ShareHow often do you feel stuck? Perhaps you go through a period where you feel like you’re making good progress, things are going quite well but then you hit a roadblock and no matter what you do, you can’t seem to move forward. It happens to us all and you may feel that if you [...]
ShareWaiting – it’s one of the things many people have difficulty with, particularly when you’re waiting to hear how something’s going to turn out. Waiting for exam results, waiting to hear if you got that promotion, waiting to hear back from a client about a project, waiting for someone to do something they said they’d [...]
SharePeople often tell me that they want to be happy and experience more joy in their lives. I think it’s what everybody wants, but the mistake is in thinking that more happiness and joy are things to be attained, something to work towards. The thinking often goes something like “if I just had more money [...]
ShareI’m reading a very interesting book at the moment called “The Power of Full Engagement” by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz. They have taken a program that was developed to train athletes to compete at the highest level and adapted it for the corporate world. They now work with senior executives and managers. And the [...]
ShareThis is the time of year when we most often get together with family. It can also be one of the most stressful times of year, and often it’s your family members who trigger stress and frustration. You love your family and they love you. They also know how to push your buttons and will [...]
ShareI’m not proud of the fact that for most of my life I’ve hated my body. I never liked my hair (too fine), my hips (too big) – I could go on, but you get the picture. When I look back at all that negative thinking and frustration with myself I’m shocked at how much [...]
ShareThere’s been some interesting discussion as a result of the poll we did last week to find out whether people find that technology has reduced the clutter and overwhelm in their lives, or increased it. It seems that the answer is both.
We love the fact that technology helps us to do more things – such [...]
ShareLast week I shared some tips for being more organized and helping you to feel a little less overwhelmed. The article generated some interesting discussion and, at one reader’s suggestion (thank you Pandora) this week we’re doing a little poll to find out how technology helps (or hinders) you when it comes to feeling overwhelmed [...]
ShareDo you tend to focus on what’s going well in your life and on what you’re doing right? Or do you find yourself focusing more on what’s not going well and what you’re doing wrong or need to improve? If you’re like most people, you probably don’t spend much time thinking about what’s going well [...]
ShareDo you have someone in your family, or perhaps even a close friend, with narcissistic tendencies? I know many people who do, both friends and clients, and it’s something I have personal experience of too. It becomes an issue when you find yourself being frustrated by their inability to treat you as you want to [...]
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