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Rocky Road
If you have a bit of a sweet tooth, you may be a lover of Rocky Road crunch bars. They are a tasty chocolate bar and a favourite of the sweet tooth gang. Whilst I wouldn't say I have a sweet tooth, I am partial to the odd cake or chocolate sweet. I am also very fortunate because I have a partner who's a very good cook and loves baking for the family.
Continue reading...Create a Mastermind team
21 January 2010
The power of the human mind is without doubt one of the most under used features you have available to you. The energy available from one human mind is remarkable; the energy is a result of the knowledge the mind has gained. If knowledge is the fuel our our mental energy, how or where do we acquire knowledge in order to raise our mind's energy levels?
Continue reading...Learn to listen
13 January 2010
Listening is a skill we all have; however it is not a skill that is used to the best of our ability or to the benefit of all concerned? Everyday of our lives we listen to people engaged in conversation; either one to one or in groups. At times we are involved in the dialogue of those conversations but are we understanding and truly following the thread of what is being said.
Continue reading...Bring in the changes
1 January 2010
Are you looking to improve your performance with your New Year resolutions this year. Is it time to 'swing the axe' on all those old habits; this time with real meaning rather than the usual half hearted attempt. 2009 has now finished and we are faced with a brand new year; 2010.
Continue reading...6 steps to getting over your barriers to success
16 December 2009
How often are you faced with what seems like an impossible feat to accomplishing a task and achieving your goal? They are so frustrating and annoying; and what do you think when they occur, "this is the least thing I need right now", or something similar.
Continue reading...Achieving Peak Performance
12 December 2009
How do your performances measure up to your expectations or those of others? Are they as expected or do they fall some way short? How do you feel both emotionally and physically when you have finished a performance?
Continue reading...Awareness and Responsibility
7 December 2009
What part does awareness and responsibility play in your life? What is the importance of having more or less of each of them in your life? What is the effect of becoming more aware and more responsible?
Continue reading...10 ways to develop independent thought
4 December 2009
With the developing culture in schools of teaching to test, there is clear indication that young people are being 'failed by the system', as their independent thinking skills are seriously lacking in their toolbox.
Continue reading...Emotional Intelligence (EI)
19 November 2009
Over the last few years, emotional intelligence has been recognised as being as important as intellectual ability for success in business, relationships and life in general. Intelligence measured by logical, mathematical and linguistic ability is not sufficient on its own to define how successful someone will be in business.
Continue reading...Do you know your own strengths?
16 November 2009
How well do you know your own strengths? Believe it or not, there are many people who are unable to identify their own strengths. Are you one of those people? When asked the question do you ramble on about qualifications, number of years experience and what you can do. Unfortunately these no more reflect your strengths than do your weaknesses.
Continue reading...How to achieve great results from your personal development
13 November 2009
When you consider the amount of time, effort and hard work you apply to your personal growth, all in the cause of self improvement, is it any wonder that you become frustrated and somewhat despondent when you fail to accomplish your goals.
Continue reading...How to make your hard work pay
10 November 2009
Efficiency is the name of the game whether at home or at work; no matter how hard you work your output has to match a given criteria. A criteria given to you? Yes, unfortunately the acceptability of the level of your output and the quality of it are externally assessed by a cohort of people affectionately known as (aka) your family, friends, colleagues and bosses.
Continue reading...7 ways to be more effective
3 November 2009
In a world where uncertainty is the only certainty and change and the ability to make it, is rapidly becoming a 'larger than life' part of our everyday events. There are many changes taking place both in our home lives and at work where we are being asked to cope with greater demands as a result of additional work, that was previously, not there or performed by other colleagues.
Continue reading...How much effort are you putting in?
27 October 2009
How often do you feeling like you're working extremely hard with lots of effort, however the return isn't what you are looking for. Has anybody ever told you that you're working too hard for the output you're producing? Why does this happen? Better known as low efficiency.
Continue reading...Thinking Time
23 October 2009
How often do you find yourself faced with what appears to be an unsolvable problem? How do you respond to the situation? There's no way to do that; or simply, it's impossible to do that. Are these the responses you are familiar with? They seem to roll off the tongue so easily when faced with an unfamiliar situation.
Continue reading...Realising your strengths
22 October 2009
Knowing or finding your strengths can be quite a daunting task the first time you undertake it. However, failure to identify your strengths could mean you not fully knowing who you are; when it comes to employment you may find yourself unsure which career to follow and find yourself nothing more than a journeyman. A 'jack of all trades' and 'master of none'.
Continue reading...He who hesitates is lost
21 October 2009
The meaning of "he who hesitates is lost", is if one waits too long, the opportunity vanishes. How often do you find yourself waiting too long and watching the opportunity vanishing? Do you find yourself hesitating or stalling on decisions? Do you find yourself spending a great deal of time and effort on a project and then stalling on your final decision?
Continue reading...Changing the old way of thinking
18 October 2009
s you continue to work hard on your Personal Development Training; setting goals, working towards them and achieving them. The questions to ask then are how much progress have you made with your goals recently? Is it what you wanted or even expected? How happy are you with your progress or lack of it?
Continue reading...How far can you go?
16 October 2009
How far do you think you can go? What are your limits? You may think you're operating at your limits with what you've got to deal with on a daily basis. However, I beg to differ; we can all achieve more than we are currently achieving. We are all guilty of operating in our comfort zone. Your comfort zone is that area in your life where you are just 'ticking along' without to much trouble.
Continue reading...It ain’t what you do (It’s the way that you do it)
12 October 2009
This was the title of a song sung by Bananarama that was a big chart hit in the 80's; previously it had been a hit in 1939. I think it's fair to say it describes the essence of the attitude we should undertake when going about our daily tasks.
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- Rocky Road
- Create a Mastermind team
- Learn to listen
- Bring in the changes
- 6 steps to getting over your barriers to success
- Achieving Peak Performance
- Awareness and Responsibility
- 10 ways to develop independent thought
- Emotional Intelligence (EI)
- Do you know your own strengths?
- Forgiveness
- It's only skin deep
- How highly do you value yourself?
- A place for everything and everything in its place
- How fussy are you about things in life?
- 5 Ways to Set Goals that Really Matter
- When the time is right!
- Love - What's it all about?
- Gratitude - What are you grateful for?
- The importance of clear communication
- Paul: Thank you for dropping in to add your much valued comment.I'm pleased to hear your regaining your adventerous side and that you found insp...
- Paul: Julius,Thank you for adding your comment.I agree failure is failure at the end of the day; the key is how you deal with it and use to ...
- Purplebutterfly: Ive been in a comfort zone for 5 years and now, I am slowly regaining that adventurous side I used to have thanks for the inspiration this morning. Pa...
- Julius Kuhn-Regnier: I love the way you related this to personal development. It just shows how different people can be. I think that failing is one of the most important ...
- Paul: Ken,Thank you for your comment.I agree failing to live up to our potential will leave us in a state of mediocrity. Our childhood passi...
- Ken Siew: It surely took me a long time to learn that being embarrassed is a stupid thing to do: the people who care about you won't embarrass you, and you ...
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