FORBES FACT OF THE DAY Workplace stress may contribute up to $190 billion in health-care expenses and over 120,000 deaths each year. 12 10 2015 The pressure to succeed is immense in the world today. Striving to provide for the family. Climbing the corporate ladder. Male or female. Young or old. The drive to be at the top, to compete, to be the best, can result in a high price. According to Forbes, stress kills. It is responsible for millions…
Here we are in week 2 of a new year and Christmas seems like it was a long time ago. What will make this year more successful than the last one? How will you measure your achievements? What do you want to be different? What are your hopes and dreams? I believe that the only way to bring about change is to develop self-awareness and thus self-care. Its all about balance. Leisure What is this life if, full of care, We have…
In recent days my friend’s daughter died and the complications and feelings of devastation that arose during this time have resulted in this post. I was surprised that I was affected so deeply. Even though my experience was dwarfed by the pain of the family, it affects me still. Their feelings have overwhelmed them. Their loss, like a pebble dropped in a pond, has pushed out and affected people further afield – friends and colleagues.Their ability to manage work has been severely compromised and so the…
Musings on communication. I have heard it said that the Millennials, Generation Y -those born between 1980 and 2000, have very different needs to those of the Baby boomers- born between 1946 and 1964. Apparently they are more in touch with their feelings, requiring that companies and work-place environments should be strongly ethical, green and people focused. Whereas Baby boomers thought they had it sorted, they were the revolutionary generation, THE generation, and are now, not best pleased to be…
“A strong beginning is a good thing only when coupled with a strong finish,” observed Mary Kay Ash, who started her Mary Kay cosmetics company at age 40. I love this quote courtesy of the blog ‘Late Blooming Entrepreneurs.’ We are never too old to change are we? I believe we can teach an old dog new tricks (not that I am one!) And so today I enter the world of the blog to ensure that I have a great…