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Thoughts on leadership,
building & resilience.

No corporate fluff. No AI-generated platitudes. Just honest perspectives from someone who's been through it.

Resilience5 min read

Keep Moving When Nothing Makes Sense

You don't need a perfect plan to make progress. Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is take the next step when you can't see the staircase.

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Mindset4 min read

Not Everything You Do Will Be Seen

Some of the most important things you'll ever do will happen in silence. No applause. No recognition. And that's exactly why they matter.

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Relationships4 min read

Know Your Place in People's Lives

Stop accepting the bare minimum from people who should be giving you everything. If you have to question where you stand, you already have your answer.

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The Difference Between Good Leaders and Great Leaders

Good leaders make you believe in them. Great leaders make you believe in yourself. Here's what I've learned about leadership that no MBA programme will teach you.

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Why Failure Is Your Greatest Teacher

Everyone talks about success stories. Nobody talks about the breakdown that came before. Here's why your worst day might be the most important day of your life.

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You Can't Get Rich By Sleeping.

Most of you will know I only sleep for 4 hours a day, I can survive on less but to function for the 20 hours I need in my day, 4 is the minimum I need...

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Wasted Time?

The last 6 months I have been offline from most of my social media platforms, mainly because I realised just how much time I was wasting seeing my new...

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The Circle You Are In?

Growing up I used to have lots of friends, my father used to always say that I have way too many and my circle should be smaller.   Curious to...

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Pack Up and Go!

My father used to say life is like a passport, it’s empty until you get some travel stamps.   Never really knew what he meant until he pass...

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Resilience Will Give You Strength.

Think about that statement for even just a second. Life has probably given you plenty of knocks, what did you let it do to you?   Now if you are...

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Which Chapter Are You On?

I was explaining to my daughter the other day about how our lives are similar to chapters in a book. Sadly, we can’t skip any chapters as that is...

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Change The Way You Look At Things

A famous writer was in his study room. He picked up his pen and started writing: Last year, I had a surgery and my gallbladder was removed. I ha...

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Don’t Hide Your Struggles

My father used to say, don’t hide your scars as they make you who you are! It’s easy for any of us to put on a mask and protect our image and co...

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Who is In and Who is Out?

Over the last few months, I have met some amazing people via Linked In. At the same time many people have exited from my life as well. As I move...

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Which Brand Are You Representing?

Growing up, I used to base my value on how somebody treated me, how successful I was based on how I was living my life. It felt good wearing des...

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Learn to Switch Off

I was speaking at a sales conference not so long ago where this young entrepreneur had come up to me and asked me to sign a copy of my book for him....

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Who Inspires You?

Most of you who have read my book “Fail Your Way to Success” will know of my father! Everyone who has read my book always falls in love with hi...

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Anger is Danger!

What makes you angry when it comes to business? My father used to say, anger is the wind that blows out the candle to the mind. I meet so...

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Be Yourself

My father used to say to me that tomorrow is never promised and the only thing that is more precious than our time, is who we spend it on. I rem...

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Don't Panic!

During some of the darkest periods in my life, I used to wake up to panic and anxiety attacks. I did not even know someone could have a panic or...

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Learning is Earning

My father used to always say to me that learning is earning! I was never a fan of reading books as I always believed you get all the knowledge y...

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Scale Yourself Higher

I always get asked how did you and Iftikhar scale your business to the level it is at today? The answer is simple, we provide everyone with an o...

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Take The Step!

We all go through a period in our life where holding it all together is never as simple as it sounds. Nothing hits harder at you than life does,...

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Remain Humble

One thing my father taught me was to always remain humble. Today, I have never forgotten where I came from and the struggle I faced regardless o...

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Finding The Gold in Someone?

Yesterday I received a text message from my business partner Iftikhar Ahmed saying, Tahar keep up the good work, I can see us taking this to another l...

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Take Some Time Out

When was the last time you took time out for yourself? Taking time out for yourself is actually a gift to everyone else, think about that for a...

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Destined to Meet

My father used to say that when you meet someone, there is always a reason behind it. Either you need them to change your life or you’re the one...

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Looking into Yourself

My father used to say to me, eat glitter for breakfast and sparkle all day, that way it will never let anyone dull your sparkle. When was the la...

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Fly Higher!

