Dying to Live
Most of us are dying to live the lives we truly desire.
Many feel frustration, disillusionment and even resentment at their seeming inability to bring this about.
The critical issue is the approach we choose to take.
The Time is Now
The advent of a new calendar year provides a welcome psychological boost for many who yearn to change their lives for the better.
What better time for a New Year’s Resolution?
Only, it has been proven that New Year’s Resolutions seldom, if ever, work to deliver the changes desired.
In this post, Bill explores some of the key reasons and offers a far more powerful and effective alternative that is all but guaranteed to bring about lasting change.
How to Turn Your Life Around
When life gets on top of you and you are confronted with what seems like insurmountable problems, turning your life around may seem like an impossible dream … but kickstarting that process is far easier than you may think.
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Life Lessons From a Strange Yet Mystical Land
Life lessons are there to be had in many corners of our troubled, yet special world.
For Bill, one place in particular stands out for his experience of the authentic love, respect and care shown for humanity.
In this blog post, he advocates that we should expect the unexpected in this mystical land.
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8 Ways to Deal with Stress
Levels of chronic stress are unprecedented in today’s world. Ironically, technological advancements that promised to give us more time for leisure and enjoyment are at the root of this problem.
In this post, Bill suggests eight ways in which stress can be dealt with.
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Never Let Fear of Failure Hold You Back
We all know the old idiom: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again!” But many of us never get to embrace this sage advice because we are too fearful of failing. ‘Success’ is overhyped as the ultimate goal that we humans are expected to pursue in life. We
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Motivation and Staying Motivated
I’m just lacking motivation! We’ve all said it and we’ve all experienced the listless feeling that comes with a lack of motivation. Motivation and staying motivated is a much bigger issue for some than it is for others. What exactly is motivation? Why do some struggle more than others? And
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How You Can Change the World
I appreciate that you probably opened this article more out of curiosity than actual belief in finding a recipe for changing the world. And that’s fair enough, given that we live in a world characterised by over hype and under delivery! But I ask you to bear with me. Have
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Why Change Seems So Difficult and How to Make it Easy (PART 2)
In Part 1 of this topic, I wrote about the importance of having the courage to bring about change in your life. Change is endemic to life. You can choose to embrace it and make it happen for you, or you can try to ignore it and allow it to
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Why Change Seems so Difficult and How to Make it Easy (PART 1)
No doubt you have heard the saying: “May you live in interesting times.” This is, supposedly, the English translation of an ancient Chinese curse! The Chinese language original has apparently never been found, although some say that the curse was based on a proverb that reads: “It’s better to be
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Keep Chasing Your Dreams
For the loyal readers out there who have been wondering why the uncharacteristically long delay between posts, let me apologise and assure you there is a good reason. That reason has everything to do with the topic of today’s post, as you will find out. Please read on (or listen
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20 Powerful Tips for Living a Better Life
Through life coaching one can easily transform one’s attitude and approach to life such that it becomes altogether more fulfilling, meaningful and enjoyable. In my opinion – one shared by a great many life coach practitioners – life coaching is the ideal solution for those seeking joy, happiness and inner
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The Key to Self Confidence
Every day people pass up amazing opportunities that life presents to them. In the aftermath they will argue: “The time wasn’t right,” I didn’t have the time,” “I didn’t have the money” or “The opportunity wasn’t quite what I was looking for”. These are all valid reasons, of course …
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Escape the Mediocrity Trap
As we slowly begin to emerge from the doom and gloom that descended upon us as the global pandemic struck, with its many nasty consequences, many of us are left thinking “What now?” In today’s hectic world, an opportunity to think and reflect can often be ‘just what the doctor
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Get it Done in 2021!
So, during the holidays you decided to blow away the negativity of 2020 and make a great new start in 2021 with a compelling resolution. And now, you’re well on your way to get it done in 2021, right? Well I’m so sorry to prick your bubble with this –
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Why you DO need a Life Coach
With few exceptions, just about anyone can benefit from the services of a good life coach. I’ve said it many times before. I don’t believe we, in the life coaching industry, have done ourselves any favours by coining and promoting the term ‘life coach’. It simply isn’t specific or descriptive
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Change, the Mother of Reinvention
I was considering calling this post ‘Lockdown Living’. But, if you are anything like me, the mere mention of words like lockdown, coronavirus and Covid-19 are enough to cause a glazing over of the eyes and a feeling of serious fatigue! Insights, is, after all, not a term that you
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Living In Interesting Times
“May you live in interesting times.” This phrase, often attributed to Chinese philosopher Confucius who lived around 500BCE, is commonly cited as the translation of an ancient Chinese curse. Interestingly, though, no definitive Chinese source for this saying has ever been found. Perhaps the most closely related Chinese saying is:
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Live and Let Live
In late 2009 I did something I had always wanted to do. I wrote a book. Believe it or not, the idea started out, earlier that same year, as a simple joke. Chicken Soup for the Soul One beautiful summer’s day, Jenni (my wife) and I were lounging around our
