Month: September 2025

FMQ 515 How To Consistently Do Your Best

Just a few seconds between tasks can reset your focus, break negative carry-over from the last thing you did, and set the intention for doing your best on the next.

You’ll learn:

Why your “best” should be your baseline, not an exception

How a 2-second pause can change the quality of your whole day

The role of feelings and intention in achieving your personal best

A quick reflection practice to avoid carrying stress from one task into another

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How to achieve your dreams and goals

We all want a life that counts. But most of us float between grand statements (“I want success”) and the daily habits that actually produce it. If you’re serious about turning dreams into real outcomes, there are practical steps you can take immediately — and they start with how you use your mind.

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#463 How to achieve your Dreams and Goals

Want real results — not hype? In this episode of Personal Development Unplugged Paul Clough shows you how to move from wishful thinking to action that works. We dig into practical goal-setting, the feeling of the wish fulfilled, how to use your mind (RAS + visualization), and small, actionable steps that create momentum. Expect NLP-informed tips, a short guided hypnosis process to embed success in your unconscious, and direct coaching you can use today.

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FMQ 514 – Understanding Focus: The RAS

In this Five Minute Quickie, I’m breaking down the RAS in plain English. It’s the part of your brain that decides what to notice – and it’s powered by emotion. The good news? You can train it to look for opportunities, positivity, and success. The bad news? If you’re stuck in negative emotions, it will keep showing you reasons to stay stuck.

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How To Achieve and Have the Mindset of Success

How To Achieve and Have the Mindset of Success We’ve all heard the phrase: “You need the mindset of success.” It sounds great, but what does it actually mean? And more importantly — how do you create it for yourself? When you search for definitions, success often comes out vague: “the accomplishment of an aim…

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#462 How To Achieve and Have The Mindset of Success

We hear it everywhere: “You need the mindset of success.” But what does that actually mean? And more importantly — how do you get it?

In this episode of the Personal Development Unplugged podcast, I’ll take you beyond the vague definitions and straight into a practical process you can use right now. We’ll cut through the fluff and create a real mindset of success — one where your mind and body are fully aligned toward a specific goal.

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FMQ 513 Let’s Flip Constant Striving For Improvement

In this 5-minute quickie, I invite you to flip that idea. Instead of endlessly striving, take a moment to recognise the incredible skills and wisdom you already have. From communication, relationships, and problem-solving to resilience and creativity — you’ve built a lifetime of tools.

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How do I Keep Negative Emotions at Bay?

Keeping Negative Emotions at Bay Ever had one of those moments where everything flows beautifully — you’re in the zone, feeling great, life’s good — and then bang… it all falls apart? That’s exactly what happened to me. I’d just recorded what I thought was a brilliant episode. Everything felt right. Then I checked the…

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#461 Keeping Negative Emotions At Bay

In this episode of Personal Development Unplugged, I take you through a real-life moment where frustration turned into anger, then into something deeper… limiting beliefs like “I’m stupid” or “I’m not good enough.”

Here’s the truth: those surface emotions are rarely the whole story. By peeling back the layers, you’ll discover what’s really driving them — and more importantly, how to release them.

You’ll learn:

How to spot the real emotion underneath anger or frustration

A simple process to break free from limiting beliefs before they grow

Why small learnings create massive change over time

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FMQ 512 Today Is A Special Day – Find Out Why

Every single day is unique, but how often do we really live it like that? In this Five Minute Quickie, I want you to pause, reflect, and realise that today is the only one you’ll ever get. No repeats, no reruns.

This isn’t about waiting for the future or getting stuck in the past. It’s about recognising that today is special — because it’s all we really have.

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