Adrian McInman is a true citizen of the world, with triple citizenship (Australia, New Zealand, United States), having worked in 22 countries (Antigua, Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, China, England, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, St. Lucia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Trinidad, United States), and visited many more. He completed seven university qualifications from 5 universities in Australia and New Zealand. After working as a researcher and psychologist in Australia for 12 years, he moved to New York and set up Happier Horizons, which was trademarked on the 13th January 2009. Initially he created a 10-week group education course focusing on happiness and trialled it in the United States in a wide range of organisations (businesses, hospitals, organisations for the elderly,…), before converting it into five 1-2 day (9am-5pm) courses. He tested his information and techniques internationally, starting in the Caribbean, then Europe, Central America, South America, and Africa, and then finally in a number of Asian countries. At the same time, he increasingly challenged himself by working in organisations not expected to be so open to such training: police services, rape crisis centers, and methadone centers. Having truly tested himself in difficult organisations in countries where English is not the dominant language (e.g., psychiatric facilities in West Africa,…), he moved back to his love of sport psychology (which began in 1982), but this time adding his happiness focus, by working with Olympic athletes and international sporting associations. In 2015 his orientation was solidified into improving performance in both the sporting and business world with the goal of helping three organisations become Number 1 in the world. To achieve this, he teaches information and techniques designed to increase mental toughness and happiness. As of May 2016, Adrian has trained people in 121 organisations and 20 countries. Adrian has authored 25 journal publications, textbook chapters, reports, and conference papers. Journalists have interviewed him 30 times on television/radio and written glowing accounts in international newspapers (Antigua Sun, Barbados Advocate, Ceylon Today, Crusading Guide, Daily FT, Daily Tribune, Financial Review, Ghanaian Times, Mmegi, Rome Observer, Stabroek News, Staten Island Advance, Sunday Times, Weekend Post) and magazines (FutureAge, POZ, Real Health). Conference organisers, who fly Adrian internationally to present Keynote conference speeches, describe his presentations as "Fabulous, organised, and interactive" (Oshadee Hemal, 2nd Annual International Conference on Arts and Humanities), "Engaging and thought-provoking" (Gregory Jones, 2012, 9th New York Mental Health Symposium), and "Amazing" (Lorrie Prescott, 2011, 16th NY State Therapeutic Recreation Association conference). Away from psychology, Adrian has substantial interest in most things active. For instance, he has a black belt in 3 styles of kung-fu and has international qualifications as an Instructor of both Handcuffs/Batons and in Defensive Tactics.

Although Adrian takes his work seriously, provides a first-rate service, and enjoys it immensely, he does not define himself by his work. Instead, he "works to live," and not "lives to work." Happiness and quality of life are among his highest priorities. He notes that people often get lost in the "rat-race", thereby losing their integral being by constantly rushing, and forget to "slow down and smell the roses", and thereby enjoy the really important things in life. For instance, one thing he often gets people to do, and you might like to do this yourself right now, is to think about what was the very best moment that you have ever experienced in your life - the most beautiful, awe-inspiring, enjoyable, and/or wonderful moment. Some people have great difficulty coming up with such a moment, as they are so pre-occupied surviving modern society, making money, or are focused too much on negative issues. Others have difficulty determining the number one moment from amongst a plethora of fantastic moments. What is important is not determining the pinnacle moment of your life, but rather just to think about one moment that was truly wonderful for you. Then ask yourself: "How much did it cost?" Invariably you will find that most people answer: "Nothing" or "Very little." And that is Adrian's point - oftentimes people worry about things that are not really important, whereas they should focus on the really fantastic things in life, especially as they usually cost nothing. The reason Adrian believes so many people need such a re-orientation is that ironically if you ask people the following: "What is the one thing that you want more in life than any thing else?" most people report "happiness." And yet, as noted above, so many people don't focus on obtaining happiness, but rather they focus on surviving modern society, making money, and negativity, thereby making the attainment of what they want the most (happiness) almost impossible.

 

Two mottos Adrian likes a lot are:

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." (Anais Nin)

and

"Just do it." (NIKE).

