Over the last year, change in our lives and in the world’s economic, financial, social and environmental systems has accelerated at ever increasing speed. In a similar fashion, 2011 saw Lift International experience another record increase in demand – and all indications point to same again in 2012. What’s interesting about this is the reason [...]
We are not all motivated by the same things or in the same ways. Being clear about your own motivations and drives will enable you to generate natural enthusiasm for any endeavour thereby maximising your effectiveness. Identifying your purpose and setting clear goals turns motivation into inspiration. Purpose is to a person what fuel is [...]
Brain Mayne reflects on the reasons why too much choice isn’t always a good thing…
Our ability to choose our response is our greatest freedom. We are each able to think about our own thinking, define our own beliefs, create our own habits and, ultimately, shape our own life. Thought is always the first point of creation. Everything that has ever been created in the history of the world began [...]
I watched in horror as the news unfolded of the bombing and shooting in Norway recently. It had only been a few weeks earlier that I had presented at the Oslo Leadership Event, and was so touched by the genuine warmth and openness of the people I met there. A reoccurring theme in the many [...]
Whatever decision you need to make, whatever challenge you want to overcome, whatever goal you wish to achieve, raising your awareness will be the first step towards it. Raising your awareness of yourself and current situation, the likely outcomes of your intended actions, or continued inaction, is always the first step in clearing the fog of [...]
I’ve visited many countries this year, giving Goal Mapping presentations, and am always interested in the general mood and outlook of the people I meet. A few weeks? ago I presented for a very upbeat audience at the Oslo Leadership Event before flying to Athens for workshops with some corporate clients. I wasn’t even out [...]
All of us have a mirror in our home, but just how often do we really see ourselves? We observe and judge our body. We study details such as our hair, our chin, those new wrinkles around our eyes. But we don’t often see the truth of ourselves – who we really are. I [...]
We don’t really see life as it truly is: we see life through our personal paradigm of it – in other words, we see life as we are. Your perception is coloured by your beliefs and attitudes, and you can choose whether these work against you, or help you spot new visions of opportunity, potential [...]
We’re all on a journey through life, yet so many of us don’t know where we’re heading. Fortunately, we all have an internal sat nav system that will take us wherever we want to go and help us achieve our goals. Once you’ve entered your goal or destination into your subconscious sat nav it will [...]