Welcome to Internal Hurdles. This is built around a single, honest premise: setbacks happen to everyone. The question was never whether you’d face them. It’s whether you have the tools, the understanding, and the mindset to get back up when they do. Most of the obstacles standing between you and the life you want aren’t…
You want to change. You know you need to change. Maybe you’ve read the books, made the plans, set the goals. But when you try to actually do something different, your brain puts up a fight. Every single time. Often inconsistency-avoidance tendency is to blame, and it’s often the reason change feels so bloody difficult…
Most people who struggle to make progress aren’t struggling because they lack intelligence, talent, or desire. They’re struggling because they’re trying to do it alone, surrounded by the wrong people, in groups that are quietly working against them. We’ve already looked at some of the internal hurdles that keep you stuck: the stress that quietly…
Most achievements happen one unremarkable step at a time. Not dramatic. Not inspiring. Not worthy of a motivational poster. Just you, showing up, doing the same thing, and repeating. Small steps every day in the right direction. Building momentum. Keeping going. And eventually, if you stay on track and keep moving, you get to where…
You’re stuck. You know you need to move. You’ve been stationary too long, but you’re not moving. What you need is leverage. Archimedes, the ancient Greek mathematician, is supposed to have said something that’s stuck with me throughout my career: give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum to place it on, and I…
Sometimes gradual doesn’t cut it. Sometimes you need to burn the bridges. Disruptive change is major change that happens all at once. It’s not gradual, it’s not incremental, it’s not marginal gains compounded over time. It’s sudden, complete, and irreversible. It’s the opposite of everything we’ve discussed about small steps and one percent improvements. But…
By now, the honeymoon period is over and the excitement has worn off, and you’re staring at the reality of what you’ve signed up for. You’ve already found out the obstacles are bigger, the path is harder, and part of you is still wondering if you should just go back into your old life. The…
You can rewire your brain. Most people just don’t bother. Your brain, its structure and how it works, isn’t fixed. It isn’t hardwired, and it isn’t the finished article you’ve been handed and have to make do with for the rest of your life. I know that’s not what it feels like when you’ve thought…
You’ve finished this course, which was designed to help you cope when you find yourself in a new situation. Well done, genuinely, for getting this far. I hope you’ve reflected after each article and made some small changes in your mindset, your approach, and your life. Most people don’t get this far. I told you…
The purpose of this article is to get you to the point of full commitment. If you’ve been working through this hub in order, you’re somewhere between 25% and 50% of your journey. You’ve made the choice to start and leave the old you behind. You’ve started moving and you’ve got to keep moving up…