Many people live their lives in a form of reverse. They reverse, like a car into their jobs, into their relationships and only stop if they bump into something. They do not have clear goals, and so they accept, albeit grudgingly at times, whatever is thrown at them.

They take the education that is suggested to them, they take the job offered to them when they are making their way from position to position, job to job. read more…

Success in any area of life, indeed success in every area of your life, is dependant on your ability to influence others.

To define influence we might say it is the ability to change others people’s thoughts, beliefs or actions. Your success as an influencer of people is one of the most predominate talents you need to master to become a truly effective leader or to experience comprehensive achievement in any area of your life. read more…

Last week gave me a great deal to think and reflect about.  I had one very cross exchange from one erstwhile friend demanding to know why I had not been in touch.  It would be easy to feel affronted by his tone but I considered what he was really asking and came to my own conclusion about what might be driving him.  I decided to respond in a light rather than a defensive manner; isn’t it all too easy to get on the defensive?  So often we see a slight where there is none? read more…