What your performance is built on

What your performance is built on

Here’s why a stockbroker in New York threw himself off a high-rise in October 1987.

Feel the fear and do it anyway

Feel the fear and do it anyway

The director had to give his annual speech at the summer party — and he was terrified of public speaking.

Five signs of poor wellbeing

Five signs of poor wellbeing

Martin Erichsen has given an interview about 5 typical signs of poor wellbeing.

When the team has to make decisions

When the team has to make decisions

The expression comes from Burma, where albino elephants are considered sacred.

Find greater mental freedom

Find greater mental freedom

Viktor Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist who was deported during the Second World War.

We are our dreams. We are our fears.

We are our dreams. We are our fears.

We put things off for as long as the joy of putting them off outweighs the pain of taking action.

Drop your mental snooze button

Drop your mental snooze button

Drop the mental snooze button and accept that doubt and fear are feelings — they’re part of life.

More energy in everyday life

More energy in everyday life

Michael has written to me that he doesn’t feel happy and needs help with his everyday life.

How to handle unreasonable people

How to handle unreasonable people

Even though we know the idiot gets their anger from somewhere else, it still hurts.

Are you good at being bad?

Are you good at being bad?

The question isn’t how you are when you’re good, but how you are when you’re bad.

Adaptable enough for a 10-metre board?

Adaptable enough for a 10-metre board?

Have you ever faced a big choice and thought: “But I don’t feel ready at all”?

The magic turning point

The magic turning point

All development is like pushing a car. At the start it takes four people’s strength.

Take the express lift in personal growth

Take the express lift in personal growth

However high you sit on your growth curve, you’ll always run into wormholes.

Working without feeling truly happy? – part 2

Working without feeling truly happy? – part 2

So it’s about working out what you truly love — and what you spend your time on.

Working without feeling truly happy? – part 1

Working without feeling truly happy? – part 1

You’ll never be fully happy until you know why you chase the projects in your life.

What You See Is What You Get

What You See Is What You Get

Your focus is absolutely decisive for how likely you are to reach your goals.

60 minutes on Manhattan

60 minutes on Manhattan

I’d planned the trip so I’d arrive in good time — but I was soon to learn better.

Learned helplessness

Learned helplessness

Problems are only personal, all-encompassing and permanent because we let them be.

Find happiness at work by picking the most beautiful apple

Find happiness at work by picking the most beautiful apple

If you’ve got 5 tasks in front of you, keep prioritising the one you most feel like doing.