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Getting ready to change

Start here if you can see the problem, know what you need to do, but you still aren’t moving. We’ll show you what’s really holding you back and what actually has to happen before any real change becomes possible.

  • The Drug Mis-Influence Tendency

    How Substances (Legal and Otherwise) Keep You Stuck There’s a concept I call the Drug Mis-Influence Tendency that distorts our perception of the world. When this happens, we become vulnerable to harm, often without realising we’re at risk. Things like drugs and alcohol are the main culprits. You just need to witness the carnage in…

  • Congruence Bias

    Why You Keep Taking the Same Road and Expecting a Different Destination I’d like to talk about stubbornness for a moment. Stubbornness can work for us or against us. I often see people disadvantaged by a stubborn tendency, people who carry on doing what they’ve always done yet possibly expecting a different result. I also…

  • Information Bias

    One of the general underlying trends for the last few chapters has been about taking action (or the lack of it). This problem is confounded because often we don’t realise this is what we need to do, or what it is we have to do. There’s another bias that needs to be discussed with this…

  • Probabilistic Thinking

    By now, I hope you’re beginning to accept that how you see the world, and a lot of how you think, is influenced by your cognitive biases. These aren’t occasional quirks. They’re running constantly in the background, affecting every decision you make, every interpretation you create, every judgement you form. Most of what you do…

  • Introduction to From Stuck to Started

    You’ve done the hard work of Stage 1. You’ve looked honestly at where you are, understood why you’ve been stuck, and started to see and change the thinking patterns that have been holding you back. That takes courage, and most people never get even this far. They remain all talk and no action, and this…

  • Getting on the Coach

    Maybe you’re at home right now, sitting there reading this with a coffee, thinking about all the things you should have done but never got around to, or maybe you’re thinking of the things you should do but you find it difficult to take the first step. You’ve got dreams, plans and good intentions. Possibly…