Self Improvement Made Easy

A good friend recently suggested one of his best-loved self-help books to me – it was the most recent in a growing list of recommended reading. In chatting with him, I enquired as to how he was finding putting into practice his learning from all his reading. It emerged from our conversation that, in fact, [...]

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You’re being swamped by useless thought and you many not even be aware of it! Whilst the normal adult is bombarded by around fifty-thousand thoughts each day, it is also true to say that the average adult is largely unaware of anything that is going on in his or her life. Wow – that’s a [...]

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I receive some odd responses to some of my articles and posts. I recently wrote an article on the importance of paying attention to the present moment, which made the point that it’s the only time and place that you can be – and if you don’t bother to turn up to the reality of [...]

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Everybody gets frustrated every so often. Others’ behaviour drives us to distraction, we get frustrated by our own lack of progress, we get frustrated over things over which we have no control – like the volcanic ash or the weather! But how about those of us who are trying our best to live a better [...]

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I hear from lots people – clients and readers of my Personal Development Ezine – who tell me that they have become far calmer, more aware and focused as a result of the various little “mental exercises” that they practice to banish distraction and move themselves towards where they want their life to go. I [...]

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Short answer to a short question: “none!” – unless, of course, you’re prepared to put what you’ve learned into practice. And that’s where most people fall down. OK, they spent a day or two and it was fabulous, they felt invigorated, uplifted, ready to change their world. But research has concluded that it takes about [...]

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Many of my Personal Development clients, when we meet for the first time, sense that they’ve become stuck – maybe they feel that they’ve encountered that so-called glass ceiling, maybe they feel that they’re going through the motions or that, in some vague way, they’ve begun to feel that there must be more to life [...]

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Although many of my clients are business people, because of my Personal Development work with aspiring teenage sports people I get to spend quite a bit of time with people who have not yet grown so inward looking that they miss out on the joys of living. The facts as seen from a psychological perspective [...]

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I was talking to a client’s Colleague last Wednesday – she started the conversation by saying “Bet you’re looking forward to the weekend?” When I mentioned to her that it was only Wednesday, she replied “Ah, but the weekend’s on its way once it’s Wednesday lunchtime!” Indeed, as I write this on a Wednesday evening, [...]

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Stop watching the news! Stop reading newspapers! The newspapers and TV stations are full of bad news that lulls us into the false sense of security that we’re not all that crazy when compared to others. But that’s just the news. What about the craze of “reality TV” – so-called “normal” people entertaining us with [...]

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