You might not know this but humans are goal-seeking animals. It’s innate in us to have something to aim at. And when we don’t, well ‘bad’ things happen. At this time of the year, the usual articles will tell us…
Good morning, As they say a new year a new you. Or in my case a new way of keeping in contact with you. As a Spike News reader I appreciate your readership and allowing me into your email inbox and mind-space each week. I really value…
I write about words every so often because they are so powerful and what we use to define ourselves and the world around us. Three words I wrote about in 2009 were design, engineer and create. Design your life. Engineer a…
Effort. Effort is the key to momentum. It’s the lever you can pull at any time to start yourself or something moving. The outcome of praising effort is an experiment I’ve been running consciously on my children since they started…
Your new baby is crying, it’s the middle of the night, you’re tired and you have no idea what to do. There is no one coming. You have a major life decision to make and only 5 minutes to make…
“What?!!!” [insert swear word] If that’s your first answer to an email or a comment someone has made have you ever stopped to think why you had that reaction? Have you paused before you reacted and focused on what feeling…
Sitting here in a funk after receiving another “we’re going to hit pause” email. To say those emails are disappointing is an understatement. With the included platitudes of how awesome we are they leave me feeling kind of cold. I…
Uh oh! I’ve got a choice to make?! We have waaay too many choices we can make today. Far more than even our complex biological brains can compute. In fact, if you think about choosing a show to watch on…
Good morning! Go for the gap! I was watching the BTCC (British Touring Car Championship) highlights over the weekend and also some MotoGP. Watching guys like Ashley Sutton just go for any gap presented to them was inspiring. It’s exciting watching racing where…
Good morning! Reading. I love it! I’ve written about how doing 75Hard got me back into reading more and more every day. It’s one of the habits I’ve kept up and it’s been great to get through more books. So,…
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