I was standing behind a couple at a busy hotel reception recently. The husband asked his wife: ‘What time shall I book the taxi for?’ The woman, struggling with various bags and cradling a mobile phone in her shoulder, whilst conversing with the receptionist, spectacularly lost her temper at this question. She told him [...]

My sister, when we were much younger and innocent, was always tickled by that phrase “getroundtuit”. It always made her laugh, maybe because she was Miss Efficiency and got everything done. Unlike her sister who liked to put things off.
Are you a get round to it later artist? — We’ve all been guilty [...]

Looking back over the last few years how many challenges have you weathered, overcome, beaten or relished? Or do you feel burnt out, overwhelmed and stressed by them? The language we use in relation to that word challenge is very revealing. Do we avoid challenges at all costs and in so doing sentence ourselves [...]

When life is just too busy and stressful it is easy to feel overwhelmed and put too much of ourselves into our work. We then feel bitter or overly disappointed when things don’t go as expected. It’s then that we need a way to get back to our core self and transcend the [...]

When you are feeling stressed or overwhelmed at work, or that you just don’t get anything done and most of your time is spent worrying about work it may seem trite to ask - is it all in your mind?
But that is a good question to ask yourself when your head is buzzing and you [...]