Happy Holidays to all our readers – whether you celebrate this holiday as religious festival or just get caught up in the spirit of goodwill.
If you want to be happy this Christmas you may or may not be surprised that research proves that spending money on other people increases happiness. Continue Reading »
We now take for granted our ability to share ideas, opinions and facts instantaneously and across borders, but prior the the early 1980’s this was not possible. See an old CBC news report on the birth of the internet.
In 1984 the number of internet devices was 1000, in 1992, 1,000,000 and in 2008, 1000,000,000!
To reach an audience of 50 million it took Radio 38 years, Tv 13 years, iPod 3 years and Facebook 2 years!
In 2007 there were 2.7 Billion Google queries/month in 2008 31 Billion! Who did we ask those questions BG (before Google)?
And the internet is changing our lives in other ways; in 2007 one in eight couples who married in the USA met on the internet!
It is so easy to take the internet for granted and Gen Y have never lived without it – and people ask the question , “what’s next?”
The other question is, “what remains the same?”
People still need to exercise self leadership, they still need to communicate effectively and influence others; they still need to learn, grow and find meaning and happiness in what they do. Thankfully the internet helps us to find the resources to do these things.
We often lead and manage others whilst paying little attention to how we manage ourselves.
As a wake up call to all of us I thought I would post 13 ways to mis-manage your health and seriously reduce your happiness and life expectancy. Continue Reading »
Has it ever happened to you that you put off doing a difficult task? Or that you postponed taking an important decision until you would feel more prepared to take it?
Well, if the answer is yes to any of the two questions, you have probably fallen in the same trap so many people fall every day…the trap of Procrastination! Continue Reading »
I think you would agree with me that to create a better world we need to teach our children self-belief, and the confidence to to do the right thing. Further to my post on Self Leadership for Children I have come across another article that inspires me a as a parent to make a difference. Continue Reading »
Fear is a part of our every day lives and to achieve Self Leadership we must understand and work with our fears so that they do not prevent us achieving our objectives.
Or as the bard, William Shakespeare, put it, “Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we might win, by fearing to attempt”. Continue Reading »
How often do you hear someone say, “I love my job?”
Our career coach, Jass Malaney says, this is rare.
Conversations at work are more likely to be along the lines of, “Thank God it’s Friday” or “When my lottery numbers come up I’m out of here”.
Confucius said, “Man who loves what he does, never does a day’s work in his life”.
Is it possible to love your Job? Do you know someone who does? Continue Reading »
Self Leadership is all about getting ideas into action and New Year is a time when many choose to make a commitment to start a new behaviour or stop an old habit.
In 2009 I will be writing on this blog about how to turn thoughts into actions and actions into results, so what I want to know from YOU is…
What are your resolutions for 2009?
Please respond by clicking on comments below… thanks, Andrew 
Oh and have a Happy New Year!
I am often asked whether we teach self leadership or NLP for kids; well as a father of a 3 yo (Tasha in photo) and a 1.5 yo ( Nathan) I am still getting my head around this (my wife Zurina is much better).
Today I read a great post by Jonathan Fields entitled, “Six timeless rules for my 6-year old daughter”, it made me laugh, it made me cry and made me wonder what I am in for as my daughter grows up!
Please read it and enjoy.
Have you ever said something or done something that you later regretted?
You have! Wow that’s good I thought it was just me
To make error is human, we all screw up or we are not living.
As I write this blog I can still feel the fresh emotion of embarrasment from a recent mistake. Continue Reading »