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The Ziegarnik Effect: Why you should never just ‘study’ or ‘revise’

By on January 18, 2013 in Focus, Goal setting, Study Techniques

Have you ever said to yourself “I really need to study” or “I need to start revising” and days or weeks later you still hadn’t started but it had been weighing heavily on your mind all that time? The problem with telling yourself to study or revise is that these tasks are too vague and [...]

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The Micromovement Method: A fun way for busy people to get things done

By on January 6, 2013 in Creativity, Goal setting

I recently came across a great technique to help busy people get things done. In the book “Juicy Pens Thirsty Paper” bestselling author Sark presents the idea of working in “micro movements”. Whilst her book is aimed at people who want to write a book, you can use this technique to help you complete any [...]

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How to strengthen your self control muscle: Part 1

By on November 23, 2012 in Goal setting, Lifestyle, Self Control, Study Techniques

Well, here it is! Our latest mindmap on self control. In my last blog post I wrote about how psychological researchers have found self control to be a major factor that leads to academic and life success. In fact some scholars even claim it’s our number 1 success strategy. Since there’s so much to this [...]

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Improve Your Focus: Outsourcing Self Control

By on July 29, 2012 in Focus, Goal setting, Motivation

A few months ago I came across this picture that several friends had shared on Facebook (courtesy of Ruby Rose). Many people identified with this image making comments along the lines of – “So sad but TRUE!” Sites like Facebook, YouTube and Tumblr are incredibly addictive. Deep down we all know we should be working [...]

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Think Big in 2012: The Power of New Year’s Resolutions

By on January 1, 2012 in Goal setting, Lifestyle, Motivation

Today, at the start of 2012, many of us will take on adopting healthier habits, but in the next breath, or by tomorrow, or the next week, we will have given up and gone back to our old ways. A conversation I had with a friend last year nicely illustrates this point. We were discussing [...]

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How Focusing on Results Limits Success

By on September 25, 2011 in Goal setting, Lifestyle, Motivation

“Early education makes us mindless” states social psychologist Ellen Langer. In her book “Mindfulness” Langer argues that from a young age we are taught to focus on goals rather than the process by which they are achieved. With such an intense focus on achieving goals and high results you may have become locked in a [...]

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Playing the Game of Life as if Winning or Losing Doesn’t Matter

By on June 6, 2011 in Goal setting, Motivation

Have you ever had a life changing experience? Perhaps something that initially disappointed or upset you but it then propelled you into action to improve things? At the age of 11 I had one of those experiences. I entered my first ever public speaking competition. I remember arriving at the competition feeling incredibly nervous. And [...]

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The Art of Breaking Bad Habits

By on May 4, 2011 in Goal setting, Lifestyle, Motivation

You know you should stop chewing your nails, that you don’t get much done when you log onto Facebook and that eating fish and chips from the greasy deli is a really bad idea….but you still do these things anyway. People usually persist with bad habits because they get some personal satisfaction or reward from [...]

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