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Paul Stephen Waugh Holding Daily Mail Accountable After Libellous Articles on Lighthouse International Group
"It's [The Mail] trying to kill people, it's trying to sensationalise everything. These people are desperate. You are abusing freedom, in the name of freedom of speech."
Toxic Employees & Internet Trolls Are Destroying Over Half of British Businesses – Lighthouse International Group
Nearly half (47%) of all businesses in the UK have been affected by malicious posts and trolls in the last 12 months. Lighthouse International Group has learned how to deal with this type of malicious behaviour.. read on to learn about the launch of our Business Against Trolls campaign.
Lighthouse International Group Statement On Daily Mail Article & Trolling
The purpose of this statement is to address the libellous Daily Mail article that has been published and the malicious falsehoods that are being levelled online against Lighthouse International Group and its Associate Partnership.
Islam to Christianity – How Being Mentored At Lighthouse International Helped Me to Heal My Trauma
"The longest journey you will make in your life is from your head to your heart" A mentee's journey through healing through her trauma, from Islam to Christianity.
Why Human Beings Need Foundations Just Like Skyscrapers – To Achieve Success!
One of the biggest discoveries from our research is that without a foundation, we will run away from our problems which will only get worse and cause even more pain when we do. However, when we do build a foundation we are far better equipped to deal with problems. Our foundations can be developed if we are willing to invest in ourselves. In fact, developing such a foundation within ourselves is critical if we are to live the best lives possible! Read on to find out more...
Handling The Racist Abuse Against Lighthouse – “It’s Not The Critic Who Counts”
“The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer. There are many men who feel a kind of twisted pride in cynicism; there are many who confine themselves to criticism of the way others do what they themselves dare not even attempt." - Theodore Roosevelt. Read this article to find out more...
My Message To Those Trolling Lighthouse International & Others Suffering From Toxic Narcissism
An open and honest account of a Lighthouse mentee and her journey being mentored at Lighthouse International.
Lighthouse International Group Reviews
Part of our pioneering work has involved mentoring, coaching and counselling people in order to help them make breakthroughs in all aspects of life, career and business. Here’s a selection of what these people had to say. Read on to find out more...
Optimal Success is Not a Short Quick Run – But An Endurance Marathon
I’ve learnt that it’s one thing to build a profitable company - but true success is a completely different ball game. It means optimisation and maximisation in all areas of my life. So what do I mean when I say different areas of my life? Well as human beings we are our physical bodies, but we have mental, emotional and spiritual dimensions.
The Pathology Of A Troll: Who Internet Trolls Are And What That Tell Us About Emotional Degeneration
A hard-hitting article on the truths of the pathology of internet trolls and how we can stand up to it individually but also collectively, as a community together.
Hidden In Plain Sight: How Destructive Families Damage Us Undetected In The Name Of Love
Dr Susan Forward tells us in her book Toxic Parents, “Instead of promoting healthy development, they (parents) unconsciously undermine it, often with the belief that they are acting in their child’s best interest”. Read on to find out more...
Why We Have To Learn How To Deal With Narcissism And Narcissistic Feeding
For my entire life, I have felt like a burden. What I never realised in my life until I started working closely with a mentor is recognising my own narcissistic traits and how they stemmed from the narcissistic abuse I'd received from my childhood, from my parents. The more I could understand the root of it and where this had started in me. The more I looked at the feelings I had about myself - that I was a problem and a burden - working through the pain, I was able to understand the damage and heal.
The Whole Person Perspective: The Four Vital Human Life & Career Dimensions – Part 3 By Paul Waugh
Why we need to nurture all four dimensions of our body, heart, mind and spirit to live the fulfilling life and career we want.
Why Is Self-Examination Key To Building The Life & Career We Want? Part 2 By Paul Waugh
It was once said by a wise old sage that 'a life unexamined is a life not worth living'. Nothing truer, basic or fundamental to your happiness and fulfilment could be said.
