“How bad is it out of 10?” Anyone who has seen a doctor for a painful injury would have heard these words. The “Out of 10 Pain Scale” is common and simple. You might think, “its not very scientific”, but think about it, what other way do we have to establish just how painful an injury is? You would think...[ read more ]
This is the sixth on my series of articles which draw upon the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. You can read my previous articles about Habit 1, Habit 2 And Habit 3. Interpersonal Effectiveness: The External Victory There is a theme to the first 3 habits in this series. Be Proactive, Begin with the End in...[ read more ]
I recently bought myself a fitness watch. It was a replacement for an earlier version that I lost at the beach whilst on holidays. I was desperate to get a new watch because I felt myself getting unfit; clearly the simple joy of exercise alone wasn’t enough to make me resume running. So, I bought the watch, but I haven’t...[ read more ]
Last year two of my clients showed up to therapy high on marijuana. I spotted their red puffing eyes from a mile off and asked directly (hopefully non-judgementally) if they were high. I can’t really go into the details of why they were high for therapy, but both expressed a reason along the lines that they thought it would improve...[ read more ]
This is the fifth on my series of articles which draw upon the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. You can read my previous articles about Habit 1 and Habit 2. Habit Number 3: Put First Things First “The successful person has the habit of doing the things that failures don’t like to do”. EM Gray from The...[ read more ]
This is the fourth on my series of articles which draw upon the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. Habit Number 2: Begin with the End in Mind Picture yourself going to the funeral of a loved one. You enter the funeral parlour or church and walk toward the open casket. Looking down at deceased you...[ read more ]
This is the third on my series of articles which draw upon the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. Habit Number 1: Be Proactive Winning the internal victory. In 1943 Austrian-Jewish psychiatrist, Dr Viktor Frankl, was taken from his wife and parents and brought to Auschwitz concentration camp. He spent much of the next 3 years under...[ read more ]
This is the second on my series of articles which draw upon the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” The Way We See the Problem Is the Problem A father steps onto a busy metro-train with his children. The children are unruly: yelling, throwing things, grabbing the belongings of other passengers. All the while, the father says and...[ read more ]
This is the first on my series of articles which draw upon the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” The Success Problem Imagine a successful person. Better still, imagine yourself as successful. Who do you imagine? If you’d asked me to do this exercise, the first thing I’d imagine was someone with two qualities: fame and wealth....[ read more ]
Last year, my wife drew my attention to a low rumbling sound. She pointed out that at times, especially at night, you could hear a factory a few blocks from my house. I’d never been cognisant of the noise beforehand, but as soon as she raised my awareness, I immediately knew that it had always been there. In the coming...[ read more ]