I’m a huge fan of harnessing the power of your default. If you can make your default decision or action the one that’s most helpful to you, life becomes easy. This is really the reasoning behind my obsession with creating good habits. A good habit is, by definition, a default situation that gets you the […]
Discipline
What Have You Done Today That You’ll Be Glad You Did?
We’ve all had those moments. We wake up late for a busy day, stumble downstairs bleary-eyed and stressed, reach for salvation in the form of a cup of blessed coffee… and realise that last night we had laid everything out ready and all we have to do is press start on the machine. It might […]
The Cost of Being Exceptional
I think all of my clients want to be exceptional at what they do. I know I do. Being exceptional and pursuing mastery are how we are able to create change in the world, and there are definitely changes I want to see in the world! Being exceptional seems like an unmitigated positive, but nothing […]
Decide 100%
Decision making is hard work. Literally. Our brains are like any muscle in our body. They need fuel in the form of oxygen and glycogen. We exercise our brain all the time, either consciously or not. Thinking can feel like hard work and we can feel exhausted by the number of decisions we need to […]
Practise Makes Permanent, Not Perfect!
I talked last week about how important it is that we think carefully about the types of skills that we want to learn, and the ways in which our different skill areas can overlap. Selecting the skills that you want to devote your time and energy to is half the battle. The other half is […]
Preach What You Practise
One of the things you learn being in the military, is that one of the easiest ways to lose the respect of the people around you is to fail to practise what you preach. Everyone around you, whether the commanders above or the soldiers you are leading, is expecting you to not just talk the […]
Should-ing All Over Yourself!
Why is it that some of the most simple things in our lives are so difficult? We all know how straight forward a process is, but for some reason we never seem to be able to make it stick and become a habit. Take for instance, focusing at work. We know that we should avoid […]
Mind Over Mattress!
This the latest video from my YouTube series, ‘Thoughts from the Yoga Field’. A collection of videos recorded during my morning routine. This reflection is all about just getting on and doing whatever it is you have always thought of doing. It could be anything. It doesn’t matter that you don’t know how. It doesn’t […]
