Lack of motivation is a common problem we all experience from time to time and can be one of the biggest obstacles to achieving our goals. It can also be easy to find when you know where to look for it.

I was recently talking to someone about public speaking and presentation skills. He’d been on a number of presentation and public speaking training courses and as we spoke he kept talking about eye contact and the importance of making eye contact with the audience when presenting. For me, eye contact is a concept; it’s not something you can do. There is no physical contact with the eyes. When people talk about eye contact very often …

Erik Brown from the Mayfair Times interviews James Stokes. Published at the beginning of each month for a target audience of 80,000 readers in Mayfair and St James’s. A typical Mayfair Times reader is either a resident in a luxury property, a business occupier or a wealthy visitor staying at one of Mayfair and St James’s exclusive hotels. Download PDF article Visit Mayfair Times