Associate yourself with positive people, that’s what everyone keeps getting told if you want to be successful. My father used to say, you cannot...

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Give Yourself Some Credit

There are times in life where we never give ourselves enough credit for who we are. Look at it this way, today you are strong for getting out of...

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If You Need Help?

his week a few people have reached out to me to speak about anxiety, a subject most people tend to just ignore and some will always say, it’s all in y...

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Take Care of You

Staying true to yourself is critical to your success. The reason why many fail is they can’t grasp this simple concept. How can you stay true to other...

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Here to Remind You!

Sometimes we just need a little reminder for the daily battles we may be facing. Les Brown once said we were chosen from 1 in 40 million sperm f...

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Being in a dark place

Being in a dark place is never easy, when you think you have been buried, look at it as if you have been planted. A lot of people would rather F...

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No Such Thing as a Bad Day.

What's the first thing you say when someone asks you, how are you? My reply is always the same as I learned it from Les Brown years ago to say, I am g...

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Empowering The Women of Tomorrow

My father used to always say, "Be the man you would want your daughter to be with" Most of you who know me, know that I have tremendous respect...

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Kind Words Cost Nothing

At one point or another in our lives, we experience pain. The feeling can stay with you a long time and no one knows what you may be going through....

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Take Time Out for Others

This week, two individuals have asked me why I take the time out to speak with them and what's in it for me? I give my time, my knowledge, my e...

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The Door is Closed for a Reason

Most of you have probably experienced rejection at one point in your life, never be disappointing or disheartened if the door is closed. The door is c...

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Do successful people get depressed?

It seems like an odd question, short answer is yes, they do, like everybody else does. Depression hits us all at one point or another with different l...

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New born Inspiration.

We can all take a while to come out of a slump, but when you do and you’re starting to feel motivated again what can help you get re-inspired? Spring...

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Take the time to love you

Take this time of new beginnings and dusting off the cobwebs of your life to focus on the biggest VIP in your life, yourself. Too often we beat...

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Map of the success fundamentals.

Each time you set a goal and start working on it, you’re opening a new journey to follow. Your personal success map grows and you develop yourself in...

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Spring Reflection and Detox

When people talk about detoxing, the first thing that tends to come to mind is juice cleansing and going on fad diets. While these may benefit you in...

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Identifying yourself.

Many people spend an enormous amount of time comparing themselves to others, comparing their looks, cars, jobs, houses, experiences. Remember that thi...

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When Was The Last Time You Had Fun?

Can I ask you something, when was the last time you did something for the first time? If you could go back and speak to your 10 year old self, w...

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Interesting You – Interesting Be.

It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it. – Dale Ca...

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Being the memorable person.

We can all think of people who made our day, people who left a mark on our soul, people who made a positive impact on our psyche and lives, people who...

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Staying motivated and succeeding.

We all lack motivation from time to time, we occasionally hit the snooze button, leave the pile of washing until tomorrow, put off that assignment a f...

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Your happiness, your control.

Happiness and success is something that a lot of people think just happens, but what you need to know, is that you control your success, you control y...

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Keeping up with the Joneses

The trend that seems to happen but doesn’t make any sense is, a lot of people who are on the breadline, those who live month to month, as soon as they...

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When life gives you lemons.

Apparently we should all be making lemonade when we’re given lemons, but why not think about the possibilities of what else we can do with these metap...

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Compromise.

Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break – Jane Wells The art of compromise doesn’t often get associated...

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Space...

No, this isn’t a blog about the universe, or astro-physics, despite its interesting topics for discussion, instead I am talking about another importan...

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Your Mental Wellbeing

As the spotlight has been on mental health week over the past few days, it is an issue we all will face at one point in our lives. No, I don’t m...

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The Positive Angle

Think about when you were feeling really low about yourself, you spoke negatively about everything around you, you failed to see how anything could wo...

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Happiness

Content, pleasure, satisfaction, joy, well-being, success… There are many different adjectives for it, but what can happiness bring? And where is it f...

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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes…

The crossroads, the new paths, the opportunities – what is it that stops you from taking the leap? There are many times we come across a big dec...

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Reflection: Where are you now?

Reflecting on life is something everyone has done at one point or another, dwelling in the past is a different thing altogether. Reflection is o...

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The Mentor

The coach, the motivator, the guidance tutor, the trusty steed, the confidant, the confidence booster – what is the value of having a mentor? There ar...

