Introduction I made a decision to read avidly in the summer of 2011 when an ex-manager challenged me to open my mind to the possibilities that books could feed my mind with. This advice was supplemented by the words of Will Smith in a video compilation on YouTube called: Will Smith’s Words of Wisdom. 5…
In this section I spoke about the three concepts behind my tagline “Understand Reach Expand” – Understand focuses on developing knowledge and context behind your strengths, your purpose and how to move forward in life – Reach is about visualising, planning and strategising for success – Expand is based on systemising and networking to get…
How the Journey began On the 25th of January 2016, I began a journey that has and will change the direction of my life forever. Whether this is on a positive big or small scale I am yet to know, but I have come to learn a few things on the way. This was the…
The BYP (Black Young Professionals) Network called me to give a speech and host their event “Summer Mingle,” to mobilise, thought-provoke and empower the professionals at the event. Hosting was something exciting and new for me! The video is introduced by the founder Kike and leads to me giving the first part of the speech….
Intro… People always ask me, “Michael how can I improve my networking skills?” In this post I will attempt to answer this question as best as I think possible, based on what I have learnt through experience, and what I have seen others do. Now for these guys to ask me this question implies that…
Every time you say something you imprint a pattern of understanding into your mind. This means overtime when you repeat certain words, phrases or beliefs, your mind is learning a new song i.e. one that it will sing back to you. With this in mind, it is very important to use the right words and…
The Story This post is directed to people in their mid and late 20s. I have had many discussions post-university about how disappointed and surprised we were when we realised that university was not necessarily the answer to what we thought we wanted to do. Here is what I call the story: In the UK…
Introduction Let’s get things straight… It is difficult to ignore money and how much influence it has in our lives. People like to bang out the cliché “Money does not buy you happiness”, and by now many of you have heard of a reply to that. From a very metaphysical and spiritual sense it…
Developing the right type of System is key to employing an effective strategy towards becoming Successful! Systems usually involve: Timeliness Clarity Criteria Organisation Documentation Replication Do your systems have these and if so to what degree? WATCH the video above to find out more!
Over the past few months there has been a huge number of distressing incidents that have happened primarily in London. With all of these terrible events occurring in hand, it appears as though timely events have occurred pulling strings on puppets. We as a nation must not, cannot, and will not be defeated mentally by…
I started the gym again about 10 weeks, and although it is still early days I really appreciate the commitment I currently have. I had stopped gym because I was recovering from aa shoulder operation and also had “poor time and money management”. The great workouts, HIIT routines, and continuous reps have designed a mind…
Productivity is key to making sure you can position yourself to deliver outputs that you set out to deliver. There are two key ways in order for you to do this: Your Phone’s calendar: This is extremely easy to do but we do not always make it a simple task. All it requires is for…
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