For all the tips and advice on being productive that are out there, it’s all useless if you cant focus on what you’re doing. To be productive is to do your work as efficiently and in as stress-free a way as possible but you can’t do any of that if your mind keeps flicking to [...]

Not too long ago I came across the concept of raising your consciousness. Any habit or behaviour is a subconscious action, which means you basically do it without thinking about it. That urge to reach for a cigarette, slouching in a chair or calling somebody by a particular name… that’s your subsconscious doing its work. [...]

Last year I wrote some guides for students covering basic advice for getting through university and surviving freshman week. Well it’s that time of year again when students start or return for another year of studying (or drinking). However, I didn’t want to re-hash the same old advice this time around, so I decided to [...]

View original image Welcome to the second part of my guide looking at how to deal with obstacles in your life. As discussed in the introductory post, you will come across obstacles on a regular basis. They can be anything from a minor technical problem affecting the performance of your computer, to poor tone of [...]

View original image Almost everywhere you go and with everything you do, there will be distractions, complications and obstacles. They can range from something minor and shallow to something deeply influential and complicated. These obstacles can be anything from the physical to the emotional or intellectual. It can range from having to deal with traffic [...]