Trawl for Gold on The River Blog

“To be doubtful is uncomfortable to be certain is absurd.” Voltaire to Frederick 2nd of Prussia 4:6:1761 A good few years back when I was having a particularly difficult time about being certain about some things my father gave me a small...

Five things to STOP…! 1 Talking to yourself in negative ways Everything's hopeless; wish I was slimmer, brighter, richer; it was definitely something I must have done that made them react like that. 2 Slipping into victim mode Beating...

This post follows on from my last one Why To Do Lists Don’t Work when I shared some ways to help you take back control of your time. I talked about the importance of having a compelling reason as to why the things on your list are important...

They need a compelling reason! Making to do lists might make you feel better in the short term, but very frustrated in the long term. And that’s because to do lists without a compelling reason to complete them, are little more than an...

 … is to ask yourself better questions I always say “you don’t know what you don’t know until you do”. And that basically means until we’re able to see alternatives, get new perspectives, see different options that are open to us, it can be...

Have I done the right thing? I’ve been thinking recently how change of any sort can throw up lots of different thoughts and feelings such as “have I done the right thing”, “what happens if X, Y or Z doesn't materialise”, “what's the future...