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For many years, I have been trying to figure out why we do what we do, and what we can do to improve our performance and results.

The articles on this site combine the latest science from behavioural psychology with practical application strategies that allow you to immediately implement the key lessons in your life. As a result, you will find ways to improve your mindset, productivity and energy levels to ensure you are always performing at your best.

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All Articles

Below you will find all of my articles organised by category.

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Mental Toughness

Decision Making

Why You 100% Absolutely Need To Be Setting Goals

Goal setting is big business. There are over 50,000 results for Goal Setting books on Amazon. Every personal development program involves some form of goal setting. In business, you will find entire consultancies [...]

Discipline

Discipline Discipline is one of the key contributors to success. If you look behind the external persona successful people portray, you will see how they disciplined themselves to do things day in and [...]

Commitment

Commitment is something required to reach your goals, but what does it mean to be committed to something? If I look back on my life, I can clearly see I didn't understand the [...]

Positive Psychology

4 Ways To Give Your Self-Efficacy A Serious Boost

4 Ways To Give Your Self-Efficacy A Serious Boost Boosting your self-efficacy is a simple, yet powerful way to improve the levels of success and happiness you experience in your life. Each [...]

What is Optimism?

What is Optimism? Let's say there is a glass of water in front of you that contains 50% water. Does the way you look at the glass as either half full or half [...]

Productivity & Focus

7 Questions To Figure Out Your Life’s Purpose

7 Questions To Figure Out Your Life's Purpose The question “What is my life’s purpose?” has inadvertently stolen so much time and passion from those who are unfortunate to ask it. On [...]

Habits

11 Top Tips To Wake Up Early Every Day

Waking up early is a great way to get a head start on the day but getting out from under the duvet isn’t always the easiest thing to do. The dark hours of the [...]

7 Foods To Help Get You Ripped

7 Foods To Help Get You Ripped I often get asked how much does training contribute to physique results versus diet and nutrition. The best answer I have heard to that question is [...]

Self Improvement

Why You 100% Absolutely Need To Be Setting Goals

Goal setting is big business. There are over 50,000 results for Goal Setting books on Amazon. Every personal development program involves some form of goal setting. In business, you will find entire consultancies [...]

Strength Training

Wellness & Longevity

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