Seven years ago, almost to the day, I was made redundant.  Needless to say, I was somewhat upset (in truth, enormously upset, stressed and angry!). Oddly the lady that told me I was being made redundant, said to me “One day you’ll look back on this and think it’s one of the best things that...Read More

So often we ignore what makes us special, or worse still, we don’t even know about it. I had to have it pointed out to me that I had a way with written words. It was a best friend’s wife who commented that I always wrote something eloquent on a birthday or Christmas card. I...Read More

I’m an imposter. I feel it almost every day. Every time I call a coaching client I get that feeling that they shouldn’t be paying me to help them. It doesn’t last long because I’ve become nimble at circumventing these thoughts and getting on with my job. Have you ever felt like an imposter? You’ve...Read More

The breath; our key source of life. Without it, we can’t survive longer than a few minutes, yet we spend most of our life completely unconscious of it. We’re always told that we use only a tiny fraction of our brain, and to imagine what would be possible if we could really tap into it....Read More

Whether you are well on your way to self improvement nirvana or just starting off on your journey, there is always room for a bit of scientific experimentation. We are constantly fed information about what is the best way to live our lives. Whether it is about what food to eat and when to eat...Read More

Covid-19 has completely changed the way we have to work. Granted, a lot of you would have already been working from home on and off. Perhaps one or two days a week. However, working full time from home is a completely different kettle of fish. We, Ollie and James; the Better Work Heroes founders, are...Read More

I’m sure you can bring to mind a really big goal you want to achieve. Something that is radically different from what you have right now. What would it feel like to achieve it? Setting goals is an important tool for moving forward in life, succeeding in our career and generally becoming a better person....Read More

We’ve all been there. You need to get a task done but for some reason or other you just can’t concentrate. There are so many other things that seem to be far more interesting than what it is you really need to be doing right now. Being able to focus on what you are doing...Read More

Our personality traits have a huge influence over how we live our lives, simply because we believe that they represent who we are. What if I said that you could be anybody you wanted to be? If you could determine what your personality traits are and use them as and when you needed them, how...Read More

When you last searched for a new job, how did you find the process? Was it hard work to get interviews? Was it nerve-wracking going through the interview stages and knowing there were several people at least as good as you going for the job? What if you had a head start? What if your...Read More