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Posted by Emily Gillatt-Ball on Feb 10, 2015 in Motivation, Self-Control | 2 comments

10 ways to live like a warrior: a code of honour for a better life

The concept of honour may be ancient, but it can never be out-dated. You don’t need to slay dragons or rescue maidens to follow a warrior code – it’s as valid in a modern family or a business setting as it was in days of old.

Being a decent human being is its own reward – when you know you’re basically a good person instead of a slimy, back-stabbing weasel, it makes you feel good inside.

Long-term, it can win you warm and loving relationships based on genuine liking instead of smarmy flattery. It can get you further in life than any amount of clever scheming and office politics. And it can give you a better life – instead of trying to achieve a popularity-seeking, artificial personality you’ll never truly possess, you’ll have a life based on what you really are.

Because what you really are is someone worth knowing.

Posted by Emily Gillatt-Ball on Feb 3, 2015 in Purpose |

12 questions to help you decide what you really want out of life

Do you ever feel that something’s wrong? What do you really want out of life?

The following questions are designed to help you find a better answer than, “I don’t know – but not this.”

Posted by Emily Gillatt-Ball on Dec 4, 2014 in Motivation |

Changing your life: 10 steps to turn a midlife crisis into positive change

When a midlife crisis strikes, changing your life in a good way can seem like an impossible dream. You feel like you’ve painted yourself into a corner, and you can’t see any solution for you that doesn’t involve suffering for someone else.

That may not be the case. Before you put on your shades, don your leather jacket and take off to freedom on your Harley Davidson, check out these 10 steps for making a better life.

Posted by Emily Gillatt-Ball on Nov 9, 2014 in Motivation |

Healthy lifestyles for middle-aged couch potatoes: the impossible dream?

For most of us middle-aged couch potatoes, changing to healthy lifestyles seems about as possible as making our first million.

We’ve had these bad habits a long time, and we’re rather fond of them. The thought of eating healthily and taking regular exercise doesn’t inspire us to put on our jogging shoes and grab a lettuce – it makes us want to hide under the bed with a plate of chips.

When we were younger, it didn’t seem to matter that much. We could always start a fitness campaign tomorrow. But now we’re middle-aged, we keep seeing news items of people who’ve died of heart disease at the age we’re at now, and we’re starting to panic that we’ve left it too late. Our drinking and smoking habits have crept up over the years, and it’s costing us a fortune to feel this lousy in the mornings.

Posted by Emily Gillatt-Ball on Oct 26, 2014 in Quotes |