You can direct your time so that you can move and think more slowly. You can be present in the moment. — I was running behind time on my way to pick up camping equipment for a family holiday and I drove at 36 mph in a 30-zone. Two days later, a letter came from the police giving me the choice of a fine and points on my license, or a speed…

Chapter 3: Morelli’s Café — Sunlight streamed through the window into the hot van and onto his pale face. By the ticket machine outside, a group of men were laughing about football results. Robin’s mouth was dry and his head ached. Before he opened his eyes, he had a familiar thought — I don’t want…

To ween yourself off too-much self help and onto action! — Moving On We know that with the right ideas you can change your life. There are some deep truths you need to work through and some ways to manage time that will change your world from the inside out and release your potential. And then that potential needs to be applied. After…

Is your mind ready for the job? — Humans can change. We can look at our life, redesign it, and live according to a new vision. The power comes when our ideas become certainties (1) and we back them with our time and our actions. When you are certain you are a writer, you’ll write most days and…

Why don’t I always live like this? — We often worry about the wrong stuff. We often worry about ourselves when we should be thinking of others. We often forget the effect of our body language and words on the people around us. We often forget that we make the weather — especially when its raining. So, here…

Go! — The real problem with the rehashing of self-help truths is that we can get stuck in Procrastinators Corner. Explaining what we’re about to do and how we’re about to do it — Life being life, though — random interchange of people on people action, pinball-style mechanisms, right-person-right-time lottery — there…

Make the Plays — I used to play a lot of hockey. I was good at it. It was fun. I was a cocky hockey player. I used to commentate as I dribbled the ball up the field and beat defenders: ‘Which way is he going to go? Left or right? You’re not sure…

It’s not good enough. We’re all on this trip of self-improvement, discovering great lessons about how we can take control of our lives, manage our time and our emotions and become the person we want— and what do we do with that knowledge? We write posts about it whilst addicting…

Chapter 2: Busking & Ranting Robin followed the familiar roads to Dewsbury and parked up in a city centre car park. Dean would be the perfect Road buddy, but he wouldn’t be in town for a few hours yet. The market was up and people were threading through the stalls…