At the height of summer there are so many lovely gardens to admire. The most attractive are a harmony of colours and plant shapes, all suited to the terrain and soil conditions. It can all look so natural and pleasing that it’s hard to appreciate the amount of effort behind the scenes.
To me this [...]

I remember many years ago being very de-motivated and stressed thanks to a young, inexperienced but over confident and bullying manager. Her style engendered an environment of conflict and doubt.
It was a terrible time as I was very stressed and de-motivated and yet tasked with achieving very challenging targets. The job market was [...]

According to a recent government survey called ‘Happiness at Work’, more than a quarter of us in the UK feel the same. One of the main sources cited was a sense of conflict with the boss. The reasons for conflict ranged from feeling undervalued to unimpressed with the manager’s skills and expertise. [...]

How you think and feel inside is communicated to the outside world in all sorts of ways. If you feel depressed you will attract depressed people and upbeat people will avoid you. If you decide to be unhappy, you will be. Life works that way - it will bring you what you express with [...]