The Strangest Secret: Progressive Realisation of a Worthy Ideal

The Strangest Secret: Progressive Realisation of a Worthy Ideal

Earl Nightingale, a renowned self-help author, speaker, and radio personality, left a profound impact on the field of personal development and success. His teachings have inspired millions worldwid...

Powerful Strategic Planning Exercises to Include in Your Courses

Powerful Strategic Planning Exercises to Include in Your Courses

Strategic planning exercises help to re-energise your team and set them on the path of growth. It can inspire teams in any business, boost energy and moral and give a sense of direction to where th...

Envy Self-Reflection Exercise

Envy Self-Reflection Exercise

It is easy to think that a different life would have been easier or better. It is easy to think that somebody else’s life is vastly better than yours and to fantasise being in someone else’s positi...

How to Manage Regret: The Powerful 5-Action Exercise

How to Manage Regret: The Powerful 5-Action Exercise

One of the primary reasons behind lack of motivation is regretting the past. When you are down, it is easy to question your past decisions and how they have let you down. Sounds kind of logical to ...

Instant Happiness: A 5-Day Diary Like No Other

Instant Happiness: A 5-Day Diary Like No Other

Here is a simple yet powerful exercise to make you feel happy. It is a weekly diary where each day you get to follow specific instructions and write down your thoughts. It is well-known that journa...

Why Most People Focus on Efficiency But Forget About Effectiveness

Why Most People Focus on Efficiency But Forget About Effectiveness

There is a fundamental difference between efficiency and effectiveness. Most people focus on efficiency. How to get something done faster? How to get somewhere quick? How to achieve more in a given...

Do You Need X as Much as You Think You Do?

Do You Need X as Much as You Think You Do?

In today’s world, we seem to be constantly chasing something; a new job, a new house, more money, more time, new cloth, a new partner, a new car, a new gadget and on and on. This chase is becoming ...

Evaluate Your Yesterday

Evaluate Your Yesterday

This is a powerful exercise that helps delegates see if they have been efficient as far as their own goals and ambitions are concerned. Sometimes, people need a reminder that they could be getting ...

What Can We Learn from Arnold’s Career Choices

What Can We Learn from Arnold’s Career Choices

Is there such a thing as a good career or a bad career? Is there such a thing as a good hobby or a bad hobby? Such choices are often very personal so can we really say what is good for people and w...

Weekly Slogans

Weekly Slogans

In Chapter 14 of Focused Determination, a motivational technique is presented which we call “Weekly Slogans”. These are inspiring quotes or “Slogans” that you choose for personal motivation. As des...

Team Building Exercise: More of, Less of and the Same

Team Building Exercise: More of, Less of and the Same

You can use this teambuilding exercise to help delegates discover the strengths and weaknesses of their team. The exercise encourages individual thinking without pressure while at the same time hel...

Goal Setting Exercise: Role Models

Goal Setting Exercise: Role Models

This exercise is ideal to explore role models and the importance and significant of having one. Instead of trying to explain directly how useful role models are, the exercise takes an indirect appr...

Team Building Exercise: What Makes a Team Succeed or Fail

Team Building Exercise: What Makes a Team Succeed or Fail

This exercise helps delegates examine their teamwork and what makes it succeed or fail. It is powerful because rather than telling a team how they should behave you can ask them to evaluate their o...

Self-Esteem Exercise: Appreciate What You Have

Self-Esteem Exercise: Appreciate What You Have

This thought-provoking exercise helps delegates appreciate what they already have. Most people, in their quest to achieve more experience more and possess more forget what they have already achieve...

Goal Setting Exercise: I Want to Be – I Want to Do

Goal Setting Exercise: I Want to Be – I Want to Do

This powerful exercise is ideal for motivating people and helping them identify their true goals in life. Most people are aware of only a few objectives and desires. For the rest of, they don’t thi...

How to Avoid Using Poor Motivational Posters

How to Avoid Using Poor Motivational Posters

It has become fashionable to place motivational posters on the walls in the companies. Depending on the nature of the organisation, this can be seen in two ways; a propaganda campaign by the manage...

Six Proven Techniques to Boost Your Mental Powers

Six Proven Techniques to Boost Your Mental Powers

As a successful trainer, you must be able to perform at your best every time you provide a training course. Your aim is not only to teach a given subject to delegates, but to also entertain them an...

Goal Setting Exercise: Standing Ovation

Goal Setting Exercise: Standing Ovation

Fast forward to an imaginary future. You are receiving a standing ovation. The applause does not seem to stop. People admire you and your achievement. You are the centre of attention at this moment...