The Art of Brilliance Blog

TVs, laptops, smartphones, games consoles – they’re all designed for light entertainment. To add value to your life. (more…)

Humans are good at defining themselves and others as nouns. We love to label. (more…)

Every time I visited my grandparents, my Nan would be waiting at the front door and I would be greeted by the BIGGEST hug.  (more…)

Teaching could – maybe even should – be the best job in the world. If you’ve ever stepped foot in a classroom, you can see why. (more…)

I’m not going to lie; I really wasn’t sure about gratitude. I thought it was a bit woo woo, a bit forced, a bit Pollyanna-ish. (more…)

When I hear a teacher say behaviour isn’t ‘a thing’ in their class, it always makes me wonder. Because behaviour is EVERYTHING. (more…)

For the last two decades, I’ve been studying positive psychology and employee engagement, spending time with those who are ‘thriving at work’. (more…)

While it’s true that we cannot force people to be happy, we can influence them. It is truly a case of leading by example…. (more…)

At Art of Brill, we often talk about life being a contact sport. It can punch hard, and low! (more…)

A number of years ago, I was working as a full-time teacher and I was given THAT class. You know the kind I mean, the class everyone talks about for the wrong reasons. (more…)

We all enjoy writing lists: shopping lists, birthday lists, to-do lists… (more…)

A few weeks ago, I took part in a half marathon. As I arrived at the event, it began to rain, and I mean really rain. (more…)