Do you use your energy well to build your mental strength?

Don’t know about you, but a lot of people are feeling low on energy right now and are asking us how they can build Mental resilience – from sports players, to successful entrepreneurs - mental strength really is the new Zeitgeist

The truth is, to get the most out of life, we all deserve the practical tools to mentally thrive and guess what – just like building our physical strength, we can all build our mental resilience

Sound good? OK, so, how do we do that then?

The first thing to be aware of is that ensuring we refuel and recharge results in mental strength. Failing to recharge or refuel weakens our mental capacity and leaves us less strong and less able to perform at our best

Many people don’t know how to recharge or refuel - do you?

If we are honest, we often feel overwhelmed, frazzled and flagging rather than flexible, and flourishing

The reality is, personal energy is renewable...

Defined in physics as the capa...

A lot of us are feeling stuck right now, struggling to take a step forwards 

With so much that is unsettling and changing in our world today, having a familiar routine, a path to step along, even if it’s just for a tiny portion of our day, can be the super useful step we can all take to keep us healthy and feeling strong in both mind and body 

This is because taking small steps forwards on a path can give us the positive feeling that we are in control and making progress in our lives, despite being surrounded by chaos 

So, what sort of familiar routine really makes the biggest difference?  

A lot of us know that incorporating some form of movement (exercise) and some form of meditation can often really help. The third practice which experts often recommend is a regular mind-set practice 

Sound a bit unusual? 

Well, recent research from Harvard now confirms what the Ancient Greeks already knew – the mind-set practice of self-reflection is a real game-changer 

Purposeful self-re...

So here’s a thing, ask over 1 billion people on the planet what they were doing on Sunday 18th December 2022 and most likely they will say 'watching the World Cup final’. Nothing enchants so many of us at the exact same point in time, so much as watching the World Cup

What's more, do you know what are the all-time most watched single-network television broadcasts in the US? According to Nielsen, of the 32 most-watched broadcasts, 30 are Super Bowls

In Feb 2022 over 101 million people watched the Superbowl, in the US alone, including 75% of 18-34 year olds. What’s more, in 1969 an estimated 652 million people watched the live broadcast of the Apollo 11 moon landing (approx. 1/5 of the world's population at the time)

There are lots of reasons why we gather together to watch great achievements, to feel a sense of belonging, to feel the awe and excitement of another’s accomplishments and to feel inspired at the potential we have as humans

We are awestruck by the speed of the game, the ...

Look around and you will see that a lot of us feel overwhelmed and unfulfilled. We live each day with an uncomfortable feeling that we don’t really know why we are here, how to spend our time and what really makes us tick

What’s more, so many of us live like this that for a lot of us, we actually think this is ‘normal’. So, to get rid of the uncomfortable feelings of feeling overwhelmed, unfulfilled and that we may be ‘not doing life right’ – we develop the behaviours and habits of self-soothing with shopping, alcohol, drugs, sugar, social media, and even expensive holidays to ‘escape’ our day-to-day life

We don’t love this behaviour, yet we feel OK about our habits because we look around and see that’s what everyone else is doing – so we are normal

The thing is, honestly is normal really good enough for your one and precious life?

Who even invented ‘normal’ – did they really know what would make you, yes you, happy? Frankly, we know enough now that the shareholders of the companie...

I don’t know about you, but don’t you find yourself getting so bogged down in how ‘stressed’ or ‘busy’ you are?

For most of us, the last thing on our minds is thinking about how we can be playful!

The thing is, what if we are missing out on one of the most important secrets to living a long and happy life? Being Playful is about building your ability to enjoy life, and its adventures. It’s about regaining a childlike curiosity, determination and wonder at what is possible, together with a belief in your ability to thrive and bounce back from adversity

Being Playful equips us to understand how we can build our hope and openness to future possibilities - and doing all of this with a genuine, relaxed smile

Being Playful means, we are more resilient, able to adapt to change more quickly, and create a more holistic sense of who we are ...

