When I was very young – at primary school – I remember piling out of the gates with all my pals one night, only to find my mother waiting for me – as she usually would – in the car. This time, however, there was something different. This time, in plain view of all my […]

This week has been crazy. It’s been crazy in a really good way. I completed my second TEDx talk – wearing a fake nose and comedy glasses, I kid you not! I’ve also been doing lots of coaching this week, chunks of marketing and video editing, a bit of networking, attended a handful of meetings, […]

I’ve always been a bookworm – I love to lose myself into the pages of a good book, whether it’s a fantasy adventure or a good self-help tome. Some time back, on the advice of a friend, I’d subscribed to Audible, thinking I could listen to some words of wisdom from people I could learn […]

Tell me about your dreams. The big ones. Your hopes and inspirational intentions for your future. What do you want? A bigger house? A better car? A healthier relationship? What about a job, or career, that doesn’t bring that Monday morning feeling along for the ride? Do you want to take more vacations to far […]

I want to talk to you about Icarus. You remember the story, right? In Greek mythology, Icarus was the son of a master craftsman, Daedalus. Daedalus had created a labyrinth on the island of Crete and, as the story goes, he and his son had become imprisoned there. Ever the inventor, Daedalus fashioned two pairs […]

I have a second office, away from all the hubbub of home. I love my home – I love all that makes it home – my wife, my dogs, my cats, the overstacked bookcases, Alexa shouting at me when I haven’t asked her to… you get the picture. The noise, the laughter and the chaos […]

There’s a difference between failing and giving up. Really, there is. Trouble is, too many of us are getting the two situations totally confused. Failing and quitting are not interchangeable. All the time we’re telling ourselves something didn’t work when, in fact, we didn’t try everything we could to oil the machine, we’re doing ourselves […]

Stop waiting for the world to give you a chance, it’s time to take charge and make it happen! I’m serious. Too many of you are sitting there, making your pretty vision boards, chanting your affirmations or, maybe, throwing a few dollars at Facebook ads and aggressively staring at your email inbox, waiting for those […]

At least, that’s how it was for me. To be more accurate, I didn’t realise I’d been going through a breakdown until after it had happened. After I’d hit rock bottom. After I’d unravelled emotionally and psychologically. The PC brigade tell me I shouldn’t use the term ‘breakdown’ any more – that it should be […]

It’s coming up to Valentine’s Day – that time of the year when we’re expected to go all squishy-gooey-romantic and woo the person of our dreams. The secret love cards, the over-priced bouquets of roses, the chocolates, the heart-shaped balloons, the cuddly toys holding ‘Be Mine’ signs… it’s an overload of sickly-sweet emotion. And I […]