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Self-Help – Does it Really Work?

Is the self-help industry really making anybody happier? That’s the question I was asked this morning on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour programme. Obviously I flew the self-help flag! Below is a summary of my defence and the link to the programme.
I’d love you hear what you think here on the blog.
1/ We’ve always had a self-help industry.
From Plato, Aristotle to Rousseau, Emerson, Carnegie, to Tony Robbins and Louise Hay. In every century, philosophers and thinkers have written about the human condition and how we can live a good life. Today’s …

How to Get 2011 Off to The Best Start – Think Big!

Do you know what you really, really want out of 2011? Or do you want what you think you should want? It’s a tough question – but it’s the most important question for you to get clear on when you’re beginning a new year. It’s easy to race into goal-setting without getting totally clear on what you really, really want. I’ve done it myself, grabbing at stuff I thought I should do or what others were doing, and those are the things that I’ve struggled with and have …

How To Get 2011 Off To The Best Start! – Do This First!

Happy New Year! I want to ensure you get 2011 off to the best possible start and that this is the year you really get great things happening in your life. Over the next few weeks I’ll be launching all sorts of new ways of supporting you to get on track and stay on track and new ways of working directly with me. But, before you start working on new goals, it’s vital to say ‘Farewell’ to the year just gone and begin a new year with …

Take Greater Responsibility Tip No 2 – Choose Your Response to Your Reality

TIP 2 – Choose Your Response to Your Reality

Choose how you perceive your reality. You may not be able to control everything that occurs in your life – but you can absolutely choose how you perceive your reality, how you choose to respond to what occurs to you. Naive followers of the Law of Attraction may like to think they are in charge of everything that comes their way. However, it’s worth remembering that there’s greater forces at work than our conscious thinking. There’s the unconscious mind, for starters!

It’s through …

Five Tips For Taking Greater Responsibility

For many people, their dreams are on permanent hold while they struggle to pay the bills. They work for a ‘boss’ 40-60 hours a week and at the end of the year, what do they have? They worry about redundancy, their livelihoods and their future. I believe that we all face a stark choice – between feeling helpless or taking greater responsibility. This is the real challenge of the times we live in – we’re living in The Age of Responsibility.
Tip No 1 – TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR MINDSET
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Your New Year Starts Here!

Christmas is just around the corner and the New Year not far off. I know you may have parties and presents to think about – but – put aside a little time to focus on YOU and 2011. Give yourself and those you care about the gift of planning for a brilliant and prosperous 2011.   As a Thank-You for being part of our community, I’m giving you a whopping 50% discount off ALL of our online courses and I’ve come up with two brand new services …

What Would Really Excite You? & Yet More Tips To Get Going!

What would excite you? What would make for a truly exciting life? What would you do if there was no way you could fail? Could you do with making some extra money – fast?
These are the questions to ask as you approach the end of one year and the beginning of the next. Because, if you’re a member of my community here, you know that boredom is the enemy. And, you’re driven to lead the most interesting, fulfilling life possible. Is it possible in these credit-crunch days? It’s vital! …

Three (more) Tips to Get Going!

How would your life change if you felt amazing most of the time? What would you do if you felt you could conquer the world – if you had that feeling that anything you really wanted was possible? How would life be if you felt overwhelmingly positive most of the time, that things really could go your way – and on those rare occasions when they didn’t, you could fall back on a body of support that would brush you down and get you up and running again. Do you …

Three Tips to Get Going!

How do you get inspired? How do you keep yourself motivated? One brilliant way is to watch others achieve their success – especially close up, from the very beginning. And now you can!

This week, and every week, up until our next Money-Spinner workshop on December 11th, I’m going to introduce you to two different Money-Spinner ventures that are up and running since our very first Money-Spinner workshop in October.
I’ll identify three key actions that our Money-Spinners have taken; you can apply to your own circumstances – or you may …

Obstacle Number 5 – Lack of Conviction

The fifth obstacle on your Path to Success is . . . Lack of Conviction. We’ve all seen it – we’ve all done it – we’ve come up with a great idea, got started and stopped, our original motivation slipping away. Abraham Lincoln summed it up when he said, ‘Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.’

But, how do you safeguard ‘your own resolution to succeed.’ How do you maintain your original motivation? Because it’s one thing to get started and …