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Heading through Gatwick airport to Dublin to speak at the Global Speaking Summit this week, I passed through the various stages of...

What is Strength of Purpose? Your strength of purpose is the determination behind what drives you to achieve your goals. It helps you to...

A memory just popped up on my Facebook feed reminding me that two years ago, on 8th September 2020, I smashed through a personal barrier!...

Do you feel like you belong? Belongingness is a focus that comes up in many of the conversations I have had on my podcast, Focus on WHY....

For those who have been in the UK this summer, disruption has featured in the news headlines daily. Train strikes, flight cancellations,...

‘Commitment is an act, not a word.’ Jean-Paul Sartre Two years ago, I decided to launch a weekly newsletter in the form of Friday Focus....

How do you practice personal development? Considering myself to be late to the party of personal development in my early forties, I threw...

Looking out of the bedroom window as I write this, I can see the morning sun cast its light across the tops of the trees and the...

Fun, fun, fun! Games are not just for kids and certainly not just for Christmas or the summer holidays! I love playing all sorts of...

This week, Lysette Offley in Focus on WHY episode 284 The Genius Maker said that ‘we’re all geniuses’ and I have been reflecting on this...

What role does serendipity play in your life? Do you call it serendipity or do you choose to call it luck, synchronicity or coincidence?...

What brings you joy in life? Today I bring you three short stories of joy: The White Rose, The Snowdrop and The Orchid. The White Rose...

Out walking in the woods with my dog, the topic of silence came to my mind. The crunching of leaves underfoot, the snapping of dead wood,...

Do you take responsibility for your actions, your decisions, your life? I see many people sleepwalking through their lives as they don't...

Authenticity; in its simplest form it means original, real or genuine. In its more complex, existential form it means being true to...

What does the word investment mean to you? Does it conjure up images of pinstripe-suited city bankers shouting loudly on the telephone on...

People often comment on how much I achieve in a day, a week, a month, and ask me if I have an extra day a week to get things done....

Going for Growth - a story of a seed! Five years ago today, on 30th September 2016, I planted a seed and watched it grow. With that seed...

“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist What does it take to...

If you have it, you’ll know. If you don’t have it, you’ll know. What am I referring to? Rapport. The close and harmonious relationship...