Hard-won wisdom from 42 years on planet Earth — 42 is the answer to life, the universe, and everything, according to Douglas Adams in his book Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy. It is also the critical angle of light reflecting off glass and is also the value of the “Hubble Constant”, a measurement of how quickly objects in the…

Everything 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…

Toxicity as a business-model — Forget Elon Musk. He’s not the problem here. Twitter is the problem. Twitter is the worst thing humanity has come up with that didn’t involve physical violence. It’s a hellish place where users are forced down funnels of outrage and hate. It’s a brainwashing tool with no agenda other than…

Our spirits are all under attack — I’m addicted to social media. So are you. I don’t care if you say you’re not, you are. It’s like saying you’re not addicted to sugar. Everyone has a natural propensity to use social media to excess, to be dragged in by its variable rewards and bright flashing pictures. There’s…

Because you’re worth it. Probably. — Hey. You. Are you sick of all the style over substance clickbait title-driven articles on Medium? Me too. It’s one of the reasons why, a couple of years ago, I started the Medium publication, Authentic Mind. As you’ve guessed, it’s about being authentic. Real. Having a genuine connection between you…

It’s true, I’ve seen play out a thousand times — You don’t get in life what you want, you get in life what you are. – Les Brown There’s a universal rule in life that never changes, never wavers and it’s never broken. I can’t think of a single exception. We all live to this unbreakable rule. It’s spoken about…

How to solve a problem like LinkedIn — What is it about LinkedIn that makes it such a den of blowhards and dishonesty? A place where the grind is celebrated, where glossy-eyed avatars in business-wear pretend to be excited about mergers, restructures and corporate initiates. Peppered in between these lifeless posts can be found a different flavour of…

Relationships aren’t just a part of life, they are life — Relationships matter. The science is in. The Harvard Grant study is a fascinating long-term study of 724 men who lived in and around Boston in the 1940s. It is still running today, tracking how these men’s lives turned out and why. And the biggest takeaway from 75 years of tracking…

And you don’t need to be on TikTok to watch it — I saw a video on TikTok that resonated deeply with me and I want to share it with you. I don’t want to hide this gift from anyone. Oh, by the way, I’m 44 and I’m on TikTok. I don’t know why I feel the need to reveal this information…