5 ways to grow your confidence

Throughout your entire school career, grades are made to sound like video game points, the higher number or letter you achieve, the better you will do in life. But is that really true? I discuss this ahead of GCSE and A levels results day in the UK.

One of the most expensive parts of being a grown up, if you have the privilege of being able to drive, is car insurance. But surprisingly, there's a few things you can do to ensure you are getting the best value for your money and get your premium lower each year. In this episode, I discuss how you can achieve this. 

It's so easy to get caught up in the day to day hustle and bustle of life and make the excuse that you're too busy to start a new hobby or learn a new skill, but if you make a list of things you want to do and set a deadline for it, you may soon find more to life than you thought possible!

Staying motivated can sometimes be a massive challenge whether you're running a marathon or just trying to get that last paragraph of an essay done. In this episode, I discuss some options you can try in order to remind yourself why you're doing the task you're doing and to keep you on track to staying motivated. 

It's been all over the media for the past year or so since documentaries like 'Blue Planet 2' and 'Climate Change: The Facts' have been released, but we are now at a crucial stage- these next few years ahead of us are going to be the last chance we get to stop climate change before it's effects become irreversible.

Whilst it may seem difficult, there are plenty of small things everyone could work towards and do that would result in a positive impact that would reduce our carbon emissions and stop climate change before it's too late, and this episode is all about some easy lifestyle changes you could make to help make a difference.

It's getting towards summer holiday season now, maybe you're counting down the days til you go on summer break from school or university, or maybe you have some time booked off work coming up. Perhaps you just have a few free evenings or weekends and want to spend them doing something enjoyable- you're just not sure you can afford a grand day out.

In this episode, I suggest 20 things you can do for low cost or no cost at all to have some fun but equally get you out of the house and enjoying life.

If there's one thing we want in life, it's definitely more money!

In this episode, I discuss a few tips shared by the co-owner of Progressive (the company I work for) Rob Moore on his own podcast The Disruptive Entrepreneur.

Confidence can often be a major factor you need to get places in life, but how do you get more confidence when you don't have a lot to start with? In this episode, I explain 5 ways you can increase your confidence and explain why feeling uncomfortable is actually a good thing!

The saying goes that school days are the best days of your life, although I know plenty of people who would disagree. The problem isn't necessarily your specific school though, it's the curriculum and the system your school has to abide by, and I share my opinion on that in this episode.

Being young is exciting. You're free to do what you like, with minimal commitments and responsibilities and you want to make the most of it, but rushing though everything and packing your calendar full of things to do isn't always the answer either...