The New Year comes with usefully motivating ceremony. Don't waste it on a "resolution".

Annual reviews still dominate for most of us. And the stellar annual review we all want to receive takes a year to create. It's never too early to start laying the groundwork. Kick-off your plans with these 12 steps.

Decisions only become impactful when we accompany them with action. Make it your habit to take action at the scene of your decision making.

We might not like the idea of quitting. But our brains love the idea of finishing and feeling complete. Use this phrase to challenge yourself in the moment and choose the satisfying feeling of completion.

A Quality of Thought: "Love the Process".

Don't waste valuable effort with all the external reasoning. Take responsibility when your career is not where you want it to be, starting with these 9 career management mistakes that are holding you back.

A Quality of Thought: "A Result Every Time".

What adds-up to job satisfaction? If you find your work lacking for pure satisfaction, check yourself against this list. And see if you can find new areas to re-discover fulfilment at work.

A Quality of Thought: "Source the pain. Go right at it."

Pitching is a fundamental skill. And our pitch is a fundamental asset. Amplify your message with these brain-based insights: to architect a pitch that really lands with your audience's brain.

A Quality of Thought: "Raise Your Standards".

Work can be draining - especially when working on the next career move. Learn to look after the driving force behind the change - yourself.

A Quality of Thought: "From Something to Something More".

"I'll be happy when … " signs us up for a deferred life. And such thinking can limiting our otherwise-well-intentioned goal-setting. Find ways to be happy now, starting with these simple but impactful ideas.

A Quality of Thought: "Chunky Productivity".

Imagine what you might achieve, if you removed all obstacles. Whatever your feelings about coaching, there's much to be learnt from the way coaches unlock potential. Here are 20 ideas to help you stretch yourself for new levels of performance.

A Quality of Thought: "Knowledge Isn't Power".

We all love to connect. And the first basis for genuine and meaningful rapport is physiology. Use these 4 quick body language checks to minimise the differences between you and so increase rapport.

A parting thought to close-out the week: “back of an envelope”.

A Quality of Thought: "The Power of Routine".

Whatever your definition of work/life balance and harmony, they're only achieved when we get out of autopilot and into intentional focus. Try these 12 mini challenges to rediscover your balance.

A Quality of Thought: "Redistributing the Pleasure and Pain of Action".

When we align with our passions, we're at our best. But what if we just don't know what our passion is? Or how to find its expression in what we do? Here's a strategy to find your passion and move you forward.

A Quality of Thought: "Let's (Not) Get Serious".

We love to give advice. But rarely accept it. We expect the world to follow our advice. But rarely listen to our own. Enjoy the benefit of your own wisdom by choosing to follow your own advice.

A Quality of Thought: "What's Your Motivation?"

Have you noticed just how frequently, easily and without resistance we can be knocked-off our agenda? When our plans were so otherwise set! Here are a few distractions to look out for. And a few thoughts to keep you to your agenda.

A Quality of Thought: "What To Do When You Just Don't Know!"

A Quality of Thought: "And The World Kept Turning".

Sometimes "hate" is the only word that'll do to describe our feelings towards the current job. But even in those circumstances (especially in those circumstances!) , it pays to find things to be grateful for. And to get real about the things that need to change now.

A Quality of Thought: "Create the Container".

A Quality of Thought: "Headspace".

Whether it's career shift or career acceleration, what it really takes to make - or break - a career is not just action. It's not even 10/10 action. It's off the scale action.

A Quality of Thought: "The Currency of Connection".

We spend a lifetime in meetings. And so they'd better be productive. Here's one simple thought - for you and your attendees - to make for a better meeting.

In those crucial moments that define a career, there's one response - above all others - that will undo you. Know the trap - and choose a different response.

A Quality of Thought: "The Cost of Thought Without Action".

At any given moment, there are (only ever always!) 1, 2 3 wildly important steps you need to take. And you know what they are. Step out of autopilot and create a project around those career-accelerating initiatives.

A Quality of Thought: "The Most Important Step in ANY Task".

Many find themselves stuck in a career that doesn't work for them. If this is happening for you, here's a thought: before getting trapped - and comfortable - in unhelpfully-circular, outward-looking thinking patterns, get honest about your part in what's really keeping you stuck.

A Quality of Thought: "Fuel"

Along with goals and beliefs, knowing and aligning with our values is one of the most powerful self-development steps we can take. And not least because they don't always play out in positive ways.

A Quality of Thought: "Consistency + Courage".

What we choose to believe - about career in general and our own career specifically - has a deep and lasting impact on the ways in which our careers play out. Take some time to challenge your beliefs and find perspective and energy to bring to your career journey.

A Quality of Thought: "Creating Courage".

Leadership is about the future. But there is a way of thinking, doing and being that makes a different use of the future - and gives us access to the type of conscious leadership today's world requires and demands.

A Quality of Thought: "High Performance Leadership is … Social Legacy".

High Performance Leaders aren't born. They're made. How do they do it? By committing to small but impactful practices, consistently and over time. And by fuelling those practices with some golden rules.

A Quality of Thought: "High Performance Leadership is … Self Communication".

A Quality of Thought: "An End in Itself".

The most impactful model of leadership we can follow is one of our own authentic design. This is the gold standard for the high-performing leader.

A Quality of Thought: "High Performance Leadership is … Creativity".

A Quality of Thought: "Over-commitment".

High Performing Leaders are not just interested in success. They're interested in consistent, sustainable, career-long success. Achieving that requires a High Performance Life - which itself requires a few fundamental practices. Incorporate these to elevate your own performance.

A Quality of Thought: "High Performance Leadership is … Ownership".

A Quality of Thought: "Mind vs. Brain".

High Performers are conscious self-leaders. And they exercise their awareness to know what to focus on - and what traps to avoid. Here are 4 to add to your list.

A Quality of Thought: "High Performance Leadership is … Opting in".

A Quality of Thought: "Busy NOT Going For It".

How good could the year ahead look to you? Use the "Power of 3" to amplify your intentionality when it comes to your hand-created future. #BrainBasedCoaching