It's vital for our well-being that we "switch off" when we get home from work. Amy Davis highlights your top tips for getting in and out of work mode!
These days there's an app for everything. They can range from the truly weird (like Nothing – literally a screen that shows the word "nothing" on it and does, well… absolutely nothing), to the utterly infuriating, yet fascinating (try Do Not Press The Red Button, where you seemingly have to avoid pressing a big red […]
If you hear that a new team member or manager is "emotionally intelligent," you’ll probably nod gratefully. You'll understand that he or she will likely listen to you, try to see things from your point of view, and resist jumping to conclusions. Before 1995, though, you may have wondered what on earth that phrase meant. […]
Creativity, Empowerment, Expert Interview, Stress, Uncategorized
“We shape our buildings. Thereafter, they shape us.” – Winston Churchill About This Week’s Chat: Goodbye, Old Desk I get attached to all kinds of things, but especially vintage or antique wooden furniture. It’s even worse if the item was handed down from older generations in my family – I refuse to get rid of it. And so […]
A friend of mine recently told me that she was thinking of quitting her job. I was astounded; she's one of those people who actually does (or did) bound out of bed, and looks forward to her days at work. She's always loved her job, and she fought tooth and nail to get it. Yet […]
As some of you may know, we have discussion forums in the Mind Tools Club. A while ago, I started a conversation about mental health. One of our members, whom we'll call George, replied to say that he was recently diagnosed with a mental health concern. Since then, George has been very generous in sharing […]
Career Skills, Communication, Leadership, Stress, Team Management, Uncategorized
"You know what, Simon? I think they should fire you for what you've done." As conversational gambits go, it was a showstopper. It certainly stopped me in my tracks. I began to panic. I couldn't talk. I tried to breathe normally. This was going to be a more difficult conversation than I thought. Introducing Ralph… It […]
Wouldn't it be great if every day could be a "walk in the park?" Unfortunately, sometimes you will have those days when you groan, "Why me?" Well, because bad days happen! Now for the good news. While you can't always avoid bad days, you can decide how to deal with them. Some people skulk around, chewing […]
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness." - Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities." The first half of my tale is from the days after the birth of my son, in what I now realize was an age […]
Career Skills, Communication, Empowerment, Stress, Time Management, Uncategorized
If there is one thing that we all share in this life, it is recurring moments of drudgery. As universal as drudgery is, our tolerance for it varies. Sometimes we might actually look forward to it. And, if things aren't going right, the annoying processing of detail can help us to shed some light on what is […]
Career Skills, Learning Skills, Problem Solving, Stress, Uncategorized
