by Jo Banks | Jun 6, 2025 | Inspiration
Audio Version (09:05) If you’ve ever been told to “stay realistic” or “don’t get your hopes up,” you know that pursuing your dreams can sometimes feel like swimming against the current. But why is it that, when we set big goals, some people try to talk us out of... 
by Jo Banks | Jun 8, 2023 | Business, Inspiration, Self Development
Audio version (9:0) In a recent webinar I delivered to a couple of hundred HR professionals, I mentioned that we retain far more information when we handwrite rather than when we type. Although the webinar topic was nothing to do with handwriting, my throwaway... 
by Jo Banks | Apr 21, 2023 | Inspiration, Self Development
Listen to the article (8:58 minutes) This week, we’ll explore the difference between motivation and discipline and how to use both to be more productive. Motivation and discipline are often used interchangeably, but they are two distinct concepts... 
by Jo Banks | Dec 30, 2022 | Business, Inspiration, Self Development
Listen to the article (6:08 minutes). As we rapidly approach the New Year, and many of us are contemplating our goals for 2023, I thought it timely to give a reminder of why goals fail so that you can avoid them and create goals that stick. I set goals... 
by Jo Banks | Aug 19, 2022 | Inspiration, Self Development
We’ve all had experiences of synchronicity at some point, for example: Deciding to buy something that you think is relatively exclusive, only to get it home and find that everyone seems to have it. Thinking about something you want to do, be or have, and seemingly out...