Clients sometimes ask me how much sleep they should be getting. What they’re really asking is “How little sleep can I get away with?”

Here I want to look at the question from a different perspective. What do you gain… Continue reading →

I suspect there is not one single human being who doesn’t know that if they just dropped some habits, or adopted others, their life would improve. So why are people not doing this?

Many years ago, not long after I… Continue reading →

Consider this very familiar scenario: someone makes a decision to start the New Year by putting a new healthy habit in place. A few weeks later, and it’s been forgotten. Perhaps you are one of those rare people that simply… Continue reading →

You’ve probably been tempted by books or programs offering to transform your life, e.g. “21 Days to a New You!” I confess I’m still tempted by them, but I now have enough wisdom to know that they are… Continue reading →

Long ago, in the summer holidays, I worked in an engineering workshop, fixing machines in the local textile mills.

One day on a job with the engineer he discovered that he was missing a specific bolt that he needed to… Continue reading →

I’m sure you have received the message many times that everything you do should be done to the best of your ability. This just does not make sense! This strategy is highly costly in terms of the effort required, and… Continue reading →