May 5, 2015
This month’s consideration: Motion and Stillness Life in the fast Lane has its charms, but for your sanity and health, you need to stop now and then and take those all-important holidays. Stillness, especially contemplative practice, helps you to concentrate and re-fuel. On the other […]
May 1, 2015
Performance appraisals can be quite agonising because managers do really stupid things, ending up destroying something that is really so important to everyone. One size does NOT fit all. Why do people keep botching up appraisals? Mostly, due to pressure to follow a process. Make […]
April 17, 2015
It can be tempting for you, as team leader/manager, to take the chair at all your meetings, but this may not always be the right approach or even necessary.
April 1, 2015
This month’s consideration: Company or Solitude? Even the most sociable of people need solo time, and the most self-reliant of loners need someone to talk to. Don’t fall back on excuses such as, “I’m hopeless with people” or “I hate eating alone”. Anyone can add […]
March 20, 2015
Meditation, which is basically all about doing nothing and being tuned in to your mind at the same time, can be quite frustrating to the novice, when it is mind itself that seems to get in the way of achieving any stillness. Perseverance is worth […]
March 9, 2015
This month’s consideration: Town or Country? Are you the city type who sneezes at the sight of grass? Or a country cousin who’s allergic to traffic? Remember, your preferences are a state of mind, not a truth of nature. If you broaden your experience, you’ll […]
March 6, 2015
Nearly every animal sleeps in some way. It is evident that sleep performs some vital function for the nervous system, because without it, we would die. That said, experiments in sleep deprivation have shown that it is not, in fact, a lack of sleep that […]
February 20, 2015
How many times have you woken from a dream feeling worried by what you have just experienced or simply wondered what on earth it was all about? Although dreams often seem completely unfathomable, you might be surprised to see how much you can learn about […]
February 16, 2015
Our brains are hardwired to seek out anything new and stimulating. Scientists explain this phenomenon as an evolutionary adaptation: early humans, who could spot a predator quickly enough to survive, passed on this novelty-seeking trait to their offspring and thanks to this selective advantage in […]