Published in The Startup·PinnedMember-onlyI Bought a Year of Tony Robbins Performance Coaching and Here’s What It’s LikeEverything you ever wanted to know about Tony Robbins affiliated coaching but were too afraid to ask — Note: This article is also a YouTube video if you want to watch that. That stupid advert kept popping up on Facebook. “Be the best you” or “Super power your life” or whatever it said. It was one of those adverts where someone good looking smiles into the sunshine, dressed…Lifestyle16 min readLifestyle16 min read
Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life·3 days agoMember-onlyDecide What You’re Going to Be and Then Suck at It Until You Get GreatUnlocking your potential for mastery is a choice — “It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time. Give yourself permission to be a beginner. By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one.” — Julia Cameron Anyone can do…Self Improvement3 min readSelf Improvement3 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated·3 days agoMember-onlyBeyond Self-Help: Strategies for Continued Learning and Personal GrowthIf you’ve stopped resonating with self-help, that’s a good sign — I’ve been on a self-help journey since 2014 and it’s changed my life, no doubt. But the things that once resonated, the powerful YouTube speeches, the messages buried in books, the quotes and ideas, they’ve lost their edge. This freaked me out. Self-help has been my crutch for years. It…Self Improvement5 min readSelf Improvement5 min read
Published in Authentic Mind·4 days agoMember-onlyFriday Nights Only Arrive Because Monday Mornings ExistAnd 5 other observations on happiness — I’m no guru. I’m no enlightened geezer who refrains from shouting “Oh fuck the absolute fuck off” when I open a packet of crisps and they fly out onto the floor. That sort of thing can ruin my day. And yet here I am, writing an article to you, about…Happiness5 min readHappiness5 min read
Published in Curious·Feb 7Member-only7 Things to Give up as You Get Older for Peace of MindYou can’t keep on going like this forever — Here’s a very serious question: When are you going to make those changes you’ve always promised yourself you’d make? Seriously, when? What date? Do you have one? Where is the plan? What is the first step? When are you going to become happier, less stressed and more present? You can’t…Self6 min readSelf6 min read
Published in Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs·Feb 5Member-onlyBeing My Own Therapist: A Session on The CouchWhen motivation fails, try this? — It’s 5 am and I’ve been awake for an hour. I can’t sleep for shit and I know why. I’m 44 years old and if there’s one thing I’m good at these days it’s cutting through the noise and understanding my mind. The noise is deafening, though, for all of…Self6 min readSelf6 min read
Published in Authentic Mind·Feb 5Member-onlyFatigue: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Medium?Sometimes I look at this website and cannot be bothered to compete — Is this headline snappy enough? Is it too clickbaity or just clickbaity enough? Is it just right? Do you think it will get me reads? This is the shit I’m talking about. Everything on Medium —from the title at the top to the last goddamn full stop —has to be…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Published in Fuck Niches·Jan 27Member-onlyYou’re Going to Hate Why Young Men Listen to Andrew TateWell well well, if it isn’t the consequences of society’s actions — I’m always equally amused and baffled when yet another think piece comes out in the press scratching its head about why Andrew Tate is so popular. To me, it’s obvious, so allow me to explain. But first, it seems prudent to state some personal disclaimers: I find Andrew Tate childish…Masculinity6 min readMasculinity6 min read
Published in Authentic Mind·Jan 18Member-onlyI’ve Been Collecting Quotes and Epiphanies for Years — Here’s 11 of ThemMorsels of wisdom to inspire and inform — I’ve never told anyone this, but I have a secret Twitter account where I write great sayings, quotes, mantras and epiphanies I’ve heard or read — anything that makes me go “Wow!” makes the list — documented in tweet form so I can revisit them from time to time. I…Advice6 min readAdvice6 min read
Published in Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs·Dec 30, 2022Member-onlyChat GPT Wrote This Self-Help Article, Is It Any Good?What happens when AI starts giving better advice than humans? — Chat GPT is a new, openly available artificial (AI) tool that launched in November 2022. It’s a brand new technology for the general public, it costs nothing to use and it’s alarmingly good. You simply put in a command, written in plain English (!), …AI4 min readAI4 min read
