Category Archives: Book Extracts

How To Do What You Really Want (Instead Of What You Feel Like)

Martin Fisch via Compfight My guest post at Lateral Action is up now. Read it here  

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Using Your Holiday To Set Goals That Work

Kevin Dooley via Compfight Extract: Have you ever failed to go on holiday, planned it, booked it and then just procrastinated or sabotaged yourself? No, of course you haven’t. I’m willing to bet that, barring external events, you’ve hit your … Continue reading

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How to make your dreams come true [extract]

Most wishes remain as wishes because they never get connected to any real steps and then never developed into easy, straightforward actions. It’s like that old proverb: How do you eat an elephant? If you were given the task of … Continue reading

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Sound Advice: BBC Essex 24 Jan 2012

All the best bits from my Sound Advice slot on BBC Essex 24 Jan 2012. Many thanks to Mark Punter for being a great host. Warning: Contains me… Intro To First Know What You Want Who Drives Your Bus? Three … Continue reading

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The most common question I get asked…

Why is there a Polar Bear on your book? Check back in 2012 for the answer…  

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Three Ways To Increase Your Charisma

In your world there are people who know what they want. We call them charismatic because their amazing clarity beguiles and charms us. In a confused world, such single-minded focus is rare and alluring. They have a purpose, a clear … Continue reading

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Stop Thinking And Come To Your Senses: Today

The best time to do this is when you think you can’t or don’t have the time for all this ‘soft stuff’: 10: Stop thinking, and come to your senses. What do they tell you? Spend a day or two today … Continue reading

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Multi-tasking Is A Myth

And we don’t pay attention to boring things. Sometimes you can’t hear what you really want because there is simply too much other stuff in the way. Turn some of it off and the answer begins to stare you in … Continue reading

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Do or Do Not

If you want to give yourself the power to create all the results you want (and who doesn’t?) then start by banning the word try from your daily life and work. A results person does things or does not do … Continue reading

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Grind it out

This is the most damaging success myth of all. Remember all those heroic stories where someone invents a new product or makes a change and their life is wonderful ever after? Nobody talks about the money running out. The dead … Continue reading

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