Ever put pressure on yourself to perform? To get the million things on your list done, RIGHT NOW? Or, have you experienced that need to be creative, to come up with an amazing idea for a proposal, design, book, blog post, TODAY? Sometimes it can feel like being productive, and / or creative, are just downright… Read more

Do you feel like you know everything about productivity? For example, that if you’re driven, you put the hours in, you push yourself further – you’ll get to the end of that seemingly endless to-do list. After all, there’s nothing between you and a clean sheet of paper but hard work. And hey, you read this… Read more

When you’ve read this post, I have a mission for you. It doesn’t involve gun battles, self-destructing orders or Tom Cruise (sorry). It’s a way to make your life a little better. A little more pleasant. A little easier. Read on and discover your mission – should you choose to accept it. When I moved from… Read more

You look blankly at the options in front of you. It feels like there’s no end to the choices. Tension sits between your shoulder blades, and you read through the possibilities again, to see which you should choose. Intellectually, you know it’s not a life and death decision, but emotionally, you don’t want to make the… Read more

It’s hard to be creative all the time. Or even some of the time. Many of us never feel as if we’re creative, perhaps having been labelled as ‘uncreative’ at school. But if that’s you, you need to expand your definition of creativity. Creativity isn’t dichotomous; on, or off. It’s a continuum. Some activities are highly… Read more

Given you’re reading this blog, you’re probably interested in self-development. Maybe you read a few different self-improvement blogs, or you have a few personal and professional development books on your bookcase. Me too. I love self-development. Love it. I’m signed up to multiple blogs, and if you’ve seen my books page, or visited my Goodreads profile (come… Read more

I’m sitting in my mum’s spare room in the UK, and everything I own that’s not in storage is scattered around me, in an explosion of clothes, shoes, toiletries and electronics. There are wires tangled up with t-shirts, bars of soap stuffed into trainers, and a big pile of receipts and papers which has slid down… Read more

Ever written a to-do list? You’d be pretty unusual if you hadn’t. It’s one of my favourite things – who doesn’t love the little dopamine buzz of crossing something off a list? – but my own to-do list style has evolved and changed over time. I’ve tried all kinds of styles and tricks, and reviewed some… Read more

I have a confession to make. I’m an inbox zero-er. Don’t hate me. I was with a friend recently and we were talking about productivity, lists, time management, and all those other topics over which to while away a lunchtime.  And she asked me how many emails I had in my inbox. I said, usually zero… Read more