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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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Now, explore the categories below and start learning new ways to level up your life.

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All Articles

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

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Mental Toughness

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 [...]

Excuses

Excuses Being under pressure isn't enjoyable. When we experience stress, our body's natural reaction is to want to alleviate that feeling and give us a break. We believe that if we experience too [...]

Decision Making

Why You Should Set Impossible Goals

Why You Should Set Impossible Goals Right now, you should be working on at least one or more impossible goals. Whilst that advice might initially seem to lead to inevitable frustration and lifelong failure, [...]

3 Types Of Courage

Aristotle once said “You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor”. We all know [...]

Positive Psychology

Productivity & Focus

Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail

Why New Year's Resolutions Fail At the beginning of every year, people set New Year's Resolutions, only to have them fail a few weeks later. In fact, recent statistics suggest that only 9.2% [...]

Why Don’t We Take More Action

Most of understand that our results are a direct reflection of our actions. If we plant the seeds of an apple, then at some point in the future, we are going to be picking [...]

Why You Should Set Impossible Goals

Why You Should Set Impossible Goals Right now, you should be working on at least one or more impossible goals. Whilst that advice might initially seem to lead to inevitable frustration and lifelong failure, [...]

Habits

Self Improvement

What’s Your Muse?

There have been a number of times in my life when I have been super productive, creative and just overflowing with energy, ideas and passion. I’m not just talking [...]

Strength Training

Wellness & Longevity

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