The most important, satisfying and infuriating task during my recent 30 day challenge was playing hide and seek with the news. I was the one hiding. ‘It’ was counting down – ready to find me at the earliest possible opportunity, and using any method at its disposal. Like the Terminator […]
April 13, 2015
5 Obvious Things I Learned From a 30 Day News Blackout (that completely surprised me)
March 3, 2015
My Insane 30 Day Challenge (part 2) – No News or Internet, Plus Daily Workouts and a Ton of Writing
It’s March and that means many things. But for me, it’s time for another one of my insane and pointless 30 day challenges. 18 months ago I did one of these and I found it incredibly, erm, what’s the word? Oh yes… challenging. If you want to check it out, […]
February 18, 2015
5 Reasons Why Waking Up at 5am Will Improve Your Life (and how to actually do it)
It’s not supposed to be like this. The whole point of quitting my job was to give myself the freedom and the time to do all the things I want – without the overburdening pressure and stress of the 9-5. Oh and the hatred too. Let’s not forget about that. […]
January 5, 2015
40 Amazing Personal Development Bloggers to Watch In 2015 (plus my number 1 blog of the year)
I know what you’re thinking. How did I get my hands on so many police mug shots huh? 😉 I’m only joking. Those 40 incredibly attractive individuals you see in the picture are my pick of the bloggers to rock my world over the last 12 months. Yes, it’s completely […]
November 26, 2014
Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself
The weight of expectation is crushing. Yet nobody is saying a word. I’m not hearing voices, nor can I feel the penetrative gaze of a thousand beady eyes, all fixated on my very being; anticipating something magical and wondrous to emerge from these hesitant fingers. But it’s there. I stare […]
June 9, 2014
21 Quick And Easy Ways Of Freeing Up More Time
Right, you bunch of lazy bastards. It’s time to wake up, slap yourself in the face and realise that you’re all living a lie. There is no such thing as not having enough time. It’s an excuse, an illusion. The truth is, either you’re terrible at organising your day or […]
February 28, 2014
Steroids For The Brain – How I Used Modafinil To Study For 19 Hours Straight
I take a look around – everything seems different, yet I cannot put my finger on it. I’m completely surrounded by women but I barely pay them any attention. There is too much to do, besides, the last thing I need right now is to make eye contact with a […]
February 15, 2014
Have You Done Your 10,000 Touches Today?
There is a philosophy deeply ingrained in Dutch football. First adopted over 10 years ago and implemented by many top level professional teams, it is the idea that every youngster hoping to become an elite player should be touching the ball 10,000 times per day. Yes, that’s every day. Malcolm […]
January 16, 2014
Analysis Paralysis – Why I Need To Re-evaluate My Life (and why I need your help)
Edit: Since first writing this article, I have managed to deal with the feelings and scheduling conflicts detailed within. It was simply a change in focus and attitude that enabled me to overcome my issues. Successful people will always be busy – but I have learned that there will always […]
January 2, 2014
The 15 Best Psycholocrazy articles of 2013 – A Year In Review
It’s that time of year when everyone is all partied out and can’t be bothered with the whole ‘returning to normality’ thing. Happy new limbo to you all – I hope you had a good one! So with this in mind I thought it would be a great idea to […]
September 4, 2013
8 Awesome Ways To Improve Your Job (that you can try today)
There are few activities in life more satisfying than pulling out a big wad of cash and blowing it on something you really don’t need. That feeling of handing the better part of your rent money to a grubby handed shop assistant in exchange for whatever it is that floats […]
July 15, 2013
How To Use Pareto’s 80/20 Principle To Streamline Your Life
What would you say if I told you that there was a simple, yet effective way of streamlining your productivity without affecting your results? You’d call me nuts – I get that, I am a little bit. Wait up – don’t shoot the messenger, I didn’t come up with the […]
July 8, 2013
My Insane 30 Day Challenge – The Results
I must apologise for taking my time with this article. I have been pretty busy and trying to take advantage of this good weather (who knows how long it will last). FINALLY my insane 30 day challenge is over, no more, finished, done with. To be honest I am pretty […]
June 18, 2013
My Insane 30 Day Challenge – Halftime Report
As I promised, here is the halfway update on my insane 30 day challenge. As expected some of these things were easier than others and I in no way believed that I would complete all of them but the whole point of this was to shock me into making some […]
May 30, 2013
My Insane 30 Day Challenge
On June 1st I will start a 30 day challenge that could possibly reduce me to a quivering wreck! I am going to be testing my willpower with TEN different challenges. Way back last summer I wrote how taking part in a 30 day challenge is a great way to […]