Image via Wikipedia Be it in business, on the playing field or in social situations we all place a meaning to failure and it can be enough to stop us from trying something new.  Fear of failure can paralyse us into doing nothing. In reality every failure is an opportunity for learning.  If you think clearly about any situation in which failure has been the outcome it is possible to look back at that situation and see what was...

Many of us look for approval from others.  You know how it works; you’ve got a great idea but will it work?  You’re pumped, excited and nervous at the same time  .So you ask people close to you what they think, what you’re hoping to hear is ” that’s great, can’t fail”.  What you get instead is doubts, problems and complete negativity.  You go from bubbling excitement, to buying the doubters...

To get on and become successful you need to become your own best friend and to achieve this the first thing you need to do is stop being your own worst enemy. Success and failure are both, to use TV detective parlance, an inside job.  Or to put it another way, how successful we are is all governed by our self talk.  By becoming aware of the fact that we use self talk and then making a commitment to change it can move us from enemy to...

I thought I would share some of the useful things I have picked up along the way to help me cope with life’s ups and downs. Change your label.  Thinking in a positive way gives you positive results, so change your label of yourself – I am successful, I am confident or I am calm and collected.  You know where your problem area is so pick something that is relevant. Stop any destructive behaviour.  This may...

When everything appears to be going wrong, that is the time to stretch your mental muscle and develop the positive mental belief that you can still achieve your objective, provided that you keep going by trying everything necessary. It is important that you don’t let negative thoughts enter your mind, because you will actually attract further troubles to defeat you. Just hold to the thought that things are going to shift in your...

Not one of us was born for a life of smallness.  Our lives do not come with a pre-set glass ceiling which dictate the limit of our success. Sometimes people fall into, and then get trapped in a rut. And when they do then getting beyond what was achieved yesterday doesn’t seem possible, whilst going beyond previous levels of achievement doesn’t occur to them. How Do You Keep Out Of The Rut? Each and every day, do what you...