It is a coach’s job to motivate, organise and bring together his/her team to ensure that they get the best results possible. Similarly, as a self-developer, it is your job to motivate, organise and bring together your skills (and yourself) in order to leap from the bottom to the best in your field.

Both the coach and the self-developer need a good self awareness (and plan) to get to the top of the chain. The only difference is that the person you’re relying on to get the job done is yourself and only yourself, as opposed to a whole team of other individuals.

In this sense there is something to learn for every self-developer from thinking like a coach. Whether you need to develop a better understanding of your project or a better plan of action; this post is all about how you can introduce the coach mindset into your daily life in small steps that are guaranteed to increase your productivity in both the office and beyond. » Read more..

I’ve forever been a huge fan of Apple, its people, its products and in particular the massive values it stands for as a company. If you’re a frequent reader of One Life Success then you’ll know I’m an entrepreneurial person and thus, naturally for me every bit of Apples values and culture fall very close to home. 

Steve Jobs had been the big pusher behind the values of Apple since the very beginning and it was those values which he’d instilled in it that made the company so successful from the get go.

However these values began to diminish and the company fail after Steve’s departure from the company in the late 1980’s following a disagreement with the board.

He returned in the 1990’s, took the company back to its early values and with himself at the helm and its good old values back intact, led Apple back to success at the top.

Steve Jobs sadly passed away in 2011, leaving his company behind in the hands of Tim Cook. But unlike following the previous departure of Steve from power, Apple has continued to succeed in previous years with Tim Cook refusing to relinquish the many values Apple has always stood for.

In this post I’d like to talk about just a few of the many values Apple stands for today and how they have not only created success for Apple, but how they could be implemented to create success in you and your projects too. » Read more..

In recent weeks I was granted a scholarship to go on and do my further education in the United States of America – permitting the Universities over there accepted me, and for me, that was unbelievable.

There was another girl in the process with five jobs (two of which were her own business), another who spoke three languages and another who played four instruments. But despite such amazing competition – they saw something in me.

And that’s the reason why I’m writing this post today, because I’m sure ‘they’ will find something in you too. The world outside our doors is full of unbelievable experiences. But unbelievable is not the same word as impossible and I’m writing this post today because I want you to believe that anything is possible.

You may be much older than the ‘further education stage’; you may not even want to go into further education, but that’s not what this post is about. This post is about you and why you should assess all possible (or seemingly impossible) directions, before heading down a certain route.

As the exam season draws to a close, the younger generation may be wondering what the point of it all is? To spend two years getting a piece of paper with a sheet of grades on… It’s okay to wonder that. Questioning yourself is the only way that you’ll define that direction, but never question, taking the leap.

I applied on a whim and now I’ve got a scholarship. What’s a better time than now for you to reach for the stars? » Read more..

It’s an important time of year for students and adults alike. Students are on the verge finishing their summer exams and we’re all leaving the winter behind, although it doesn’t always feel like it here in the UK, heading towards a happy summer. But today I bring a lesson too you all, students or not… don’t dwell, just figure out what’s next.

Steve Jobs once said, “I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell for too long. Just figure out what’s next.” And that message has always stuck with me. Just because the wintry exam season is over, this is not the end until next year, but simply the end of this chapter instead.

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