President Trump was right to reprimand the reporter for focusing on the negative during his daily press briefing yesterday. At any time, let alone a time of crisis, concentrating on what is not working or going wrong will not boost morale or foster brain-friendly peak performance.* Choosing to direct attention […]

When desiring to enhance their success and happiness, plus achieve the covetable skills of brain-friendly peak performance, numerous people (and organisations) make the mistake of initially attempting to fix the wrong things and in the wrong order. For example, it does not matter how brain-friendly you are leading others, managing […]

“The meaning of my communication is the response that I get” is a core principle of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) which I first learnt, sixteen years ago. Neuroscience has since re-confirmed that all our communication, including our own thinking and words, has an impact on our output, both in terms of […]

Happy New Decade! I hope that 2020 has begun well for you. This may include having created your personal Vision and goals for the year (in addition to those for work) and be motivated and implementing the plan. Plus, with the optimism of possibilities and potential for a new year, […]

‘Tis the season to be jolly… and out partying every night with “friends” who must catch up with you before the end of 2019 and the ubiquitous work Christmas “do”. However, it is also the time of year when we are most likely to be exhausted and ready for a […]

The denial of pleasure is unfortunately a consistent trend that Brighter Thinking clients from all cultures discuss during their coaching sessions with me. There is an erroneous belief in the corporate and business world (reflected by behaviour) that the working day has to take the form of hard slog, comprising […]