A CIPD report on 24th April 2018 said that its survey of 6000 British employees shows that regarding Work-life balance, “The average employee works five hours per week more than they would like to” and that “Nearly two-thirds (63%) would like to reduce their hours.” In its article on Work-Life Balance, the Australian Institute…

Brain’s ‘internal compass’ found By Smitha Mundasad, Health reporter, BBC News, 19 December 2014.  This refers to a compass located in a specific part of the brain, which guides us in the physical world. I’m convinced that there is also a compass for use in navigating the mental world or the world in our minds, with…

A writer in “The Weekend” said the joker in the Batman movies is his favourite character because you didn’t know his past but you knew his plans.  As you watched him, I felt I only knew his present and could only guess at his plans. For most of us, our past is dominant in our…

“A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose” – Tom Wilson. “Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present” – Jim Rohn. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will…

Are you feeling the squeeze from opposing sides, opposing demands, opposing desires?  Are you tempted to play it safe and avoid taking a position?  Is there a place and time for compromise and flexibility, and how could one recognise it? Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature…Avoiding danger is no safer in…

Four quotes, one message for when you feel self-conscious.  “People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.”  ― Saadi “Even in social life, you will never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking about what…

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while” – Steve Jobs. Creativity is not just artistic. Creativity is much more, so the next time someone asks…

Getting the success you want, is often considered to be a result of pure effort, luck, providence, intelligence, relationships or a combination of these factors. The quote by film producer, Samuel Goldwyn “the harder I work, the luckier I get”, suggests a confluence of factors.  Some of these are outside an individual’s control, are they…

Excellence comes from within and is the outcome of choice plus consistency of action.  It is consistent high quality.  Sporadic high quality is unreliable but excellence can be counted on. Many organisations promise excellence but few deliver.  So, what does it take to give excellent service? The suggestion is that it requires a service giver to connect their…

Energy is personal. Sometimes we have high energy levels, at other times the levels are low and there are times when we are just in-between levels, “ticking over”.  We are powered by this energy which we have limited understanding of.  Energy which fluctuates during the day and with each day. It is affected by several…