Inspiration vs Motivation = Carrot vs Stick
March 21st, 2020
Recognising the difference between inspiration and motivation, and knowing which works best for you, will help with your New Year’s resolutions.
Continue readingInspiration
Motivation Matters
December 25th, 2019
Motivation Matters. It makes sense if you add a word or two.
Continue readingNew Year – Seven Points to Make 2019 Happy and Productive
January 5th, 2019
Each year at this time I think about what’s going to be improved on, changed or abandoned in how I approach my life and my work (same thing, for me). How about you?
Continue readingPlaying for Change
December 9th, 2018
Playing For Change is a movement created to inspire and connect the world through music.
They put out great videos, like this one.
Ideas Are Plentiful, so Keep Them Fresh and Keep Them Coming
June 1st, 2018
Ideas are all around us, and the more you have the more you get.
Continue readingThree Useful Ideas in Two Minutes…
February 18th, 2016
Inspiration and creativity just don’t come on-demand. You have to be prepared to seize the moment.
Continue readingMotivation and Inspiration are SO Not It
October 18th, 2015
If there’s a job that needs doing you can wait a long time for motivation, particularly when its a job you don’t really want to do.
Wanting to do it, being ready and energised by the force of inspiration, spontaneous flashes of creativity and all the rest might happen. That’s a bonus, but not a requirement.
Continue readingHow Writing Can Help Clear Your Mind
May 26th, 2015
Writing serves fulfils many functions. Some can be arduous, others fun. What’s often overlooked is how writing can bring benefits to the inner self.
It doesn’t matter how or when you do it, as long as it is regular and uncluttered by demand or expectation. Writing awakens creativity and many possibilities besides.
Continue readingPositive News
January 20th, 2013
For almost 100 years psychologists have been saying that we should protect ourselves from unremitting negativity, catastrophising and the constant worry of bad news.
That which we focus on becomes our reality, so too much content filled with negativity and disaster does our heads in, as they say. Here’s the antidote.