This week thousands of young people around the UK received their A level results and as usual the papers have been out in full patrol sharing stories about the A grade prodigies who will now go on to the worlds best universities, find their dream job and have the perfect life. On the other hand, there will also be thousands … Read More
Idea Anxiety and Momentum Moments
When it comes to starting a business, writing a book or anything that challenges you creatively, sustaining momentum is vital. Everybody enjoys that ‘Ah-ha’ moment when you conjure up a new idea but the initial buzz quickly fades when the lizard brain reminds you of just how much leg work it’s going to take to see it through. “Genius is … Read More
Start Investing In Your Estate of Mind
Our minds are a fertile land waiting to be built upon, yet without the books and mortarboards the value of our lives can depreciate greatly and our capacity for growth and understanding can become extremely under utilised. Humans are composed of a series of “states of minds,” a cluster of neural firing patterns that create a persons behaviours, feelings and … Read More
The “Screw That” Attitude
As we grow older, we each collect a list of things we believe we could never do. It’s not that we have any real evidence for these assumptions but instead we’ve fallen into the inferiority trap of believing the opinions of others. Whether it was an old teacher, a parent or even a close friend, when we’re told we’re not … Read More
Reducing Stereotype Threat in the Digital Age
There is no group in society stereotyped more than young people. You can’t open a newspaper without reading a story about the young being unemployed, uneducated or depressed but other than making convenient news filler could all this negativity be causing longer lasting damage on our countries young minds? Psychologist have found that negative preconceptions of social groups can have … Read More
From chronic worrier to chronic optimist
People who worry are hugely creative, they can think up an endless loop of self-perpetuating worries for why they or their ideas are likely to fail and so they successfully scare themselves away from actually trying. This irrational worrying is similar to that of superstitions in which something trivial can become the bearer of bad luck. “When a worry is … Read More