I've I've set myself a goal to read one self-development book per month and blog it. This month I’ve been reading Your Brain at Work by David Rock. Here are some of the insights I gained into how to make the most of your brain power.

Do you really know your strengths? In the past, my work has shaped which skills I focus on and recently I've been wondering which are the things I've become skilled in because I've had to be and which are the ones I've focused on because they truly energise me. To help me find out, I completed a profiling tool called Strengthscope, and put time in for some coaching. I was really hoping it might give me some clues. Here I share what I discovered and a copy of the report I received.

Relationships, public speaking, performing a song for Simon Cowell. All things you should put as much of yourself as you can into. A lion's den, a pair of hotpants 2 sizes too small and difficult conversations-all things you absolutely take yourself out of. I don’t mean don’t have difficult conversations but, as far as possible, we should take ourselves out of them.

I want to share something with you I came across a couple of years ago but I wish I’d discovered sooner.  It’s an idea that comes from economics but one that also applies to the investment of emotional and mental resources too.

Have you set some goals for the new year?  80% of New Years Resolutions fail by the second week of February. Here's 5 things you can do to increase your success rate in 2018.