Plans are simply flexible guidelines, not rigid commandments, and accepting their inherent adaptability helps us make better decisions.

Emotion regulation encompasses the processes through which we influence what we feel, when we feel it, how we experience emotions...

Note to Self: Perfectionism is a tool, not a trait. Use it wisely. Perfectionism is often portrayed as a negative part of personality...

This week’s short "Note to Self" to keep your thinking on track… Almost everyone knows that to perform well through adversity and beyond,

This week’s short "Note to Self" to keep your thinking on track… Rules, goals, deadlines are not dire necessities. Even so, people have a...

This week’s short "Note to Self" to keep your thinking on track… When an important process, performance, or relationship goes wrong it's...

This week’s short "Note to Self" to keep your thinking on track… We rarely get stuck in the future. Yet it is better to get stuck in our...

Should we control the controllable? In sport and performance psychology we have a famous phrase... Control the controllable.

I think this sentence in the first few pages of Andre Agassi's Autobiography "Open" is striking.

This week’s short "Note to Self" to keep your thinking on track… "Why should I?" An often voiced protest I hear in the face of unfairness,

This week’s short "Note to Self" to keep your thinking on track… The ability to be able to perform under pressure is over-rated. It's...

It's hard, if not impossible to learn effectively when stressed. The networks of neurones in our brains have to choose. Do I learn or do...

In the world of business and entrepreneurship going global represents, for many, the ultimate success. Reaching people in the farther...

We spend so much time pushing uncomfortable emotions away that we often don't realise their potential to help us move forward. Today's...

When I started my PhD studies I remember arriving at the university and seeing the corridor walls decorated with motivational quotes from...

As I begin to formulate today's article I am reminded of Henry Ford's famous quote "Whether you think you can or think you can't. You're...

There are lots of little things that we can do to understand ourselves better and help ourselves out when the stresses, pressures, and...

When we talk about psychology it can often be the case that the practical application of abstract ideas is a challenge and one of my...

When we sit back and consider the conclusions that people often draw about themselves or others, it becomes more evident that errors in...

When the Modern Olympic Games came into being it was motivated by the observation that sport has the power to help us understand life’s...