In Praise of a Simple Approach to Life.
I don’t know about you but I always find that the people who are the most comfortable to be around are the people who accept themselves. They always seem to have that something extra. They are not charismatic, they don’t seem to promote themselves or try and prove […]
Every Feeling Has a Story
What do you do when you feel BAD? How do you deal with your feelings? Are you good at dealing with what you feel? What do you say when your partner, children, friends, family member or colleague share their problems? Do you try and fix their problems?
I have found that whenever […]
Are you aligned with your goals?
We have all have dreams. Some dreams come to fruition easily and others come under the bracket of Malcolm Gladwell’s theory of Outliers where 10,000 hours are required to create expertise. Then with a bit of luck you get to your Tipping Point and ‘Hey Presto’ you achieve your goal. […]
Anxiety: An opportunity to look at the world in a different way
Anxiety or anxiousness isn’t a feeling that some of us think about very often. We all know about stress, and most people feel stressed at some point or other. Personally, I believe that continued stress is a form of anxiety that can build up to […]
Compassion
Compassion in the workplace is an underrated tool.
What do you do if someone is rude to you?
Is bullying you,
Isn’t very good at their job (though you are),
Is draining and needs to use you as sounding board for their issues,
Uses you as a constant focus for comparison on
When an employee is under performing.
Faced with these situations many […]
Meditation and Business
The health benefits of meditation are well documented; mediation helps people to release stress, lower blood pressure and so on. But meditation can also be used successfully in many others areas of life. For instance have you thought of using meditation to enhance your marketing plan, bring clients to your door and boost […]
Respect Comes in Simple Packages
In a rapidly changing world the use of social media means that we exposed to a much wider group of people and they all have different values and opinions to us. A handshake is the sign of respect in some cultures where the bow of a head is respectful in another.
These […]
Stress is an Everyday Killer: 8 ways to beat stress
A recent online study conducted by a research group at Auckland University, revealed that one in nine adults and one in six women are on anti-depressants in New Zealand. Prescription rates increased by 37 % in the five years between 2007 and 2012…
That’s a lot of […]
Seeking Justice in Forgiveness
A couple of weekends ago Dave and I viewed the old Clint Eastwood’s movie ‘Unforgiven’.
Set in the old Wild West it was about a gunslinger that comes out of retirement to bring a couple of cowboys to justice. At the heart of the plot is a working girl whose face is knifed […]
Why Your New Year’s Resolutions Might Not Be Working For You
My New Year’s resolutions are usually based in a philosophy for the year. I start this off by using a simple philosophy such as ‘Make it Fun’. As a broad spectrum approach to the year it’s a useful reminder to create joy as I walk […]
