Self-Regulation:
The Key to Becoming Your Best Self
In a moment of confrontation, I discovered the power of self-regulation—the ability to manage behaviour to achieve desired outcomes rather than immediate gratification. Discover the crucial difference between self-control and self-regulation, why this skill is consistently linked to success in every area of life, and five practical strategies to become a “self-regulation ninja” in your own journey toward becoming your best self.
Loving Yourself:
The Cornerstone of Becoming Your Best Self
The journey to becoming your best self begins with a crucial first step: learning to love yourself through acceptance. Discover how to deconstruct the “interpretation” you’ve become by examining the four pillars of your attributes—physical, personality, emotional, and health—and why understanding your current reality is essential before you can launch the adventure into becoming who you truly are.
When Passion Meets Precision:
Avoiding the Meltdown Moment
We’ve all witnessed the spectacular “meltdowns” when someone on the verge of greatness suddenly implodes. The cause? Often it’s passion without precision. Discover why both heart and head must work together in your journey, and how precision provides the clarity, focus and direction needed to cross the finish line when the stakes are highest. Like golfer Jean Van de Velde learned the hard way, passion gets you moving—but precision brings you home.
Breaking Free from the Formula Trap:
Finding Your Authentic Path
After training as an accountant despite a creative spirit that rebelled against formulas and routine, I learned a painful yet valuable lesson: you can’t force yourself to become what you do; your work must align with who you are. Discover why life can’t be lived by formula alone, how to extract the “golden nuggets” from all the advice you encounter, and why breaking free from the formula trap is essential to living your authentic life.
It’s Never Too Late:
The Choice to Live Your Dreams
Do you tell yourself it’s too late to live the life you always wanted? That the ship of dreams has sailed and you’re out of second chances? It’s time to hear this truth: those beliefs are flat out wrong. Discover why there’s always a choice—to settle or to live, to resign or to rise up—and why figuring out who your real self is makes all the difference in making choices that align with the life you were meant to live.
What Does It Mean to Live Your Best Life?
What does it actually mean to “live your best life”? Is it about fancy holidays, new cars, and accolades—or something deeper? Your best life isn’t defined by temporary pleasures, but by expressing who you truly are. This post explores the three simple steps to uncovering your best life: identifying your core values, unlocking your innate strengths, and centring your daily life around both. When you align with your authentic self, life’s pleasures become the icing on an already fulfilling cake.
Taking the First Step on Your Adventure to Self-Discovery
Why do 90% of people never begin their journey to becoming their best self? Often because they believe they must first know who that best self is—when in reality, this knowledge is discovered through the journey itself. This post explores how the adventure of self-discovery requires looking inward, confronting fears, and embracing uncertainty. To help you begin, we offer three practical tools: a Daily Gratitude Journal, a “Quality Journey” exercise, and a Strengths Awareness template—each designed to illuminate different aspects of your authentic self.
Why Success is Over-Rated (And What Really Matters)
Success isn’t over-rated—but the flawed definition of success we’ve been sold certainly is. True success isn’t about prestige cars, designer labels, or picture-perfect holidays. It’s intensely personal and defined not by what you have, but by who you are. Are you the person you were meant to be? That’s the only measure that matters. I learned this the hard way, chasing worldly success only to discover emptiness at the finish line. Discover what your perfect day looks like, and you’ll find your own definition of success.
Why Settling for Mediocrity is Never the Answer
A couple of weeks back, I was easing into the day, enjoying the peace before the rest of the house began to stir. Skimming through the newspaper on my phone, I stumbled into an article that nearly made me choke on my morning coffee. According to this piece, researchers at University College London found that […]
One Life. Live It:
The Epic Adventure of Becoming Your True Self
If you’ve ever found yourself driving behind a Land Rover, you’ve likely seen the bumper sticker that reads “One Life. Live it”. That message seems to be the mantra of Land Rover enthusiasts, but should it not simply be a mantra for how to approach life, period? It certainly should be. But it so blatantly […]