How Do We Figure Out What To Do In Our Lives And Careers? Part 1 By Paul Waugh
Why do people not know what it is that they want to do in their life and career, and what they should do about it? How many people do you know who wake up on a Monday morning excited by the prospect of getting up and going off to work?
Does Money Grow On Trees? How Money Can Be a Tool of Control For Parental Narcissists
“Money is the root of all evil” I was told as a child. However, this is a misquote, it actually states “For the love of money is the root of all evil”. Here's how I learned to gain not just financial but emotional and mental independence too.
How Confronting My Victim Mentality Allowed Me To Begin To Genuinely Heal And Stop Manipulating People
No one wants to feel like a victim, not really. If we could choose, who wouldn’t want to lead their life feeling strong, confident and with high emotional intelligence to be able to handle all sorts of difficult and stressful situations?
Why Online Trolling Is Killing Our Children And What We Can Do About It
One of our mentors James Mills at Lighthouse International speaks about his experience of bullying and online trolling and how in learning to stand up for himself he was able to overcome his personal challenges to help others.
Who Is In Control of You?
Lighthouse International Head Mentor, Paul Waugh answers the question: who is in control of you? How to take control of ourselves so that we truly have choice in our lives.
How to Handle Criticism and Become a Pioneer
This video is taken from a live recording of Lighthouse International Head Mentor, Paul Waugh explaining why true pioneers like Thomas Edison take so long and produce so few results until they breakthrough. The focus of the video is on the immense challenges faced by Thomas Edison and proved his critics wrong after 10 years of not making a profit when developing the lightbulb. If you want to learn how to become a pioneer, withstand criticism and make a difference, you can speak to one of the Lighthouse mentoring team
Why Should I Trust Mentorship?
Listen to Lighthouse International Head Mentor, Paul Waugh, answer the question "Why should I trust mentorship?"
Why Do People Kill Themselves? Answers From Quora
Suicide is a growing pandemic in young people and something we support many people with at Lighthouse International. Here is one of our Associate Elects sharing his personal insights into why people kill themselves and what we can do about it.
Elisha: My Mentoring Experience At Lighthouse International Group
A very personal mentoring experience by Elisha about her mentoring experience with Chris at Lighthouse International
Richard S. My Mentoring Experience
A very personal mentoring experience by Richard about his mentor Chris at Lighthouse International
Mentors And Mentoring: What Makes a Person a Good Mentee?
What makes a good mentee? Read our Quora answer from one of our senior mentors Kris Deichler...
What Happens When Someone Has a Loose Sense Of Self? What Shapes Our Identity? Answers From Quora…
Gaining a sense of our own identity and understanding how this is shaped is crucial to living a fulfilling life with a strong foundation in ourselves. One of our mentors at Lighthouse International Zach Jones shares his answer to this on Quora...
Is Having A Mentor In Life Important? Answers From Quora
I think it is imperative to have a mentor in life, they influence and work with you to suffer through the pain of growth, to grow physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually - as a whole person.
Why Does It Take Cancer For Us To Genuinely Start Caring For Ourselves?
How being diagnosed with cancer finally got Lighthouse International's Victoria Bytel to start walking the talk of self-development.
What’s Mentoring Like at Lighthouse International? Reviews From Quora
Want to know what the experience of mentoring is like at Lighthouse International? Check out some of the answers on Quora to hear people's personal experiences.
Running My First Marathon by Jatinder Singh
“Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you're not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you're not demanding [...]
Why I Quit Smoking by Asif Valiji
How to quit smoking from someone who's been through it.
The 10 Fundamental Steps of Effectiveness Series by Paul Waugh – Lighthouse International
Paul Waugh, our head mentor explains the 10 steps of the Lighthouse Effectiveness Program.
Paul Stephen Waugh Lighthouse Mentoring
Paul Waugh, our Head Mentor, talks about his experience of being mentored and how it had a profound impact on his life and the lives of others.
The 6 Steps of Career Effectiveness
Practical tips to change your career or get a promotion.
10 Steps to Succeed in Your Career
Previously we shared with you the 6 fundamental steps to achieve success in your career. In case you missed them we'll recap them below as [...]
