Go With the Flow I’ve just finished reading ‘Flow’ by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Thankfully the book title is well known enough in personal development circles to simply refer to it by its title. But for those of you eager to impress, it’s ‘Mike Chicks-sent-me-high’,...
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All You Need Is Love
Love is all you need On a certain level I believe this to be true. In an ideal world where our love for our fellow human beings is vast and unconditional, there is no reason for conflict and war; every man, woman and child is sufficiently fed and nurtured; and the...
Fall seven times, stand up eight
Building Personal Resilience The Japanese proverb, ‘Fall seven times, stand up eight’ has often inspired me not to give up when life throws me a curveball. But it’s not only persistency of effort that constitutes resiliency, there are other aspects that I was reminded...
Motivation – 20 strategies for sustained success
Get motivated Do you embark on projects full of gusto but run out of steam before you’re even halfway? Do you start out strong but rarely reach the finish line? Learn some simple steps to get motivated and stay on track. Even the biggest procrastinator will find a...
Build your Personal Brand using Positive Psychology
How positive psychology can build your personal brand Personal Branding is often in the media these days. It seems everyone’s at it. Creating a, sometimes well-crafted, public persona that’s communicated to all you meet and populated throughout social media, touching...
Be a Learning Leader
How becoming a learning leader gives you the edge Your school days may be in the past but there are numerous benefits to continuous learning. Here are a few ways you can become a learning leader. Re-visit your field of expertise The “use-it-or-lose-it” phenomenon...
Use a goal-setting template
What’s your goal? Alice came to a fork in the road. “Which road do I take?” she asked. “Where do you want to go?” responded the Cheshire cat. “I don’t know,” Alice answered. “Then,” said the cat, “it doesn’t matter.” (Taken from Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’.)...
6 Leadership Lessons from the Ice Bucket Challenge
What can leaders learn from the from the Ice Bucket Challenge? If you’ve got a social media account you won’t have escaped the recent domination of Ice Bucket Challenge posts in your news feed. In case you missed it, it’s a charitable activity to raise awareness and...
New Happiness Express website and blog!
Welcome to the new Happiness Express website and blog! Happiness Express Coaching has been inspiring happiness and high performance across the globe since its inception in 2010. I’ve been located in Amsterdam, London and Sydney and worked with clients in-person and...









