Are you treading water or running just to keep still? Do you feel worn out with no options? What if you decided not to be stuck and chose adventure, exploration, excellence and renewal instead of safety, familiarity, and acceptance? Where would you go, what would you do? It takes courage and commitment to truly respond to […]
Your why is another way of thinking about your life purpose or underlying reason for doing what you do, how you make your contribution to the world. It’s all about how you make your mark and create your legacy. Uncovering or rediscovering your why allows you to gain a sense of energy and clarity about […]
Do you look on the bright side of things or do you pride yourself on your realistic, or even pessimistic, outlook? Many pessimists believe that their more negative attitude or tendency to anticipate undesirable outcomes will protect them from disappointment or prepare them to deal with unpleasant events. If you’re not naturally optimistic, why might […]
I was lucky enough to hear Martin Seligman, the founder of the Positive Psychology movement, speak at the RSA recently about his new ideas and findings. He spoke about the content of his new book, Flourish – A New Understanding of Happiness And Well-Being – and How to Achieve Them, as well as some of […]
A great article by Kevin Friery recently caught my attention and gets right to the heart of the challenge managers face as they navigate the work place of the 21st century It reports that: A recent piece of research carried out by Right Management with MDs of SMEs across the UK rather alarmingly revealed that […]
Yesterday I was lucky enough to attend Author Dr Robert Holden’s Shift Happens Workshop in London. It was a thought provoking and profound session and his gentle, down to earth yet courageous style was both reassuring and inspiring. Here are just some of the powerful statements he shared that you may want to consider or […]
Building on my last post, I was inspired to explore the concept of resilience further as this is such a key concept for creating success and well being at work and in life. So what is resilience and can we develop it? Did you ever play with Weebles? They were comical little egg shaped characters […]
I recently watched the “webversation” between David Zinger and David Gelb on the Employee Engagement network and found it a really inspiring and enriching experience. Great, timeless lessons for anyone looking for more meaning and enjoyment at work, or for managers wanting to engage their staff. They discuss the characteristics that Da Vinci demonstrated that […]
I read a fantastic post on Marshall Goldsmith’s blog recently which really re-inforced for me how much our expectations, mindsets (and not to mention training) affect out experience and performance at work. It talks specifically about “Knowledge Workers” (people who know more about what they are doing than their managers do), and their attitudes towards […]
Did you try any of the suggestions in Part 1 of this blog post? How did it go and what did you discover? Once you start to be proactive and take responsibility for improving your job the small changes start to take effect. Your confidence and your optimism begins to recover and expand and you […]