How Do We Conquer Our Own Personal Mountains?
"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." - T.S Elliot Today I'm looking at how [...]
The Incredible Story of How Martin Pistorius Broke Free from a 10-Year Coma
"I remember reading a quote, by a U.S. senator in the 1800's called Daniel Webster who said, 'If all my possessions were taken from me [...]
Why Do Our New Year Fitness Resolutions Fizzle Out?
"Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character." - Stephen R. Covey [...]
Can We Auto-Correct Humanity?
"Did you know the average person can spend 4 years of their life looking down at their cellphone?" - Prince Ea Here's a video that will [...]
150,000 Sign Petition to Honour a Hero from the French Siege
"We are brothers. It's not a question of Jews, of Christians or of Muslims. We're all in the same boat, we have to help each [...]
How The World United for Charlie Hebdo
"I felt it was important to be there. It was one of those moments where the usually silent majority made it's voice heard. The core principles [...]
Is Life Difficult?
Yesterday we spoke about the fact that we are already living and using the fundamental principles of life, it's just that we may be using them [...]
2 Questions for You…
Let me ask you 2 questions: Are there things in your life you are consistently getting that you don't want? What would you say if I [...]
Don’t Smash Against the Rocks!
Today's blog is a vital one. It will help you understand one of the fundamental things that could absolutely revolutionise your life. We're going [...]
A Powerful Video & The Story of a Christmas Shark 🙂
Today we have a powerful video and story from Asif, a father member of the team for the last few years. He wanted to [...]
He’s Coming!!
Today we've got something a little different for you. Over the past few days I've shared with you about the steps to career success. Well [...]
The Day I Experienced My Worst Nightmare – Anthony Antoine
A while back we heard from someone who had truly broken through some of his biggest fears in relation to interacting with and speaking to people. [...]
How I Found My Dream Job Part 2 – James Mills
Lighthouse International has engaged with and advised thousands of graduates looking for meaningful employment. James Mills's personal story (Part 2).
Leaving Home to Find My Dream Job Part 1 – James Mills
Lighthouse International has engaged with and advised thousands of graduates looking for meaningful employment. Read James Mills's personal story.
If a 19-Year-Old Can Do This – What Can You Do?
Today I have a great story to share about a 19-year-old called Boyan Slat who is taking on one of the world's toughest environmental [...]
Rediscovering My Passion by Izzy
Let me ask you this...What was your passion as a child? What did you always want to be when you grew up? Today we have [...]
A Humbling Example of Appreciation from Louise Harrison
Did you manage to catch the first part of Louise's Breakthrough Experience yesterday? It was a powerful story of how she is learning to open [...]
Slow and Steady Wins the Race – Louise Harrison
Today we have a great story from someone who's been part of the community for the last few years - Louise Harrison. Louise shares how [...]
Why My Family Started the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge?
Today I want to share an example of how an everyday American family managed to find their mission and touch the lives of millions across [...]
The Love of Life’s Furnace – Kris Deichler
Did you manage to catch the first part of Kris' Breakthrough Experience yesterday? It was a really powerful piece talking about the divorce of [...]
Life After a Broken Family, Learning to Let Go – By Kris Deichler
Today I have a fantastic Breakthrough Experience to share from Kris Deichler who's been part of the team for the last few years. In [...]
My Life is Pretty Funny – Shane Burcaw
There are some truly incredible people both part of the community and in society as a whole that we are learning about. We have got [...]
The Power of Two Young Boys to Inspire
Some of you may know that the way Lighthouse International works with our sister organisation Lighthouse Kidz means that every time an adult comes on [...]
How a Tragic Loss Can Inspire Meaningful Change
As part of the inspiring breakthroughs we've been sharing with you recently, today we'd like to widen that out a bit to shining examples of ordinary [...]
Overcoming My Biggest Fear Part 2 – Anthony Antoine
How did you find Anthony's really inspiring Breakthrough Experience yesterday to overcome his stammer and face his biggest fear of speaking to people? Check it [...]
