Blogs The Art of Saying No If you want to become successful in any domain, you’ll need to be good at saying no. Success requires discipline, focus, dedication and commitment, all of which involve saying no in some way or another. There are many different types of no that you’re going to need to
Blogs Taking it Too Far - The Downsides of Self-improvement Improving yourself can be one of the most profound things you can do; your mental and physical health can drastically improve, changing your entire biopsychosocial well-being for the better. It can pull you from the deepest depths of hell, entirely changing the lens through which you view the world.
Blogs Growth Mindset 101 We all change in some way or another, whether through conscious effort or as a consequence of a changing environment, we evolve and adjust over time. But what if we wanted to really change, become completely unrecognisable in the eyes of someone we haven’t seen in some time? What
Blogs Are You Controlled By Dopamine? Here's What to Do We’ve all heard of dopamine, it’s probably one of the most talked about feel-good chemicals in our brains. What we don’t all know, however, is how much of a grip it can truly have on our lives. “Dopamine is a type of monoamine neurotransmitter. It’s
Blogs Everything is Relative: 3 Ways Relativity Interacts with Growth Something that has been on my mind lately is relativity, and how nothing we have, do, experience or receive is anything at all in isolation, they mean nothing all by themselves. Let’s say you were 10th in the world rankings of table tennis last year, and this year you’
Blogs Read This If You’re Starting Over Starting over can leave us highly frustrated, deflated and feeling like a quitter. It can make us feel like a failure and question whether we should even bother carrying on. What am I talking about? I’m talking about the sort of starting over that occurs when attempting any form
Blogs It’s All Internal: How Meditation Changes Everything Everything we could possibly experience in life is internal. Nothing is good, bad, positive or negative. It is only deemed so through our internal estimate. If you win the lottery, is this good? When you pass the finish line of your first marathon, is this to be proud of? If
Blogs The Lonely Side of Personal Development Personal development is one of the most satisfying and self-fulfilling journeys a person has the pleasure of venturing. You can improve, grow, and even completely redefine yourself. There are, however, a few negatives, one of them being a little loneliness along the way. With changing yourself comes change in
Blogs Why You Haven’t Found Your Passion Everyone talks about passion, but what if you haven’t found yours yet? Having a passion is more than just doing something you like; it’s having something you have immense drive and motivation to do, and it feels effortless and exciting when you do it. Having a passion is
Blogs If You Want Success, You Have to Stay Focused One of the problems with today's world is it’s extremely difficult not to get distracted by all the noise. With a pocket full of distractions, it has become increasingly difficult to focus. With being successful in anything already being hard to achieve, remaining focused on the path
Blogs Overcoming the Mental Challenges of Injuries Injuries are tough. They leave us feeling disappointed, useless, weak and hopeless. From someone who has experienced more injuries than I can count, injuries are shit. But the mental challenges of injuries are too often overlooked. Sometimes we completely rely on our physical endeavours as a way to cope psychologically,
Blogs 3 Ways to Reduce Your Screen Time and Stop Doomscrolling If there was a high possibility of you catching a dangerous disease that could decrease your life span by 20 years, what measures would you take to avoid it? And what if I told you that you’ve already got this disease and actively participate every single day in keeping
Blogs 2 Actionable Ways To Become More Present I recently took a trip with my girlfriend to Prague, an amazing holiday. However, it was during our travels home that we experienced some heavy delays. What was meant to be a light 2 hours sat on the plane quickly turned into 5. This was without the journey home from
Blogs The Importance Of Balance During Self-Growth “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” ― Sir Isaac Newton If you’re not already familiar with David Goggins, this is a brief overview. He has run over 60 ultra-marathons and triathlons, often finishing in the top ranks, he finished his first-ever 100-mile race
Blogs Learning Unteachable Lessons We have all had that one person who swears by something they have done or discovered and is now almost screaming in our faces to try and get us to do the same. We trust this person, we believe this person, and we know with clear certainty that they have
Blogs How To Stop Hating Yourself Do you like yourself? I mean truly, can you say that you fully respect, appreciate, love, and trust yourself? Chris Williamson asked a guest on his podcast, Dewayne Noel, a question related to liking oneself, to which Dewayne responded “I like me, I’d buy me a drink”. How many
Blogs How To Actually Stick To Your New Years Resolutions The new year is here, it’s the time to pull out your pens and notebooks and jot down your yearly goals. New year, new you. Maybe you’re trying something completely new, or maybe you’re doubling down and focusing on something you’re already doing. Whatever it may
Blogs You Should Set Smaller Goals As children, we are always told to ‘aim high’ or ‘reach for the stars’. Although this is good advice, there's something extremely flawed within it. We grow up knowing that setting huge goals is a good thing but we are never told what to do with the way
Blogs Stop Procrastinating: It’s All In Your Head Have you ever ignored a mount of dishes piling up in the sink and decided to do something to distract yourself from tackling them? Like watching Netflix? Maybe you’ve forgotten the boring, mundane, yet important phone call you told yourself you’d make on Monday, but it’s now
Blogs Never Lose Your Momentum Have you ever experienced that unstoppable feeling when everything seems to be falling into place, only to have it all come to a screeching halt? If so, you may have experienced the frustrating reality of losing momentum. Coming from someone who has gotten injured more times than I can count,
Blogs How To Become Emotionally Intelligent If I were to ask you if you’re emotionally intelligent, what would you say? Can you honestly say you handle your emotions in ways that best suit you? When you feel tired, do you rest? When you feel stressed, do you relax? When you feel anxious, do you distract