The opportunity of a lifetime must be seized within the lifetime of the opportunity. – Leonard Ravenhill. Procrastination is an opportunity’s assassin. – Victor Kiam When does “sensible consideration before action”, “waiting for the right moment”, or even “busy doing something urgent” become Procrastination – the art of not getting on with what we ought…

Inspiration is all around us. What inspires you to act? How do you inspire others? “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light” – Aristotle Onassis. The power of lift in those words gives life to my interest in the subject of Inspiration. You are about to listen to…

In our increasingly noisy world, it’s easy to accept being distracted and that a short attention span is the norm. Successful individuals would however have learnt to focus and pay attention to what is most important. Focus is both a choice and an action. It is ‘directed attention’ which takes place even in the presence…

“She explained that many people, but especially women, feel fraudulent when they are praised for their accomplishments. Instead of feeling worthy of recognition, they feel undeserving and guilty, as if a mistake has been made. Despite being high achievers, even experts in their fields, women can’t seem to shake the sense that it is only…

A clear way that the uniquely human spirit shows itself is in the creation of a vision of the future and its realisation. Most of our major achievements exist first in our minds as a picture or desire, a vision. These visions can be realised without concerted conscious effort but through making them explicit, then…

Personal values are principles, ideals, beliefs of what is most important to us. They are not just words or aspirations but actually show up in our lives when we are being our best. It would also be difficult to be our best without them. Rationality, purpose, spirituality, prosperity, love, fidelity, family, justice, power, adventure, tolerance,…

Movement of our bodies is much more than exercise, just as health is much more than fitness. It is a crucial part of well-being, that concept of wholeness that is increasingly recognised as worthy of our attention in a fast-paced world. This episode explores how physical movement can be a metaphor for mental movement and…

We compare ourselves to other people, despite knowing our uniqueness and that of others that we compare ourselves to. It is all too easy to forget how unique we are. We compare our insides to other people’s outsides! What we are thinking, feeling and doing to what we can see of them. The confident-looking performer,…

We all benefit from having networks, but only some of us value these networks and relatively few of us nurture these networks as resources to help us achieve our goals. Despite experience which shows that more business and jobs are secured through one’s own network than through any other means, why then don’t we all…

Public speaking, for many people, tops a scale of fears in both professional and social environments – public speaking. Many people enjoy it and come alive at the chance to connect with a group of people. Many others will do it because they have to and many dread and will avoid it. Some are good…