We all know someone who sucks the life out of a room when they walk into it, right? The kind of person who people draw straws not to sit next to at the Christmas Party because they’ve always got a worse problem than the person with the problem. If you’re ill, they’re sicker. If you’ve got tendonitis, they’ve got elevendonitis. If...
Are you a leader juggling so many plates you’re considering a side job as an acrobat? Are you always rushing from one meeting to the next at the speed of an F1 racing driver without the pit crew? Do you feel overwhelmed by constant demands on your time and attention? You are not alone. A regular theme I hear time and...
It’s that time of year when Wimbledon has been upon us, with two weeks of lobs, tosses, backs hands and lemon barley. It’s also a time of year that I often hear the word ‘love’. In tennis, love is used as a term in the scoring system and literally means nothing (one hypothesis suggests it comes from the French word “l’oeuf”,...
Do you have a work bestie? You know, a BFF you spend lunch breaks with or can go to when you’re on the brink of going into HR and screaming into a pillow? In this blog post, Laura Drury shares how friendship at work may be the key to psychological safety and productivity. Positive benefits of friendship Like most, whenever I...
What is about tech billionaires and machismo? If they’re not engaged in an inter-galactic willy-waving contest to see who can splurge the most money building the biggest, fastest rocket to colonise Mars, create a moon base and other useless endeavours, they’re biohacking themselves to become man-Gods. Wealthy industrialists used to build hospitals, libraries, theatres, and universities and indulge in other benevolent...
I remember being younger and watching my nana eat something spicy, so much so that her eyes would water and her nose would run. Now I’m older and nowhere near as wise, I react the same way to spicy food, but my stomach screams obscenities afterwards because it doesn’t like it. It’s human nature to build images in our minds when...
Ever catch yourself frittering away days on pointless activities, then feeling guilty about all the things you could've accomplished? We've all heard that old saying, "Procrastination is the thief of time," and some new research suggests its impact on higher anxiety levels. Leading to greater avoidance and a vicious cycle of feeling overwhelmed and inadequate. Now, according to some psychology geeks:...
My wife and I are expecting our first child, and I need help! Surprisingly, the thought of having a newborn child doesn’t scare me. It excites me. If you ask me again after the birth, I expect I’ll give a very different answer but don’t burst my bubble. What stresses me out is all the planning and organising. This includes paternity...
We spend a significant portion of our lives working, so it's essential to find something we love doing. But what if you're not sure what that is? Or what if you're currently in a job you hate?
