It’s obvious, but other people do not cause us to feel angry, irritated, upset. We do it to ourselves. A person could have done the most annoying thing in the world and, although our primary instinct might be hostility, as ...
I don’t recall the exact moment when my 29 year-old self booked onto education and personal transformation program, the Landmark Forum. I do remember that there was nothing specifically wrong with my life. My largest problem was me. I had ...
Is there a more essential skill than self-control? I don’t know. It’s high up there. Life (mine at least) is great when I have a handle on my attention, feelings and thoughts. When I don’t, not quite so much. We want ...
The rules of modern dating are that there are few rules. Things are different to when mum and dad were dating, that’s for sure. We all need to toughen up and have our shit together to survive the chaos and ...
It started happening in my mid twenties. I might see a cigarette packet, reminding me of my ferocious smoking habit, and suddenly I’d be gripped by the reality that I’ll die one day. Or I might see an old person hobbling down ...
Retiring in your forties, thirties, or even twenties seems like a worthy goal. It is definitely a more common aspiration nowadays. Maybe that is because seven in ten Americans are disengaged from their jobs – so just dragging their sorry bums to ...
Fomo, a.k.a., ‘fear of missing out’: anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on social media. Fomo. Everyone’s affected by it occasionally. Even those that claim not to be. You ...
What is psychological strength? What does it mean to be flexible in mind? How do we get more? How does it influence our relationships and our lives? Does anyone care? These are today’s questions. We need both strength and flexibility to ...
Is it logical for us to pay attention to things like birth order? Nobody knows for sure. There isn’t a lot of science behind it (although recent studies did establish that our position in the family does affect things like our IQ). ...
There are two kinds of creativity. The first kind is about things we make: books and art and babies. The second, or ‘big’ creativity, is about our ability to meet challenges with a new mind. Realizing your creative potential isn’t an esoteric concern. ...
