Are you a glass half-full or a glass half-empty type of person? And well… what has it got to do with the stress? You see, our personality defines our default response to different situations. If you are an optimist and something doesn’t go according to your plan, your thinking would go “ok, I...
Imagine adding an extra hour to your day! How many more things would you tick off your list, how many projects would you finish? Wouldn’t it be nice? But would it really make any difference in your life? You see, if you are anything like me, you probably run out of time to finish your...
Do you rely on coffee to boost your energy in the morning or after lunch when you feel like you could use a siesta? I used to think that I wouldn’t survive an afternoon without coffee! But since I started working from home, where I don’t have a coffee machine (deliberately!), I realised there were...
I was good at school, top of my class, with grades well beyond my parents’ expectations. I thought I nailed it. I figured life out and it was going to be this way forever. Until… the harsh reality of the “adult” world hit me and nearly knocked me off my feet. You see, what it...
There are a lot of beliefs about multitasking. One of the most popular ones is that women are better at it than men. Well… maybe there is some truth to this. As the lockdown proved, many women (although some men too) had to combine childcare, work, and house chores, and did so pretty gracefully. I...
How many productivity systems have you tried in the past? Have any of them worked? When it comes to productivity, there is no “one fits all” approach, although having committed to improving it, in time we can figure out what works for us and establish our own system. To do that we need to become...
When you think of happiness – what comes to mind? Maybe it’s the wellbeing of your family, maybe financial security, or maybe the happiness of your partner. Throughout our life, we seek the key to happiness, joy, and freedom from suffering. When we are young we work hard to make our parents happy and proud;...
Who doesn’t like moaning about time flying by so fast? It’s a central topic of many conversations, especially at New Year’s parties, birthday celebrations, etc. Today is no different, I thought, I’d moan a bit myself! Half of 2020 is gone! 6months. I haven’t noticed how it disappeared. Have you? The question that comes up...
I often hear people say, ‘relationships are hard work’ and I somewhat agree with that. But having studied the subject for many years now, I realised that maintaining a healthy relationship comes down to a few very simple practices, yet most of us behave in an absolute contrary way, mainly because we are not taught...
Let me share this idea with you first. Research in behavioural psychology says that 45% of our waking behaviour is habitual! Think about it, half of the time we do what we do not because we thought about it and made a decision to act, but simply because we’ve always done it this way. The...
