I stay in a lot of hotels and in those hotel rooms I like to get stuff done and sleep.

When I take my year 5 daughter to football training, we wait in the café area before the session starts and as her teammates arrive they sit chatting and laughing together.

Recovery can be thought of in different timeframes:

In my work I often describe how the ‘Flat line’ – a mode of constant busyness and reactivity – can destroy performance over time.

If you’re serious about World Mental Health Day then you need to get serious about getting off social media.

In my research of nearly 7,000 working professionals, energy – or lack of it – is a constant theme.

So what does human creativity look like in the age of AI?

I am going to suggest something like this.

September (the ‘second January’) is a great chance to reset to a sustainable rhythm which brings the best out of us.

So you’ve returned from holiday, still finding sand in unusual places, still wondering whether you could give it all up to make hand-pressed Olive Oil in Greece.

80% of all humans have got a problem with Alan.

We talk a lot about morning routines. Well at least I do.

There are many things in life we 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 control.

Why do we find it hard to switch off from work?

Well most obviously, the brain doesn’t have an ‘off’ switch.

In my workshops, many people report finding it hard to switch off from work, which is unsurprising, as the brain doesn’t have an ‘off’ switch.

You know what it’s like.

This is a hotel room I stayed in recently, with the desk facing away from the window.

One of the most underrated focus hacks out there…what we eat

Quick story on the risks of distraction…

Why don’t we do the things we know we should do?

For many of us there’s a tendency to think of lack of focus and distraction as the new normal. Just another casualty of the Information Age.

How does improving focus help people?

There is plenty of evidence that focus helps performance.

Sitting in my hotel room, staring out at Niagara Falls.

A few years ago I read this Sunday Times article about how in golf, one lapse of concentration can be the difference between winning and losing.

More than any of the 4 stages of a High Performance Routine, improving the Focus stage has transformed my life the most.

One of the reasons people feel so exhausted is they’re paying a huge cognitive cost from constant context switching.

Here are 5 ways you can reduce this cost to regain your energy.