Working around Injuries by Focusing on the End Goal not the Chosen Path
The year is passing quickly and I am already halfway through the second stage of this year’s training plan. Unfortunately, […]
In the 20 Mile March of your Lean Journey, it’s OK to Stop to Catch Your Breath
I don’t know what it’s been like in your company since the Covid-19 pandemic started but in ours we’ve been […]
Happy New Year – Are You Ready to Start Changing into Your Next Self?
On the first day of the New Year I like to think about what the coming year might look like. […]
Preparing for the New Year – How to Turn Your New Year’s Resolutions into a Solid Action Plan You Will Actually Achieve
Have you ever made ambitious New Year’s Resolutions only to find that three months in they have fallen by the […]
Personal Growth – Why breaking things down into systems helps us learn new and difficult skills
I am at Taekwondo training. My instructor has two hand mitts held up in front of me. We are practicing […]
Operation Flight – My first hand experience of the dreaded ‘Keto Flu’
My last post was about beginning a journey of weight loss in order to achieve some of my martial arts […]
Last Push in the Year of Transformation – Operation Flight
If you’ve been following my 2020 health and fitness journey, you will know that I have been working through what […]
The Year of Transformation – Courage and the Road to Black Belt
When I started on this journey of a Year of Transformation back at the beginning of 2020 I had no […]
Lean Reflections – Why Looking Back can be Key to Looking Forwards
Every three years the Lean Certification granted to me by the Society for Manufacturing Engineers (SME) comes up for re-certification. […]
How far can you go? Pushing the limits of mental barriers to achieve more
We’ve had our rowing machine for a couple of years now and I can’t say I’ve been a fan. Ironically, […]
100 Days Sugar Free and the Year of Transformation
If someone had told me a year ago that I would celebrate the holidays without indulging in a single sugary […]
From Intentional Business to Intentional Living – Adapting the Flywheel concept to drive your personal development journey
I am a student of business as much as a student of life. I am fascinated by what makes a […]
Moving forwards when motivation has gone the way of the Dodo
If I’d known that maintaining a healthy, intentional lifestyle would be so hard I probably would never have started. Fortunately, […]
It’s the process of intentional living that matters, not the results
When we focus exclusively on specific results as the measure of success we rise and fall on those results alone
Halfway through the Year of Transformation – Why ‘Being Tougher’ is What’s Next
‘If you want to be tougher mentally, it is simple: be tougher. Don’t meditate on it.’ – Jocko Willink So […]
Lean Leadership – The importance of having a clear target vision for your lean transformation.
One of the key pitfalls that companies fall into as they embark on a lean transformation is failing to establish a clear vision of what lean will look like when implemented in their business.
Minimalism – I can’t believe we ever had that many toys
Recently I was going through some old phone photos and videos. They were from a few years ago when my […]
Last Push in the Year of Transformation – Operation Flight
If you’ve been following my 2020 health and fitness journey, you will know that I have been working through what […]