Don’t Be Afraid of Your Comfort Zone
[5-Minute Read]Achieving any goal is a process of continuous learning, and you will do that most effectively from deep inside your comfort zone.
The Modern History of Anger (and Why Good-Old Therapy Failed)
[5-Min Read + Video] If a person wants their anger and the proceeds of its crimes, then all the anger management classes, Golemans, and Damadians on Earth will not be able to change their mind.
Desperately Seeking Motivation? Dial In Your Dopamine
[5-Minute Read + Audio] Dopamine is a performance enhancer that turns lacklustre tasks into rewarding ones, and most of us have it available anytime, anywhere.
Shedding the Shackles of Selflessness
[4-Minute Read + Audio]
Women are trained from birth to put others’ needs first but selflessness doesn’t mix well with the demands of leadership.
What Did Old-School Toughness Ever Achieve?
[3-Minute Read + Audio]
Forget adding a spoonful of cement to your cereal – ‘hardening up’ isn’t the way to achieve peak performance.
Conquer Your Fear of Failure
You fear taking risks, so you’re living life with one foot always on the brake. Learn and practice this three-step, risk-conquering process and bust free from the shackles of self-doubt.
The Best Leadership Tool is Being Real
[4 Minute Read + Video + Example]
Concerned your team members are burnt out and disengaged? Here’s a letter that will help inspire their commitment and support.
How to Learn Anything [In Three Steps]
[3-Minute Read]My high-school Rubik’s Cube had confounded me for decades – until I applied my foolproof process for learning any skill to solving this kid’s puzzle.
Life will test your self-belief again soon. Be ready.
Self-belief is an action, not a thought. You train self-belief into your habits by practising techniques that become reflexive responses when the door of opportunity opens.
Mood Shapes Your Reality
[3-Minute Read + Audio] So much of our lives are shaped not by what happens to us but by how we feel about it and respond to it – by our perspectives.
No More Fake It ‘Til You Make It
[3-Minute Read] My approach of ‘fake it until you make it’ almost destroyed my self-belief. I learned to feel safe about who I am and that gave me the freedom to adapt.
How to Learn Anything [In Three Steps]
[3-Minute Read]My high-school Rubik’s Cube had confounded me for decades – until I applied my foolproof process for learning any skill to solving this kid’s puzzle.
Hi, I’m Kirrily Dear
Chief Navigator for Inside a Bold Mind. I’m an adventurer and extreme ultramarathoner, I’ve founded a charity, and I’ve been a business strategist for more than three decades.
My mission in life is to live boldly – and to help you live boldly too.
Will we continue our adventure together?
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