"Sorry I haven't got back to you. I've been SO busy lately." Have you heard that line before? I'm sure you have. It's usually offered after failure to respond to an email, call or txt. What you might not have heard, though, is this - NOBODY IS BUSIER THAN ANOTHER PERSON!  It's all relative because everybody has the same 24 hours. Therefore, it's not about how much you have to do, but what y...

Bruce Lee personified all it means to Screw the System. Martial artist, movie star, teacher, visionary and self-made man, his was a truly extraordinary life. However, it's not just his movies that he's remembered for. He also gave the world some of the most insightful quotes about realising your dreams and potential. If I had to sum up his life and philosophy in a single wor...

Take a look at the picture to your left. While it might not be everybody's idea of paradise, you could say it's a visual representation of a destination most people would like to be. House by the lake, warm climate, relaxed lifestyle and beautiful scenery. It's funny how everything you dream of having can be captured in certain pictures. So, just for a few moments, I want YOU to focus...

Do you feel lost sometimes? Is there a lack of excitement in your life? Are you fed up with spending 90% of your time doing the things you have to do and only 10% of your time doing the things you want to do? If any of the above applies then I have the answer for you. However, it doesn't involve travelling the world, retraining at university or quitting your job. No, this solution is more...

Its gonna happen sooner or later. You can follow all the rules, keep your head down and work hard but you're still going to get shafted. Whether it's forced redundancy, a bank collapsing and wiping out your savings, somebody getting promoted above you because they're better at playing 'the game', the decline of your vitality as you give endless hours to a job you hate or petty regulations stopp...

WARNING: This post is NOT going to motivate you. Finish reading it and you won't be jumping out of your seat ready to take on the world or reaching into your wallet giving up your bank details in exchange for the latest online course that guarantees to make you internet famous (I DON'T EVEN HAVE ONE - I do have a book though. Contains just as much information at about one tenth of the price). ...

"Think Positive""Believe in Yourself" "There's no such thing as failure"Three cliched statements you'll read or hear on any personal development blog, school or thousand dollar seminar.Not here.You see while each statement has value, they've become so overused and misunderstood that people generally have no clue what they're talking about when saying them. After all, what does 'think ...

Have you ever noticed how life is all topsy turvey?  It's crazy. Deceit and dishonesty seem to be rewarded. Good people get taken advantage of and the ones who deserve a lucky break never get it. Hard work doesn't equate to success and doing your best often isn't good enough. Then there's society as a whole. To quote Howard Zinn from his 1970 speech on civil disobedience, 'Things are all wron...

LUKE: I don't believe it! YODA: That is why you fail.  Cast your mind back to Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. In this film, a young warrior is sent to a wise master in order to develop his skills so that he can fulfil his destiny. The most important lesson that the master (Yoda) teaches his apprentice (Luke) concerns The Power of Belief. He wants him to learn that life isn't governed by t...

The Matrix is real! I knew it when I walked out of the cinema over 14 years ago and my subsequent experiences only confirmed my initial suspicion.  Not that I believe we're human batteries plugged into a computer mainframe, but the metaphor is very real. A whole planet fed a false version of reality built on the lie that we're limited, unable to govern our lives and that the material is more i...