Overcoming My Fear of Speaking – Anthony Antoine
Here Anthony Antoine shares a deeply personal story, his courageous journey of growth to overcome his biggest fear and how mentorship has played a [...]
What Happened After I Handed in My Notice? – Gillian Watson
Have you read part 1 of Gillian's story yesterday about challenging her frustrations with her career and being brave enough to make a change? We've had quite [...]
Why I Quit My Job to Build My Dream – Gillian Watson
How did you find Daniel's deeply personal story yesterday about how he is beginning to let go of a traumatic past to pursue his [...]
Letting Go of My Past to Build My Future – Daniel’s Story
Did you manage to catch the incredibly touching, yet sad story of Chris Picco who lost his wife and newborn son within days of each [...]
A Humbling Story to Help Us Remain Thankful
We've shared a lot recently about the inspiring stories of people within the greater Lighthouse International community, but recently we stumbled across an article which moved us so [...]
Realising My Dream to Build a Football Academy – Andrea Joseph
Today we have a story from Andrea, who, through a chance encounter (or perhaps not) in Croydon has begun a journey to realise her vision [...]
How Sukh’s Story Helped Me Reassess My Own Priorities – Patricia Sanchez
Have you read our humbling account from Sukh Singh on how he went about rebuilding his relationship with his mum and how that catalysed major [...]
How Do We Make Time for the Important Things? – Sukh Singh
Today another member of the community who's been with us for over 5 years, Sukh Singh shares his story of the profound changes he's made in [...]
Learning to Trust People & Dream Again – Jatinder Singh
Have you ever been distrusting of other people’s motives, especially when they say they want to help you? In today’s Breakthrough Experience, Jatinder Singh, who’s [...]
Overcoming Scarcity & Learning to Value Myself – James Mills
Have you ever found you seem to encounter the same challenges time and time again and wondered why this is the case? In today’s Breakthrough Experience, James [...]
Turning Business Failure Into a Powerful Opportunity – Daniel Schmitz
Lighthouse International helps people learn from and thrive through business failures. Read Daniel Schmitz's personal story.
My Dream to Build a Business – Tom Hasker
At Lighthouse International, personalised mentoring and coaching helps people see they're capable of great things. Read Tom Hasker's experience.
Breaking Through The Dark Times – Maratib Ali Shad
Maratib & James when they first met In the beginning of 2013 I was blessed to receive an invitation email from James [...]
I Want More Than Just a ‘Good Job’
I’m at one of those points in life where I’m questioning where I am, what I’m doing and what I really want. In principle I’m [...]
Having Everything Except Happiness – Shaun Browne
I think at some point in our lives we’ve all had times when we have felt a little lost. That was how I would have [...]
Breaking Through in My Career – Asif Valiji
Lighthouse International helps ordinary people achieve extraordinary results through mentoring, coaching, counselling and leadership.
Problems & Opportunities – The Story of Falling Floyd
After writing the piece on 'Avoiding Problems Only Makes Them Worse' we stumbled across this entertaining, yet powerful little animated story of a man who, after [...]
Why Are So Many People Depressed?
At Lighthouse we are always on the hunt to find better and better ways to communicate fundamental life lessons, to help people really resonate [...]
The Things I Wish I’d Known Before Starting My Career – Zafreen
We always appreciate reading the stories and experiences of LDI readers. In today's post Zafreen has shared her experiences in relation to the things she [...]
The Power of Two Young Boys to Inspire
Some of you may know that the way Lighthouse International works with our sister organisation Lighthouse Kidz means that every time an adult comes on [...]
What Happened After I Handed in My Notice? – Gillian Watson
Have you read part 1 of Gillian's story yesterday about challenging her frustrations with her career and being brave enough to make a change? We've had quite [...]
Read What Other People Are Saying About These Breakthroughs Experiences…
At Lighthouse International we're always on the hunt for how we can make a greater impact in people's lives and empower them to live [...]
How Do I Build Relationships To Succeed In My Life?
Have you ever heard the term 'Servant Leadership' coined by author Ken Blanchard? Well, what has that got to do with building relationships and creating [...]
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