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Productivity – Praise and Reward

Whether you’re the head person to go to, the person who calls all the shots, the middle man and team leader or the person working their way up, we all...

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The New Place to be...

Sometimes we need to get out of the place we are to realise where we are. I know that sounds a bit ridiculous, but think of the cliché – you don...

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The Cure of the Rut.

We all have them, unforgiving downers, quirks, mood swings, depressive episodes and we all at one point or another get stuck in the well heard of rut....

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The highest valued currency

What do people value most? Their prized possessions? What do people rely on to get their work done? Internet connection? What do people al...

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Relationships: Conflict and Resolve.

In life we meet so many people; some we build relationships with, some we meet for a brief moment in time and will never see again and some who we thi...

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Envision – Dream – Action

It’s time for those lists in the back of the Filofax again and those journal scrawls of dreams you wrote while down and wondering why your life hasn’t...

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5 Traits of the successful leader

I work with CEO’s every day, I watch and support leaders, I am a successful leader of my own company and the questions that are asked of me always are...

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Knowing Yourself.

When we’re pushing ourselves, we learn our boundaries, we learn our limits, we learn about what we enjoy, we learn our strengths and what we need to w...

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What do successful people do?

After studying my own success and other likeminded peoples’ strategies, I thought it would be worthwhile to share these with you too for you to implem...

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Being real, being humble and staying true.

What will make you the successful person that everyone wants to know and do business with? Here are a few qualities to keep in mind and focus on keepi...

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Going ALL in

How many people do you know that have failed and given up? How many of those people are happy? How many of those people took a risk after that?...

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Don’t let anyone rent space in your head!

A lot may have happened in your life where people hurt you in the past. Now, here you are, hating them for what they did to you. You could have...

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What is Success?

The dictionary defines that success is the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. What is your aim? What is your purpose? Many people say –...

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People Who Matter

Think to yourself – who pushes you in your life? Who inspires you to keep going? Who motivates you? Who supports without asking? The answer to...

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Recycle Your Thoughts

Many people in the world suffer from self-doubt, lack of drive, feeling deflated and worthless. Now stop, take a moment and ask yourself – what...

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Positive Thoughts

The power of a positive attitude leads to success in many ways. Taking a simple word such as trying and turning it into **‘I will’** for yoursel...

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You’re the winner when you fail

When you lose, or you fail, it’s almost guaranteed you’ll be feeling a whirlwind of emotions and self-doubt but here’s why failing is your biggest ach...

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Who you used to be?

A lot of people will judge you on who you used to be, what you used to say and what you used to do. And when you start succeeding and they are unhappy...

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Self Approval

What would your life be like, if you decided not to care about what people thought of you? It’s a good question and many people get stuck on th...

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Keys to Self Motivation

It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do, there will be a point in your life you are going to get tired or stuck in a rut where you feel that noth...

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The Power of Giving

In life whatever you give, you will receive. It might not come back to you through a channel but it will come back to you as a law. It’s where...

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Program Your Mind

Your mind is like a computer, how you program it determines practically everything. Occasionally if things are not working out well for us, the...

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Committed to be Committed

We all face situations that look like that they will never work out; you may think you have dreamt too big that you don’t see how things will work out...

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Pipe Dream or Goal?

I read a fact that only 3% of the world’s population have their goals written down. This would not surprise me as when I am on stage speaking,...

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Soaring Your Way to Success

One of major factors towards your success is who you spend your time with; this will have a great impact on how you live your life. I am a great...

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The Measure of Your Life!

Don’t let the measure of your life, be just 6ft! Think about what that statement means for a moment? Many people in life, don’t even kno...

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Are You a Risk Taker

If you are a parent, what’s the first thing you do when you see your child doing something that may hurt them? Parental instinct immediately kic...

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Your Struggles

At any given stage of our lives we will all go through a struggle, during these dark times we become despondent and negative with our thoughts....

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The Past, Present and Future.

Ask yourself this question, how many others are happy for your success? What you will find is people who have never achieved their dreams or go...

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Don't Look Back

Don’t look back at your life, where you are today is what you were and not who you are and can become. People who you thought you can count on, you en...

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Hitting Rock Bottom

***Share to help others*** - There will come a time in life when you can only count your true friends on one hand. These are the friends to treasure,...

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