The positive reinforcement received by sharing your goals with others could actually act as a deterrent towards you achieving them. This sounds counterintuitive but studies certainly confirm that this is the case. In many cases the good feelings generated by the positive reinforcement received from announced goals are sufficient in themselves to satisfy the person. [...]

The first thing to realise when setting goals is you only have a limited amount of time in which to achieve the things that you want to achieve. Time is a very scarce commodity. Even if you live to be eighty years of age that does not represent a great deal of time. Let’s assume [...]

Imagine that you are flying in a Jumbo Jet which is 600 kilometres east of Sydney and 30,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean. The flight is going very smoothly and the cabin crew have just finished serving lunch. You settle back in your seat to take a nap when the Captain’s voice comes over the [...]

We hear a lot about business goals, sporting goals, learning goals etc.  I want you to think seriously about stress management goals. I’ve got a confession to make … I sometimes get stressed playing golf! The logical side of my mind informs me that this is ridiculous as golf is a game not a life-survival [...]