Curiosity: the ultimate influencing tool? The Choose You Project
Hi Everyone, If you want an insight in to the art of influencing (or not influencing!), watch 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here', (picture from www.mirror.co.uk). Whilst the programme is not perhaps everyones cup of tea (I'm slightly ashamed to admit I love it!)...
Influence – the JL Christmas Ad: The Choose You Project
It's not just the darker nights and the need to wear an extra jumper in the house (our house anyway, even though it's been a very warm November in the UK!) that let me know that we are heading towards Christmas, it is also of course the arrival of all that advertises...
That Spectre Moment: The Choose You Project
James Bond is all around us in the UK this week with the release of Spectre (picture today is a Getty image from the BBC news website). I went to see it on Tuesday evening. It was great. All the usual nonsense of course: amazing locations, mad car chases, unfeasible...
Choosing to be Happy? The Choose You Project
I have been out and about again! Having written about happiness in my last blog (2nd October) I keep coming across more on the subject, such as a presentation I went to by Professor Robert Winston entitled "What makes us happy? Read the human mind". The pre-event...
Why do we make it so hard sometimes? The Choose You Project
I've been out and about quite a bit in the past couple of weeks, including going to hear the Dalai Lama (my own picture!) speak at the Action for Happiness event (www.actionforhappiness.org). This event reminded me that, as Aristotle said: Happiness is the meaning and...
How are your endings? The Choose You Project
We don't always choose the changes that we face, but we do choose how we deal with them. My daughter heads off to university this weekend. Like thousands of other young people she is stepping out in to a world away from home, where she can be the grown up that she has...
Bridging the gap: The Choose You Project
Hi Everyone. I hope you have had a great summer, even though the weather in the UK was pretty soggy at times! Thanks for all the great comments on the blog. It's good to know that you have missed having Choose You thoughts floating in to your inbox every other week!...
The 6 Levels of Truthfulness: The Choose You Project
Hi Everyone, In the last blog (dated 10th July 2015) I posed the question: ...how often do we confuse behaviours with identity when we tell others what we think? How often do we say 'I hate you' when what we mean is 'I hate it when you do that'? But perhaps there is...
Murray says “be good to yourself”! The Choose You Project
Wimbledon is a fabulous sporting roller coaster. One of the reasons I enjoy watching is because it is such a good example of how self-belief impacts so directly on what we can achieve. Players 'tightening up' as they approach match point, or winning a set easily...