What a strange title for a blog post! And, yet, you need to understand the psychological facts to understand why it can appear to be so difficult to focus your mind, stick to your goals and overcome the herd-like behaviour of so-called normal people. Evolutionary psychology suggests that the human mind developed to its current state between 1.3m and 10,000 years ago, when we were hunter-gatherers. Our minds were ideally suited to that environment. In other more...

Have you ever started the day with the very best of intentions - you were going to get a load of work done, or some important decision taken or you were really going to enjoy the day at the beach - whatever? And then it all goes peach-shaped? Or you simply forget what you'd set out to do and discover yourself, half way through the day, doing the same old crap that you wallow in every day. It's very hard for us to keep our minds on track - psychologically more...

A simple question - the answer to which can provide you with both a major insight and a major opportunity. Personal development or self improvement are all about awareness and, in particular, self awareness. Quite simply, how you are feeling right now! Noticing how you're feeling is not the first step on the road to awareness, it's the only step - if done in a mindful manner. So, stop for a moment and ask yourself the question. Perhaps you're feeling happy, more...

Just as I started writing the title of this post I remembered that my last post might have said something about us all being the authors of our own misfortune. If that is the case - and I strongly believe that it is (been there, done that, have now burned the T-Shirt!) - then, by definition, we must be able to be the authors of our own happiness and success. And it's as easy as putting a different CD in the disc drive! Yes, that's right - at present, you're more...