Years ago, when I was studying Ayurvedic medicine in London, one of my professors, Dr Maroof Athique, stunned the lecture hall when reading a passage from a 3000-year-old Sanskrit medical …
How Your DNA Affects Your Resilience
In the field of behavioural psychology there is plenty of evidence that the way in which we view stress – either as enhancing or debilitating – can change our physical, …
The Simple Morning Habit That Doubles Your Mental Performance
Do you struggle to maintain consistent focus and alertness throughout the morning? Do you feel like you can’t power through without a regular intake of caffeine or carbs? It’s likely …
Hack Your Sleep To Improve Your Performance
You will spend 30% of your life sleeping Neuroscientist Russel Foster calls sleep ‘the single most important behaviour experience humans have’. Once you do the maths, it’s hard to argue with …
Become Your Own Curator
In their book ‘Rework’, Basecamp founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson advocate we run our business with the same ruthless selectivity as a museum curator. Only the best pieces …
The Leader As Elite Athlete: Why It’s Ok To Cheat
Faster, higher, stronger. The Olympic motto powerfully captures the spirit of elite sport as the desire to push to the limits of human performance. So why are we not promoting …
Why Elon Musk’s Sci-Fi Dreams May Just Be The Ticket
Elon Musk recently announced his intention to develop a neural lace – a kind of interface that could be implanted in the brain that would allow humans to download and …
Is your DNA controlling your mindset & behaviour?
Former GE CEO Jack Welch once famously said that 3 out of 5 leadership traits are innate. These traits are energy, passion and the ability to energise or engage others. …
How Genetic Profiling Can Give Your Leadership An Unfair Advantage
Understanding your strengths and weaknesses is undoubtedly one of the best ways to improve your leadership and team-building capability, as well as navigating through life successfully and effortlessly. Assessing our …
If You Want To Change The World, Change Your Biochemistry
If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. …
