The personal development industry is worth over $11 billion a year. Being better than we were last year is a profound psychological need that drives individuals, spurs innovation and pushes the human race to greater achievements every single day. We all want to grow; to provide more for ourselves and those we care about. We…
People are judgemental creatures. Meet someone for the first time and chances are they’ll look you up and down and in an instant, decide where you sit on their own personal pecking order. Don’t smirk – you do it too. It happens in the office, at school pickup, and on the golf course. It’s visible…
If you’ve been lurking here for a while, you’ll know I’m on the other side of 50. You’ll also know that I fervently believe the years between 40 to 65 are the best years of our lives. When I was young, dumb and full of hormones, I was like a puppy let off his leash…
We humans are ridiculous. Collectively, we’ve solved thousands of problems – from refrigeration, indoor plumbing and cheap transportation, to water-efficient agronomy, video conferencing and global access to knowledge – yet as individuals, we’re scared. Each of us has a device in our pocket (or more likely, in our hand) that contains the answer to every…
Many years ago, I hit the wall financially. I’d over-extended with multiple property projects, my employer was going broke, and I’d had to accept a 50% pay cut. Stressful doesn’t begin the describe the world I was in. A divorce soon followed, and things went from bad to diabolical. But I learned some valuable (and…