine” or “ok” or “not bad” or “fair-to-middling” days. Great days. And Great Days can only be achieved by having Moments of Magic. Moments of Magic are not what people may think....

It’s a frequent situation, and one you may be familiar with. You’re clear about where you want to get to… you have a purpose, goals, and a real desire to get there. But something happens… something that derails you, or puts you further back than you were, or flattens...

People say, “You’ve got to be Balanced.” Particularly when offering advice to people who are setting big goals, who are making waves, who look like they might be actually making things happen. “You’ve got to be Balanced” sets off my BS buzzer every time. Balance...

Deadlines happen when a job, a task, just has to be done. There’s a set timescale, and it’s looming. It’s often someone else’s agenda, although it can be yours too. Lifelines are saviours… they’re the ropes that keep us from sinking into deep water, from drowning in a...

Have you ever walked into a room where there’s a radio on, and you immediately think, ‘that’s not quite tuned in’? There’s a sort of crackling, or a whistling to it. And yet, those people who have been in the room a while are oblivious to the interference. In business...

Sometimes, it can be easy to get into the habit of ‘cruising’. We’ve all done it. Even if you’re doing the right things, in the right order, occasionally it becomes apparent that a ‘too comfortable’ pace has set in. Is it time to ‘zap up’ the intensity, turn up the...

Advice for someone this week who was clinging to something that was not only no longer working, but that was now dragging them back. And I’m sure many will know what I mean about this… “sometimes you have to let go of something lower down, in order to reach for the...

It’s not the amount of “stuff” you get done, it’s what you choose to do that makes the difference. It’s not your efficiency, it’s your effectiveness that makes the difference. It’s not how fast you’re going, it’s the direction you are going that makes the difference....

Have you noticed, “If” is the middle word in “Life”. Life is about satisfying your BIG “If”. Having a big purpose, a mission, in fact any goal, comes with an “If”. The achievement is dependent on an “if”. If x can be put in place or made to happen, then y will come to...

Sometimes I meet people who know “all this stuff” about believing you can achieve great things, they know “all this stuff” about there being no limits to human potential, and they know “all this stuff” about planning, being focused, taking action… But they still don’t...

The traditional international cry for help… Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! (It originates from the French for ‘help me’ = “m’aider”) A call that is deadly serious. A call that will create, in anyone who hears, an urge to help … at all costs. It’s the most human of urges…...

Many people set goals and targets at the start of a year, only to find that by the end of the first few months they are woefully behind. It is always interesting to note at that stage all of the things you have achieved as well as how far behind you are in other...

All the fancy marketing tools, all the great products, all the great service, must flow from having the foundations in place. Decision-making, strategic direction, marketing strategy, branding, even day-to-day operational decisions, become easier once you have the...

We have thousands of thoughts every day. Most of them are negative! No wonder… A survey in Iowa recorded that in one day of all the statements made to 5-year olds, 432 were negative and just 32 were positive (a ratio of 14:1). In the 12 months following Roger...

Whether we like it or not, we have an inner image of ourselves. Our outer world is a reflection of this inner image of our place in the world. Your Belief about whether you deserve to be successful comes from powerful psychological associations with success; from many...