Articles: Personal Effectiveness
Zig Ziglar’s Seven Steps of Goal Setting: Create Better Goals
Key Learning Points: Zig Ziglar, an American motivational speaker, pulled together a list of seven steps associated with goal [...]
Types of Goals: A Basic Introduction
Key Learning Points: There are several different types of goals that individuals or organizations can work towards. These include [...]
Time Blocking To Boost Your Personal Effectiveness
Key Learning Points: Time blocking (AKA diary blocking) involves scheduling your day in advance so that you know exactly [...]
The Relationship Between Performance And Pressure
Key Learning Points: The relationship between performance and pressure follows a bell curve. It shows that individuals have an [...]
The Reframing Matrix Process: A Simple Way To Improve Creativity
Key Learning Points: The reframing matrix process is a cognitive process tool. It helps individuals and teams increase their [...]
The Pomodoro Technique – Tomato Based Time Management
The theory goes that by working in 25 minute sprints followed by short breaks, that we can be more [...]
The History Of Remote Working: Why People Work At Home
Key Learning Points: Remote working has a rich and varied history, with its growth being influenced by many factors [...]
The Habit Loop and Habit Replacement Loop: A Simple Summary
Key Learning Points: The habit loop says that all habits have three common features: a cue that triggers them, [...]
The ETC Self-coaching Model: A Simple Summary
Key Learning Points: The ETC self-coaching model is a simple tool that individuals can use to coach themselves away [...]
The Eisenhower Matrix Prioritization Tool: A Simple Summary
Key Learning Points: The Eisenhower Matrix prioritization tool helps people decide what to work. It does this assessing the [...]
The Ease / Benefit Matrix: A Simple Prioritization Tool
Key Learning Points: The Ease / Benefit matrix is a simple tool which helps with prioritizing actions. It works [...]
The Amygdala and Amygdala Hijacking: Fight or Flight
Key Learning Points: The Amygdala is the brain’s emotional center. It is associated with stress, fear and anxiety. When [...]
Social Cognitive Biases In The World of Work
Key Learning Points: Social cognitive biases are a biased pattern of thinking about others. We may think too highly [...]
Procrastination: A Simple Summary and Hints for Change
Key Learning Points: Procrastination is when we engage in irrational delays to action, and that delay has a meaningful [...]
Memory Cognitive Biases In The World of Work
Key Learning Points: A cognitive bias is a persistent, biased pattern of thinking or decision making. Memory cognitive biases [...]
Locke and Latham’s Goal Setting Theory: Set Better Goals
Key Learning Points: Locke and Latham's goal setting theory details five key principles that support the creation of effective [...]
Intentional Change Theory: The Five Steps Of Personal Change
Key Learning Points: Intentional Change Theory (ICT) is a simple, effective five stage model focused on helping individuals achieve [...]
How To Replace Bad Habits
Key Learning Points: The habit replacement loop is a tool for understanding and replacing bad habits. It's a good [...]
Habits: How Long Does it Take to Form Them?
Key Learning Points: How long it takes to form a habit is debated. Many people say it takes 21 [...]
Habits: A Simple Introduction
Key Learning Points: As a simple introduction we can say that habits are tasks or behaviors that we perform [...]
Goal Setting Mistakes: Watch Out For These Common Ones
Key Learning Points: While goal-setting is a very powerful and helpful tool, it's also possible to make easy goal [...]
E143 – Flow (w Helen Amery and Rob Robson)
James is joined by an old friend of the show, Rob Robson, and a new friend of the show, [...]
E082: Personal Development
In this episode James and Jane discuss their take on personal development. They reflect on why it matters for everyone [...]
E041: Self Regulation
In this episode we discuss what self regulation is, explore some theories of self regulation and ask if it's [...]