7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Sharpen the Saw
This is the seventh, and final, 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, Habit 3, Habit 4, Habit 5 and Habit 6. Whilst walking in the forest, you come across a man cutting down […]
7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Synergise
This is the seventh 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, Habit 3, Habit 4 and Habit 5. Buzzword According to Business New Daily, Synergy is one of the 10 Overused Corporate Buzzwords to […]
2025: Most Viewed Articles
Happy New Year! Belated for sure. Better late than never(?) I definitely chose the “never” option in 2024. I started last year postulating that ChatGPT was making me lazy. This was due to me only writing 17 articles in 2023. So, how did I go in 2024? A paltry 12 articles. Not sure if I […]
7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Seek First to Understand, Then To Be Understood
This is the seventh 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, Habit 3 and Habit 4. Imagine a doctor who diagnoses you only with diseases that they’ve personally contracted. Or accountant who gives tax […]
Pain Explained
“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 […]
7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Think Win/Win
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, […]
The Measure or the Man: Gamifying Wellbeing
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 […]
Performance Enhancing Drugs for Talk Therapy
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 […]
7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Put First Things First
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 […]
7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Begin with the End in Mind
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. […]
7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Be Proactive
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 […]
Changing Paradigms: The Way We See the Problem Is the Problem
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 […]
Building Character
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 […]
What’s that Noise? Invasion of the Hums
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 […]
Happy New Year: Has ChatGPT Made Me Lazy?
“If users rely too heavily on AI algorithms for decision making, they may become less confident in their own abilities” ChatGPT from Post Human Thinking: ChatGPT and the Last Man Happy New Year! I usually start the year by reflecting on the best of my articles (yes, self-indulgent, I know). But this year, it’s hard […]
Thoroughbreds: The Unrelenting Standards and Self-Sacrificing Schemas
Olly* is a captain in the army. “Basically, there’s expectations on us that we’ll never meet, and if we did happen to meet them, they’d only get higher”. Olly was seeing me for burnout related depression. “I know I should have put my hand up earlier and got help, I just couldn’t let myself off […]
Is it Safe to Seek Help when You’re a Helper?
According to medical science website, Medscape, a doctor was (allegedly) fired due to seeking psychological help for burnout. The doctor, an American anaesthetist Dr Peddada, was notified by the employing hospital that his offer of employment was being rescinded after he requested a 1-month medical leave due to burnout in his previous role. A significant […]
Your Next Psychologist will be a Cyborg
According to BBC News, Dr Paul Marsden, a member of the British Psychological Society, admitted that his best friend is an AI Chatbot. “Next to my wife the most intimate relationship I have is with GPT” said Dr Marsden. “I spend hours every day talking, brainstorming, bouncing ideas off it”. I found the tasty […]
