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Six Questions for Success Part 6/6: The Last Question
I recently celebrated my 38th birthday. A couple of days beforehand, I had one evening where for around two hours I had a crushing low mood and a sense that I was rapidly getting old with not that much to show for it. The feeling was triggered by a song that I heard that reminded…
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Six Questions for Success: Part 5/6
Should you share your goal ideas? Let’s think on this a sec, before I share with you question number five. So there you are, with a goal in mind, maybe something innovative or unique, maybe something a bit wild. Maybe something really boring. Everyone is different. You don’t mind thinking about it throughout the day,…
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Six Questions for Success: Part 4/6 – Establish a framework for research
The dawn of a new idea or goal. Initially exciting but then you realise just how much you don’t know. You realise the massive amount of work to make it happen. Some of that is going to need focus and method. For some, I guess it means taking a little longer to find something out…
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Six Questions for Success Part 3: What makes a job worth doing?
”If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well.” This was the quote, printed in large font on a poster, in the class I used to study cookery in as a teenager. Every time I cooked anything (well, attempted to), there it was, staring back at me, hinting that I could probably do…
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Six Questions For Success: Part 2/6 – How to gain clarity and precision from the start.
Last month, I started a series of posts focusing on the idea of asking six questions to help you steer towards success. The easy way to remember these questions is by the alphabet, starting at the letter ‘O’, and ending in ‘T’. These questions can be asked by anyone, for any goal, and they will…
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Six Questions for Success: Part 1/6 – Develop, manage and deliver on your goals.
The above picture is one of the most dangerous sections of inland river in the United Kingdom. I took a group there recently. The water is 30 feet deep (yes, you read that correctly) and the rocks look tantalisingly close to just hop across. Many have tried and failed to do that. If you want…
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Week 28: Brighouse to Berry Brow
As Spring has most definitely arrived, I have been out adding some more days to my mountain training logbook and trying to learn some new flora. I used to carry a variety of plant ID books round with me but this week trialled something different – Google Lens. While this only really works when it’s…
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Week 27: Sailing Alone – Using the Sea to gain a perspective on the Self
To those who read this – thanks for sticking with me as I prepare to head back outside properly. I’ve been doing a massive amount of physical rehabilitation on my back muscles and it has really made a difference. Back on the trails this weekend….it’s been far too long. So the book – any good?…
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Week 26: Long Way Round
Some of the best experiences in life come when you just don’t bother doing much planning. You just have an idea, get your best mate involved, and ‘go for it’. Such is the story behind Long Way Round. McGregor and Boorman are both actors and bikers. It was McGregor who initially thought of the idea…
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Week 25: A Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut
Suppose you set yourself a goal of becoming an astronaut someday…what kind of things would you need to prepare for? Whatever your answers are before you read this book, I can guarantee that Samantha Cristoforetti will have some surprises in store for you. This is her full account of the training process according to the…
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