If someone had of asked you last year if you’d be willing to temporally stop going out for dinner, pause the gym and put off buying your winter boots for a month in order to potentially save thousands of lives, surely it would have been a no-brainer. Other than the obvious strangeness of the question, it would seem like a small sacrifice for a very noble aim. And yet, here we are. Trying to spot the sunshine in the break in the clouds. Cringing at the mere suggestion of another social Zoom chat. Wondering if its even worth the bother of resurrecting April’s failed attempt at learning Japanese for just four weeks. So what is it that’s making this lockdown feel so, well, contrived?
There are a few key elements that we need to navigate in order to emotionally invest in an idea;
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Once there is a real need for something we tend to become very resourceful and determined in order to obtain it. A genuine need creates an automatic sense of motivation and our goal moves from being a pipe dream to something we are planning and actively working toward achieving.
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If you have been feeling more anxious or tetchy since the easing of lockdown began, you are not alone. Anecdotally - just in every day life - incidences of confrontations and arguments were already on the increase. Even before George Floyd’s tragic death and the ensuing protests, stress levels were rising.
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At present - wherever your country is at with the virus or coming out of lockdown - we have all experienced a period of immense change. Stress, and even anxiety, are natural reactions to this. However it doesn’t mean that we have to suffer in silence…
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Every presentation needs a thread that draws together your story. There needs to be a beginning a middle and an end. Without this your audience will be confused, disorientated or worse, stop listening altogether.
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Right now our minds have a travel ban on future thinking. Its almost like we can’t allow ourselves to dream, just in case it doesn’t happen. Is this really the right approach?
Most inventions would not have happened if there hadn’t been a problem to solve. Problems in themselves then, cannot be a barrier to positive change. In fact they are the instigator for it.
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Many of us have grown extremely familiar with Zoom over the past few weeks with the vast majority working from home. Although most of us are getting by, here are some tips to help you get the most out of your remote communications and come across as the professional you are;
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What were we all Googling this Covid-19 Easter weekend?
Trending heavily around 2am on both Easter Sunday and bank holiday Monday, was a spike in people googling ‘How to fake sleep’ … what were we all getting up to?!
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5 great ways to keep those new year resoloutions in check!
If you have put some time and thought into setting up some goals for the coming year, you really want to maximise your chance of success. Below are some key tips to help you stay on track on get what you want from 2020!
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It’s the new year, you are full of hope for the next twelve months and with the very best of intentions you make those all important New year’s resolutions. You pick things you think you should change, things that will make you happier, healthier and just a better person all round. How is it then that by the end of the first week of January those sparkling resolutions are already beginning to look a little jaded?
Often its because of the way we have approached designing the resolutions in the first place. If we figure our new year’s resolutions out well in the first place it gives us a far greater chance of success!
Here are three tips to help you design New year resolutions you can stick to:
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