At the start of the year, it’s almost natural to want to wipe the slate clean and start doing something new. We create goals, we set deadlines and hope like crazy that things will work out well. The part we consistently forget is the “stop-doing” bit. The very same issues that have been a pain […]
How To Stop “Perfectionist Clients From Sabotaging Their Own Success”
It’s not unusual for clients to say they’re perfectionists. This means they take more time, spend more effort and they sound like the ideal client on your course. But as perfectionists know fully well, they’re often jeopardising their own success, because all the extra work isn’t dramatically improving their work. How, then should you make […]
How to Overcome Perfection With Speedy Revisions
Is there really a cure for perfectionism? How can you make your work far superior in a shorter amount of time, often moving ahead of your peers? The answer lies in nature. In this episode, we look at two different kinds of plants: the monkey puzzle tree and the campion flower. The monkey puzzle tree […]
What I Learned Last Year (And How It Made Me Calmer)
The Power of the Diversion Everyone loves a fabulous year, but the best years for us are those that aren’t terribly great. We learn more, and go through a revolution in such “difficult” ways. That was last year for me. Life took me on diversions I hadn’t expected and to me that became the most […]
Why Thought Is Mostly A Waste of Time
What’s your definition of a thought leader? No, don’t think about it. You know the answer already. It’s not some thinker. Instead it’s someone who does stuff. That’s how you become a thought-leader. You actually do things. And there’s proof that thought is a waste of time What’s 5 x 6. Ok, so we know it’s 30. […]
The Carpe Diem Method of Finding Work (And Vacation) Time
You know how people say: When I have time, I’m going to write a book. People make statements like that all the time. As if one magical block of time is going to show up one day. And so, they wait for this mystical moment. And as you’d expect, it never shows up. So they […]
How Lack of Planning Wastes Chunks of Time
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe”. Those lines were apparently stated by Abraham Lincoln. While Mr. Lincoln probably had a lot of trees to cut, I have a lot of articles to write. And like Lincoln, I’ll almost never write an article […]
Why The 15-Minute Principle Is Your Biggest Time Saver
Most people say they’re busy. Hogwash! They’re just silly, not busy. And here’s why (and how) you can stop being silly—and quite so busy. I call it my 15-Minute Principle. So what’s the 15-Minute Principle? When I’m working on a project, there’s a point where I’ll get stuck. It doesn’t matter what I’m doing, […]
How To Beat Inertia And Why Logic Doesn’t Work
Is resistance a game? It can feel a bit like that when you’re almost always on the losing team. But often the reason why we lose to resistance is because we don’t realise how the brain works. And this brain stuff was studied by researchers at the University of Cincinnati. What they found was astounding. […]
The Similarity Between Talent And Email-Clutter
Imagine you had a friend who said to you, “I have 140 emails in my in-box”. What would you say next? I’ll tell you what. You’d be a little surprised, and you’d say, “You get 140 emails a day?” “No, not a day”, this friend would answer. “I get just 20 emails a day.” But […]
