3 Psychological Hacks To Keep You Going When You Want To Quit

Have you felt like quitting on a goal because it just seems to hard to keep going?  You are not alone.  There comes a point for most people where they feel like giving up.

What you are facing is the “messy middle” as Michael Hyatt calls it.  You don’t have the momentum of having just started something, and the finish line just seems too far away.  That messy middle can feel like quicksand and is often where most of us quit. 

Here are three psychological hacks that can keep you on the road to your goal, and get you back on the waggon when you (inevitably) fall off.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Mavericks

Let’s face it, us Mavericks can be highly ambitious with big vision. We can be successful really quickly but often our route can be meandering and circuitous. That’s because we aren’t always the most organised, structured or disciplined.

However, Mavericks are responsible for some of the biggest breakthroughs in history, so how do we do it? 

Having coached literally hundreds and hundreds here at MU, we have noticed that one critical factor for effectiveness are the habits that people adopt

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7 Purposeful Design Projects We Love

What we love most about great design thinkers is that they don't settle for life as it is.

They have the mindset, the optimism and the tenacity to believe that the snags of life can be improved, transformed or even eradicated.

Here are seven great design projects that brilliantly reframe, transform and add to life through great ideas and great design.

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5 Maverick Lessons from the British General Election

What the hell happened there then?  Last Thursday's election saw British politics turned on it's head where the victor was the loser, and the loser was the victor.  Before Thursday, few could have predicted the outcome that saw Theresa May lose her majority and Jeremy Corbyn's ascent.

Corbyn claimed that "politics has changed" and "isn't going back into the box where it was before".  Surely the definition of a Maverick election? 

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