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Crisis and Wellbeing
As we emerge from the crisis of COVID19 is the personal WELLBEING of ourselves and our teams fit and ready for the massive challenges we face. Stress, Loss of purpose and self-esteem, lack of of a plan - are all signs that the 'Enemies of Self' are at work....
Stress and Anxiety post COVID19
We've all heard of the silent killer COVID19 but there is another one around at present and it may in fact be more deadly - STRESS. The enormous impact of COVID in a business sense has caused lots of stress and anxiety with the resulting financial crisis....
The Power of Purpose with a Time Frame
Purpose and Time Frames are Critical for Realistic Goals If we are to avoid having a loss of purpose, control our thinking and keep our thoughts focused on our goals then there are some principles of goal-setting we should...
Resistance to Change is Fear Based
We all live in a changing world and the greatest challenge we have, both in our business and personal lives is quite simply the challenge of change. Being willing to Anticipate, Accept and to Adapt. So often, it is practically impossible for us to realize the...
The Issue With Goal Setting
When we train our minds to think clearly about our goals, we achieve more. It is self-evident that we are all different. We can look right within our companies, the offices in which we work, within our own households and families, and see that there are some people...
Understanding Ourselves as Part of a Success Formula
In the 1600’s, Shakespeare wrote – “The fault lies not in our stars but in ourselves”. In the late 1800’s, John Ruskin, the English critic and philosopher, made this statement – “There is only one small corner of the universe that each and every one of us can...
The Cost of Failing to Control Stress
If we allow the failures within us to take over, it often leads to another failure, stress; which in turn affects our health and subsequently, undermines our performance ability. It might surprise you to know that as many as one in five workers in the United Kingdom...
The Lure of the Trappings of Success
Excerpt from The Other F Word - Failure No.3 - Being Devoted to the Trappings of Success I often ask participants at my “Self-Development” workshops: “Are some people more interested in the trappings of success than actually achieving success itself?” I ask that...
Personal Accountability Issues Affecting Success
Exerpt from The Other F Word - Failure No.2 - Unwillingness to Accept Personal Accountability The second of these failures, or enemies of self, is Lack of Personal Accountability. According to behavioural scientists there are two types of people: “Externalists” and...
Why Your Life and Business Needs to Survive Stress
This title may sound like an exaggeration, but stress directly leads to millions of cases of severe physical illness all over the world every year. Why is that? We know that stress isn’t a supernatural occurrence that only affects a few people; in fact, I’m sure...