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Are you courageous enough to be vulnerable?
Do you remember the last time you felt completely vulnerable? It's a rather uncomfortable feeling that causes most people to rush to a 'quick fix or cover-up' -- desperate to avoid the discomforts of feeling exposed. This is because most of us have been conditioned to...
What is getting in your way of success?
Last week we paused together and reflected on our resolutions. We took Key Steps to realise the value of turning new year’s resolutions into manageable goals and living in the now by taking one day at a time. This week I’d like you to look at what obstacles often get...
How are the resolutions going?
With the first quarter of the year behind us and my birthday around the corner (it is tomorrow), I always stop and reflect how much progress I have made toward my goals. I thought I’d extend the invitation to you this year and encourage you to stop and reflect with me...
What does the Pygmalion effect have to do with stress?
I’ve been noticing a great deal lately just how many managers report feeling stressed because of their team’s performance or lack thereof. I’ve heard some rather strong beliefs that the youngsters of today just can’t be managed and motivated. If you go back and read...
Choice is good, right?
This week’s ‘food for thought’ will be in keeping with the theme of managing stress. If you haven’t been following the past two weeks – I’d recommend that you visit my blog and take a look at how much your attitude towards stress can affect your health. This week we...
Change your attitude but don’t pile it on…
Last week’s ‘food for thought’ (about stress), got such a strong response that I’ve decided to stick with the theme for a few weeks. Firstly, it is important to re-emphasise that stress is simply our inability to adapt to or manage our environment. Therefore, it is...
Could stress actually be your friend?
For decades, certain health experts have turned stress into a public health enemy, yet new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. In other words, we are going back to what ancient wisdom has known for centuries, that...
Life is simple or is it?
Living a simpler life has become a key theme in the past decade. Ideas and techniques abound for how we might achieve this, ranging from how to simplify day-to-day routines to how to decrease the demand for resources we place on the planet. I constantly meet people...
Read this all the way to the end
I am not one for forwarded email stories and usually hit delete before evening opening the mail. But when this was sent with a subject line from my sister that said, ‘It is worth reading, read to the end, don’t delete’, I did and it was. So much so, I wanted to share...
What you don’t know about love
As we approach Valentine's Day, our notions of love are often focused on those of a romantic nature. Today's message about love requires broader thinking than that. In fact, it might even require you suspend some of your ideas about love. The kind of perspective we...
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