We can’t live in the past. What’s done is done. We can and should learn from the past. Hopefully we can treasure and celebrate it, but they’re memories. They’re not real. Living in the past is impossible. If we try, it will make us miserable or destroy us. We can only exist in the present. […]

Understanding how to motivate yourself to make changes in your life is an essential skill. Motivation is a tricky thing. It’s hard to sift through the noise and focus on what really matters, especially when it comes to our own lives. We want to do everything we can for ourselves, but sometimes the best intentions […]

Productivity is a big deal. In this day and age, it’s hard to stay focused on the task at hand. There are so many distractions that constantly pull our focus away from what we should be doing. But with a small mindset shift you can turn your productivity around! The saying “mind over matter” is […]

Struggling to achieve a goal? I feel your pain. It’s hard. It’s hard because our brains are wired to expect to see effort easily and quickly rewarded. But the world doesn’t always work that way (you may have noticed).  Diets are easy when we get that instant and positive feedback when we stand on the scales. They get […]

You’re generally the first casualty of anger.  When you let yourself get angry at a ‘thing’ or something that happened, the ‘thing’ can’t tell you’re angry. It can’t care how you feel. It can’t change. When you let yourself get angry at someone, it rarely solves the problem. All too often, they get entrenched in their […]

The perspective we take on our lives has a tremendous impact on our mindset. The way we see things can be seen through a positive, bright tint, or a negative, dark tint. It’s up to us. Is your house dirty or just ‘lived-in’? Are you poor or unburdened? Are you unfit, or growing stronger through […]

What’s an innovation recipe? Good question. Let’s liken creating something new (innovating) or starting a business to cooking something new. When we set out to prepare a dish we’ve not cooked before, we most likely reach for the recipe book: a recipe being a collection of ingredients of specific quantities and put together in a […]

There are dozens of challenges that innovators must overcome, but here are my top 5 and what to do about them to get your product to market. I hope this provides a handy checklist for evaluating the risks for your innovation project, where the real tough spots are in making innovations happen and how to […]

Do you ever find yourself in a negative self-talk loop? How do you break the cycle and get your positivity back? Use these tools. Hold Up The Stop Sign The moment you start to put yourself down, take notice. Ask questions of the other person in your head and imagine their response as a way […]

Watch this AI (artificial intelligence) write a blog right in front of your eyes. It’s absolutely staggering. The tool in question is called Jarvis from Conversion.AI. I’ve been playing with it for a few weeks now and I’m still in that……”how the eff does it do that” phase. You can try it out for yourself, […]