The winter is truly over. Spring is well and truly here — there are daffodils in my gardens, the sun is shining and I am sat writing this on my balcony watching the waves of the sea rolling in.

At the time of writing this, this weekend was the time when I had to do the longest of my training runs prior to London Marathon in a couple of weeks’ time — 22 miles across the sea front and the New Forest, and the beautiful weather helped me lift my feet in those latter miles.

Adam gets nostalgic and uses sci-fi for personal development, yet again!

I had lunch with a friend of mine that I went to school with at the weekend, and he was pulling my leg, laughing and speaking about how I used to be an avid sci-fi film and TV buff when I was at school and that I used to profess to my ridiculing friends that it was far more educational than anything they watched.....Read more »

Recent events have brought up the subject of how to phrase affirmations for the “best” results. Many folks are quoting lines from old research which led to incorrect conclusions, and I’d like to take a moment and set the record straight as to how affirmations should be phrased for maximum results.

The line being quoted most says, “the subconscious mind cannot process a negative, and therefore interprets any negative phrase incorrectly.”

One of the classic examples of this is an affirmations like, “I will not get sick.” According to the traditional teachings, our mind will ALWAYS interpret this as, “I will get sick.”....Read more »

No matter how much you know about how to achieve your goals, you'll ALWAYS get better results when you know you're going after the RIGHT goals.  Going after the wrong goals is not only ineffective, it can actually take you AWAY from where you really want to be.

A quick example.  Let's say you dream of owning a business where you can make money without having to actually do any work.  It's possible, but not if you set up your business in such a way that it DEPENDS on you being physical present in the business, such as in life coaching.  To market yourself as a life coach, you generally describe your personal experience and how that helps you be a good coach.  This isn't something you can easily walk away from and still make money.

Another example.  Let's say you're feeling lonely, and you decide to set a goal of going out to the bars every Friday night to find someone special.  Well, this MAY work or it may not.  It really depends on what TYPE of person you want to share your life with.

You see, many people know what they really want.  In the first example, we want "easy money", and in the second, we want to find someone special.  In both cases, we know what the "ultimate goal" is, but we may set a "subgoal" (that is, a goal intended to bring us closer to our ultimate goal) that may or may not help.

In this article, I'm going to share with you some tips about how to make sure you set the "right" subgoals that will move you closer to what you really want.....Read more »

Every so often, every successful person sits down to evaluate the direction his/her life is taking and decide where they want their life to go next.

We all know how important it is to have goals.  We hear from every expert on self-improvement and success that those with clearly defined goals achieve at least 7 times more than those without goals.

If you're like me, you've followed along with one of these success speakers to outline a series of goals that will motivate you to work hard and become greater than you've ever been in your life.....Read more »