Don’t end the work week without doing these three things …

3 things

The weekend is almost here. Are you ready to leave the work week behind you and pick it up again on Monday? Here are three things to help. 

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5 Ways to develop career resilience

Orange rope

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In a casual conversation on the weekend, someone I spoke to mentioned that he had been through nine workplace restructures in twelve years. Some saw him in a new role, other times he was made redundant. For him, it is part of working life. How resilient are you in the face of these changing times?

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How to manage overwhelm

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Photo credit – Pete Linforth via pixabay.com

Everyone has good days and bad. Sometimes though, you can fall into overwhelm – when the tasks stack up, the emails back up and deadlines seem to close in on you. With the benefits of neuroscience, we can get a better idea of what’s going on. This post looks at how knowing how your brain works can help you cope better with work.

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Thoughts on prosperity …

Trees and weeds in the snow

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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
~ Anne  Bradstreet

Starting afresh …

Chalkboard message: Start with a clean slate

I started my new job in the city today. Going into a familiar job but in a new organisation, reminded me of my teaching days. Yet, it is unlikely that I will teach anyone.

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Thoughts on intuition …

Man leaning against a cloisters wall

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There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.
~ Albert Einstein

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