At home, at work, in our whole life - as a partner, a parent, a team-player, a friend, a leader, an enthusiast for a particular sport or hobby. Loo...

A lot of people ask us about how they can be more confident...

We love this question because one of the reasons we created Progressfull was to help people with exactly this type of challenge by sharing our magic formula

At Progressfull, when we think about confidence, we call it ‘choosing’ confidence, because it is something we actively choose to do, it doesn’t just happen

Choosing Confidence is an activity we need to practice

Choosing Confidence is about learning how to gain self-assurance, poise and self-belief. Learning how to trust yourself and know you are enough. The thing is most people do not realise the symbiotic relationship between practice and confidence and this is really important for us to grasp

Learning how to Choose Confidence happens small step by small step

It is just like building any muscle, it takes time, it takes consistency, and it happens through practice. There is no magic wand, yet there is a magic formula

Understanding the beliefs, behaviours, and m...

'Quiet quitting’ is the new work trend – what if rather than quietly quitting on work, you are quietly quitting on you?

Quiet quitting was first talked about on Twitter by Dr Justin Carrington in March 2022. He warned of an age of 'quiet quitting' due to burnout, poor leadership, and lack of empowerment. Next thing it was all over TikTok, where users promoted it as an alternative to joining ‘the Great Resignation’, seeing disillusioned workers resign post lockdown, as companies gave up WFH. However, the problem then became finding another job

The idea of quiet quitting is that more people are choosing to simply meet their job description, do the minimum required, and even wait in the wings for redundancy to be handed out

The thing is, if this is you (and according to a recent Gallup poll you are not alone, 50% of the US workforce are quiet quitting) it’s not just work - you could also be quiet quitting your passions, your dreams, your relationships, your friendships, or other commit...

How does a great leader lead through an era of quiet quitting, recession, burnout and internal and external unrest – often whilst feeling pretty burnt out themselves? 

As a leader today, there really is so much challenge and change, there are so many changes in internal and external politics, policies and people, it is often really hard to know even where to start, what do our teams actually need and how on earth do we find the energy and skills to share it with them?

Will our bosses help us? Sometimes yes, sometimes no, sometimes they are actually pretty overwhelmed themselves

So what to do, what does great leadership through change really look like?

What our teams really need from us at this time, is for us to set a new direction and share a compelling vision of the future so they can see the possibilities and what success looks like. Our role when leading change is to help others become accustomed to the rollercoaster ride of emotions and vulnerabilities that change creates - h...


As Dina Asher-Smith, the British sprinter says, “you can’t run fast with baggage, you gotta throw it out”

To be honest, I am a bit of a cliché. First teams for sport at school, good degree, high flying career – got it all, you may say. And you would be right, the ‘all’ including a lot, and I mean, a lot - of baggage

But this isn’t about me, this is about you and frankly, what I want to share with you so that you can stop wasting your time and start living life on a totally different level, start enjoy running really, really fast – because you may well think that the way you feel today, successful on the outside, with baggage on the inside – is the only way to be. You may think you have reached your potential and the thought of really ‘taking it up a level’, really smashing it, really running fast – at work, at home, in your whole life - is something you just don’t have the time and energy for

Well, I am hear to tell you – go for it!

This isn’t about the toxic over performance you...

How do I futureproof myself? Is one of the questions you may hear a lot, we certainly do...

Today, there is so much change, so many politics, so many unforeseen opportunities and risks – how to navigate the world of work to have a successful future, is not always immediately obvious

One of the biggest shocks for people is that the answer is not to keep your head down, being diligent, and do your best. This is not a blueprint for future success

Surprised? You are not alone...

Trusted by over 14,000 senior executives, high performers and high potentials, we don’t just know what good looks like, we know what great looks like. In reality, we can see that very few outwardly successful people actually know and truly understand the rules of the game we call business. It doesn’t matter how great you think you are - if no one else thinks you’re great then you’re never going to progress and be truly successful in the world of work - today or tomorrow

We observe that most outwardly successfu...