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The most underrated secret to perseverance (and how you can cultivate it)

The 5 ingredients of happiness

Dr Maike Neuhaus

Dec 7, 2020
3 min

The 5 ingredients of happiness

Over the last couple of decades, a few different happiness theories have emerged from the science of positive psychology. The good news is that we are starting to have a long list of scientifically proven, practical strategies to increase happiness. The bad news is that there is still a bit of a mess with regard to pin-pointing the best theoretical model to explain the underlying bigger concepts of these strategies, how many there are, which ones are most important and how th

The 7 skills required to coach yourself

Dr Maike Neuhaus

Nov 23, 2020
4 min

The 7 skills required to coach yourself

Self-coaching is the process of identifying the reason for a misfit between hopes/ intention and outcome, as well as solutions. It’s really the same as coaching, except that you take on the role of both the coachee and the coach. If you have a goal or problem, you can guide yourself through the steps of the GROW model (or any other model you may be more familiar or comfortable with) by asking yourself the corresponding questions. Self-coaching is all about opening one’s own m

The power of coaching to accelerate the self-leadership journey

Dr Maike Neuhaus

Nov 16, 2020
3 min

The power of coaching to accelerate the self-leadership journey

I love coaching. Put simply, coaching is the process of supporting someone’s development in a direction determined by the coachee (i.e. the person being coached) and through methods of active listening, providing feedback and asking questions. Coaching is based on the philosophy that every problem comes with a solution; and, that the best solution for a coachee’s problem is inherent to the coachee themselves rather than the coach. The coach merely provides a guiding framework

7 lifestyle habits that will maximise your self-leadership potential

Dr Maike Neuhaus

Nov 9, 2020
7 min

7 lifestyle habits that will maximise your self-leadership potential

“Health is not everything, but without health everything is nothing.” This famous quote by Arthur Schopenhauer has been in the back of my mind since my dad wrote it into my autograph book when I was about 8 years old. At the time, I resented it because it was so mature and reasonable and didn’t sound very fun to me. But it ultimately led me to study Psychology to understand what let’s people flourish in life. And the foundation of that is health – of our body and our mind. If

The 5 aspects of motivation you should understand before getting frustrated with it

Dr Maike Neuhaus

Nov 2, 2020
4 min

The 5 aspects of motivation you should understand before getting frustrated with it

‘I just don’t feel like it today.’ ‘It was great to begin with, but I lost my mojo after a while.’ ‘I could do it all day long.’ I’m sure you have your way of expressing when you feel motivated or couldn’t be bothered. Everyone always talks about how motivated they are to do something or not. Wouldn’t it be nice, if we could just set a goal and go for it, without ever having to deal with temptations or losing the excitement we had for it in the beginning? To many, motivation

Self-leadership starts with you – but what exactly is self-knowledge and why is it important?

Cognitive dissonance: What it is & 3 things you can do to tame this worst enemy of yours

Are you MISWANTING? 7 things people do that (unknowingly) make them unhappy

Our fight or flight response can save lives – but why are we happy?

Happiness: Skill or circumstance?

Dr Maike Neuhaus

Sep 22, 2020
3 min

Happiness: Skill or circumstance?

Happiness is a big word. What does happiness mean to you? Would you describe it as a feeling? Or as the moment you achieve a certain goal, such as financial freedom? When was a time you were really happy? And what can you do to increase your happiness? I am yet to meet a person who is not similarly intrigued and confused by the topic. Possibly because at the end of the day we all long to be happy. What you hope to achieve in your life, whether big life goals or smaller steppi

Why everyone should learn the art of self-leadership

Dr Maike Neuhaus

Sep 13, 2020
3 min

Why everyone should learn the art of self-leadership

Entrepreneur and motivational speaker, Jim Rohn, famously said, “Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” The concept of self-leadership is certainly not new. Here is why you should learn to master it. The term self-leadership was first coined by Charles C. Manz in the 1980s. Somewhat synonymous with self-mastery, it evolved from the field of professional development and organisational behaviour in the leadership literature. It emerged based on the insight that self-lead

The 8 steps of self-leadership

Dr Maike Neuhaus

Sep 13, 2020
3 min

The 8 steps of self-leadership

Self-leadership is the practice of understanding who you are, identifying your desired experiences and intentionally guiding yourself towards them. Self-leadership is relevant for everyone who wants to live intentionally and with purpose. But how do you do it? In this blog post, I will provide you with an overview of the 8 steps you need to take in order to lead your self. 1) Know yourself The first step is to understand who you are. What is important to you in life? What are

5 facts I wish I would have known earlier about willpower

Dr Maike Neuhaus

Sep 13, 2020
4 min

5 facts I wish I would have known earlier about willpower

Willpower is the control you have over your attention, emotions and your behaviour. If that’s something you want to get a handle on, this article is for you. Willpower is also referred to as self-regulation. It is the power that let’s you delay gratitude so that you achieve the goal you have rather than a quick feeling of pleasure. I like to think about it this way: The mere action of forming a goal creates a discrepancy between what we currently have and what we ‘need’. In o