“Let him who would move the world, first move himself.” ~ Socrates ~ Motivation Monday - Richard's Insight It can be easy to have a principled approach and then to tell others that they 'should' follow these principles too. However, the very people that are shouting these principles … [Read more...]

  “Environment is everything. Your friends can either kill dreams or inspire possibility. Choose...” ~ Scott Dinsmore ~ Motivation Monday - Richard's Insight Scott Dinsmore is worth looking up. He quit his job, spent 4 years floundering around with a blog going nowhere. Then created an … [Read more...]

  “ It's easy to think that people will like you more if you do whatever they tell you to do, but it's quite the opposite. People don't appreciate pushovers - they use them. ” ~ Osayi Emokpae Lasisi ~ Motivation Monday - Richard's Insight Sounds harsh, but it's true! Unless we respect … [Read more...]

    'Your mindset can make you or break you - you get to decide, what's it to be?" ~ Richard W J Brown ~ Motivation Monday - Richard's Insight The power of thought is immense! I am not speaking about bending a spoon by sheer thought here; instead I am talking about how our thoughts … [Read more...]

  "It’s never too late to be the person we might have been" ~ George Eliot ~ Motivation Monday - Richard's Insight Sometimes we get dealt a bad hand in life. We could feel that we were born at the wrong time or in the wrong place. Maybe we didn't do too well at school, in a career, … [Read more...]

"Really, how much is enough?" ~ J. David Stein  ~ Motivation Monday - Richard's Insight   The difference between need and want is something I discuss quite a lot with my mentees. We might want a yacht moored in Monaco, but do we really need one, or are we happy to have a small … [Read more...]

"Financial peace isn't the acquisition of stuff. It's learning to live on less than you make, so you can give money back and have money to invest. You can't win until you do this." ~ Dave Ramsey ~ Motivation Monday - Richard's Insight Money is not the root of all evil...the love of money … [Read more...]

 "By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day." ~  Robert Frost ~ Motivation Monday - Richard's Insight   Isn't it interesting how we can become conditioned? In the work place, we do well, we get promoted, then we work … [Read more...]