Perfectionism came up as a comment on my last post, being good. It sounds fine - searching for the highest standards, being displeased with anything less than perfect. But it can lead to distress and self condemnation when you do anything thats less than perfect.
I’ve come across this interesting test that gives you […]

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Goal setting should be like using a GPS (global positioning system) - you type in a destination, at every junction (or whenever there is uncertainty) you are told which way to go. If only!
As I said in Why haven’t you set goals?, just deciding on a destination is difficult enough. Most of us “drive” our […]

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In my post Do you have a dream? I admitted that whilst believing goals are necessary for most of my adult life, I’ve been pretty poor at setting and using them. In one of my favourite books, A Touch of Greatness, Frank Tibolt describes goal setting as “the greatest of all success techniques“, but used […]

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Last week I received an email announcing the relaunch of Success magazine. As the email was unsolicited - and technically spam - it didn’t seem a particularly auspicious way to relaunch a magazine! But it did lead me to dig out my old copy of Success, which I purchased in Chicago on my […]

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Today is the last day of 2007. Many people are busy setting New Years Resolutions like “I will lose 20lbs”, “I will stop smoking”, “I will go to […]

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Over the last couple of weeks, it was impossible to listen to a news bulletin without hearing the phrase “road map” - often accompanied with the Talking Heads “Road to Nowhere”! The politicians then emerged with the “Bali Road Map” - basically agreeing to continue discussions for a further two years.
Politicians seem to like […]

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