Author name: Jason Doyle

What’s the last mistake you made? Think of how it made you feel or how it caused you to behave. A common reaction is to inwardly cringe and try to forget it. But this is a missed opportunity, we should all learn from mistakes, as the author Richard Bach says: “Mistakes – call them unexpected […]

We all make mistakes, like tripping on a curb, breaking wind in an elevator, missing a deadline or saying the wrong thing. Most are small, but sometimes they’re life changing ones. They impact us in different ways. Two people can make the same mistake – one person can move on with little thought, whilst the

A pessimist tends to focus more on the negative than the positive. A personality trait which seems to be on the up. People I’ve spoken to have said that over the last few years they’ve become more pessimistic. Something which I’ve also noticed in myself. So, I wanted to understand more about what pessimism is,

The feeling of success is like a shooting star, it lights up life briefly and then fades. In contrast the feeling of failure fills the darkness, being more abundant and ever present. Feeling like a failure appears to be our default setting. It’s the darkness between the brief brilliant glow of the shooting star. But

We go through life getting stuff done, an endless list of things that we need to tick off. Work projects, decluttering the garage, booking holidays, sorting out car insurance… The list is truly endless, once we tick off one thing it’s replaced by another. This is one of the chores of life and in a

We develop most in life when things push us out of our comfort zone. Criticism is one of those things. Taken to heart it can ruin your day and damage your self-confidence. Here are 3 methods to help you better deal with criticism. Personally, I’ve received lots of criticism, both at work and in my

The world is a connected and social place. We’re exposed to the lives of a wide variety of people; friends, colleagues, neighbours and celebrities. Even more so through the use of social media, television, blogs and podcasts. We’re inundated with details of their lives, especially their successes, their nice cars, luxurious lifestyle, beautiful partner and

The fear of failure can be a deciding factor for how well you do in life. It’s influenced the choices I’ve made. For me it was the fear of failure of public speaking. Because of this fear I didn’t risk public speaking. Which resulted in a wasted opportunity for career development and personal growth. The

The chaos of clutter – this has got to be one of the few things that makes me swear out loud. Stuff falling out of cupboards, struggling to shut draws, not being able to find anything. All minor but highly annoying things. But taking time out of my day to declutter was not my first

The practice of gratitude has been around for a while. I’d given it a wide berth because I struggled to see the value in it. However, the more I read about it and its benefits the more I was tempted to give it a go. So, I did a good amount of research and summarised