Why YOU are the Greatest Gift you can Give the World
Do you know what your greatest gift to the world is? We all have so much to offer the world, if only we could see our own greatness. And yet so many of us tend to hold ourselves back, in case we stand out too much. We don't want our light to shine. But as Marianne...
10 Top Relationship Tips for the Royal Couple
On Friday, half the world will be looking on as the most photographed couple in the world say their marriage vows. As Prince William and Kate Middleton say their vows, billions of people will look on and share their happiness. I am writing this from central London and...
Why the World Needs More Dreamers Like You and Me
All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible. -T. E. Lawrence...
You Were Born to Win – Authentically
A friend just lent me a book which I first read over 20 years ago during my college days. The book has an intriguing title – “Born to Win” – and it’s a wonderful book which I read a long time before I discovered the world of coaching and personal development. Its...
How to Remain Positive and Upbeat, Even If the Doomsayers Tell You to be Miserable!
Have you noticed that today there is a lot of gloom and doom in the world? If the doomsayers had it their way, we would all be thoroughly miserable, down and out, and licking our wounds. Today more than ever you and I need to keep things in perspective and continue to...
Why You Shouldn’t See the Japanese Earthquake as a Hollywood Disaster Movie Set
A week ago life changed forever for the people of Japan. Unless you have been living in a monastery, by now you will heard of the earthquake which hit the region around Japan. The subsequent Tsunami and nuclear power fallout has meant that the world will never be the...
The Shocking Truth About Being a Nice Person!
I used to get very excited whenever someone would tell me: “you’re a really nice guy”. I thought it was a fantastic compliment to receive! Then I started noticing in my own life and the life of other “really nice” people that this label often came with less than...
Stop Wasting Time on Petty Stuff: If I Can Do It, So Can You.
Are you aware of your clock ticking? Whether you are willing to acknowledge it or not, you are here only for a limited time. Today most people live as if they will live to 97 and beyond. How else can we explain the way people live their lives today? It is as if they...
Stop Being an Approval Seeking Machine!
Are YOU an approval seeking machine? Do you go through life forever seeking love, appreciation and approval from others? Well, if so then welcome to the human race. We all seem to be genetically programmed to seek from others what we feel we don't have within...
4 Simple but Meaningful Ways to Thank the Divine Every Day
Do you believe in a higher power? Or do you believe you and I are just freaks of nature? Perhaps there is something incredibly powerful that makes us tick. Or maybe everything is just completely random and we are here purely by chance? As I write this on a...