I made a deal with myself which I started regretting almost immediately. Back in May, as the days started to dwindle away I thought about giving myself some sort of task or objective to complete in June. I have often found that setting myself small challenges helps me to achieve things I would … [Read more...] about How To Achieve More Than You Thought You Could
Productivity
How To Succeed
Back to school and my children are both beginning an exam year. It seems like only moments ago I was dropping them off in the morning to play in the reception class sandpit and now it’s all coming to some sort of interim conclusion. At times like these its hard to avoid a little anxiety over how … [Read more...] about How To Succeed
Why Impatience Is Hurting You
This morning I don’t have a client until ten so I was able to have a leisurely start with a good coffee and a particularly fine croissant bought yesterday in town. On opening the bag I found I had forgotten that, also yesterday in a craze of low blood sugar before playing football, I had already … [Read more...] about Why Impatience Is Hurting You
How To Stop Procrastination
There’s an old saying “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, but teach him to fish and he will eat for a lifetime”. Essentially the message here is to understand and deal with the cause and not just the symptom of a problem. Procrastination is an affliction that probably stifles us all at … [Read more...] about How To Stop Procrastination