 

Publications:

(Click on any publication to see a scanned copy)
Journal Articles:
McInman, A. D. (2006, July/August). Pathways to happiness: Group therapy without the tears.FutureAge, 38-41.
Krass, I., Taylor, S., McInman, A. D., & Armour, C. (2006). The pharmacist's role in continuity of care in Type 2 diabetes: An evaluation of a model. Pharmacy Technology 22(1), 3-8.
Elliott, B., Brooker, R., Macpherson, I., & McInman, A. D. (1999). Curriculum leadership as mediated action. Teachers and Teaching, 5(2), 171-185.
McInman, A. D., & Berger, B. G. (1993). Self-concept and mood changes associated with aerobic dance. Australian Journal of Psychology, 45, 134-140.
McInman, A. D., & Grove, J. R. (1991). Multi-dimensional self-concept, cigarette smoking, and intentions to smoke in adolescents. Australian Psychologist, 26, 192-196.
McInman, A. D., & Grove, J. R. (1991). Peak moments in sport: A literature review. Quest, 43, 333-351.
Grove, J. R., Hanrahan, S. J., & McInman, A. D. (1991). Success/failure bias in attributions across involvement categories in sport. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 17, 93-97.
Chapters in an Edited Book:
Berger, B. G. & McInman, A. D. (1993). Exercise and the quality of life. In Singer, R., Murphey, M. & Tennant, K. (Eds.) Handbook on research in sport psychology (pp. 729-760). New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Conference Presentations:
McInman, A. D. (1997a, 17-20 April). Development of a hierarchy of sources of netball umpires' mood changes. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Wollongong, Australia.
McInman, A. D. (1997a, 17-20 April). Development of a hierarchy of sources of netball umpires' mood changes. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Wollongong, Australia.
McInman, A. D. (1997b, 25-27 April). Sources of netball umpires' mood changes. Paper presented at the Sports Medicine Australia (Qld) Annual State Conference, Coolum, Queensland, Australia.
McInman, A. D. (1997c, 2-6 October). The stability of netball umpires' moods. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Cairns, Australia.
McInman, A. D. ( 1997d, 2-6 October). Where are all the sport psychology umpire studies? Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Cairns, Australia.
Elliott, R., Brooker, R., Thurlow, G. & McInman, A. D. (1997). Insights into curriculum leadership: The state of the field. Paper presented at the joint Educational Research Association and Australian Association for Research in Education Conference, November 1996, Singapore.
Hattie, J. & McInman, A. D. (1995, May). Gender differences in self-concept: A meta-analytic study. Paper presented at the annual conference of the North Carolina Association for Research in Education, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Grove, J. R., McInman, A. D. & Prapavessis, H. (1992, 15-18 October). Personality as a mediator of slump-related coping among athletes. Paper presented at the annual Australian Sports Medicine Federation Conference, Perth.
Grove, J. R., Prapavessis, H. & McInman, A. D. (1992, October). Self-handicapping as a mediator of pre-competitive anxiety, confidence, and coping strategies in sport. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology, Colorado Springs.
Reports:
Krass, I., Taylor, S. J., McInman, A. D., & Armour, C. L. (2004). Community pharmacists' role in the continuity of care in type 2 diabetes: An evaluation of a model. A report presented to the Pharmacy Guild of Australia on the 5th January, 2004. University of Sydney: Sydney.
McInman, A. D. (2000). What Aboriginal people think about their access to health care. Report submitted to the Centre for Health Outcomes and Innovations Research at the University of Western Sydney Macarthur. Sydney: McInman Research Centre.
McInman, A. D. (2000). The services General Practitioner Receptionists believe they provide patients: Does this service vary for Aboriginal patients? Report submitted to the Steering Committee for "The access of urban indigenous population to local primary health care services" project. Sydney: Centre for Health Outcomes and Innovations Research, University of Western Sydney Macarthur.
Aspland, T. L. & McInman, A. D. (1997). The degree of satisfaction that second and fourth year B.Ed.(Primary) students at Queensland University of Technology have with their course. Report submitted to the School of Professional Studies, Queensland University of Technology. Brisbane: School of Professional Studies.
McInman, A. D. (1998). Results of a series of netball umpire studies conducted in 1996-1997. Report submitted to Indoor Netball Queensland, Queensland Netball Australia, and Ozsports. Sydney: McInman Research Centre.
Hansford, B. C. & McInman, A. D. (1997). Perceptions of preservice teachers with their practicum experience. Report submitted to the School of Professional Studies, Queensland University of Technology. Brisbane: School of Professional Studies.
 
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