In 1982, Criminologist James Q. Wilson and George Kelling came up with the Broken Window Theory. The Broken Window Theory suggests that a broken window left unrepaired will make a building look uncared for or abandoned and so is likely to attract more vandals to break all the other windows and may even escalate into a more serious crime. If … Read More
Resigning in a Recession
This summer thousands of young graduates will be joining the millions of young unemployed in the UK competing for fewer and fewer jobs, so why on earth am I leaving my stable and rewarding career behind? Firstly, no I haven’t gone bat shit crazy and secondly, no I haven’t been offered a better job. The truth is – I’ve become … 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
Stop Creating Insecurity Work
Humans have a great capacity for avoidance. Whether it’s signing up for the gym or finding the time to write that novel you’ve been thinking about for the past four years, whenever the possibility of failure is present so is our ability to create insecurity work. Insecurity work is the kind of stuff that feels productive but in fact has … Read More
From Read Only To Rewritable
For a long time scientists believed that human beings were at the mercy of their genetic make up and that the outcomes of a person’s life were enhanced or hindered through natural selection. Luckily, in the 21st century smarter scientists using more complex equipment are beginning to unlock the power of the mind and its plastic nature capable of self-inducing … 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 University Killer: Online Peer–to-Peer Learning
According to a recent YouGov SixthSense report, the debt of UK university students adds up to nearly £20bn. Students starting university this year could end up paying a whopping £60k for their education. Having graduated myself just a few years ago, the prospect of paying three times the amount my Mum paid for her first home may have been enough to … Read More
Why You Should Be Leading From The Bottom
From the moment we leave the womb we enter a world in which our survival relies on our ability to comply with those in authority. First it’s our parents, then it’s our school teachers and finally it’s the boss. It then comes as no surprise that questioning authority is a trait that most of us feel ill equipped and so … Read More
Making your past useful
You hear it all the time, someone complaining about how they would do things differently if only they were back at school, didn’t have kids or if they were ten years younger, but why are we so quick to overlook the now? It’s easy to complain about what you coulda shoulda done – everyones has regrets, but if years later … Read More
Upgrade Your Thinking
Every year technology companies spend millions of pounds updating their operating systems in order to stay in the game. Microsoft recently brought us Windows 8 and Apple, OS X Mountain Lion but when was the last time you did an upgrade on your own system? Too many people accept their old way of thinking even when they haven’t been getting … Read More