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When imagination is a bad thing
Video (0:01:46) recorded by Martin Palethorpe.
Martin talks about the downside of your imagination, how it can make things up that leave us less effective and more stressed.
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The danger of striving for perfect
Video (0:03:47) recorded by Martin Palethorpe.
Martin talks about the danger of striving for perfect. He has a client, when nothing is ever good enough. The client is always beating himself up, living in the expectation that life and everything in it should be perfect.
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Quieten your noisy mind
Video (0:04:05) recorded by Martin Palethorpe.
Martin Palethorpe talks about the noisy mind, and gives some insightful tips as to what you can do about it.
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Feeling stressed? It's all made up.
Article first published on LinkedIn.
But before you get angry with me at suggesting it, please read on… A shift in your thinking is the only real cure to a stress-free existence. And there are two (life-changing) elements to this.
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Mind Out of the Way (2min version)
Video (1:55) recorded during a UK conference for agency leaders.
"Just think of your own experience. How can we sometimes be amazing - inspiring, inspired, effective, productive and yet at other times we can be totally the opposite".
Exploring the way the human mind works in creating our experience.
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Mind out of the way (full speech)
Video (0:29:53) recorded during a UK conference for agency leaders.
Video (1:55) recorded during a UK conference for agency leaders.
"How can we sometimes be amazing - inspiring, inspired, effective, productive and yet at other times we can be totally the opposite".
Exploring the way the human mind works in creating our experience.