Is Bad Stronger Than Good?
I’d like you to think about the following two scenarios and choose the one that would have more impact on you? (a) Losing $1000 or (b) Winning $1000 Most of us would answer a) that losing $1000 would be more painful than the pleasure associated with winning the same amount. This is because bad is […]
Wishin’ and Hopin’
Happy New Year! We are well into 2019 so now is a good time to reflect on your goals and / or resolutions for this year. Have you already achieved what you set out? For those who have, have a think about what your motivation was like when you started. Were your goals supported by […]
Forget Resolutions
Stick to goals this New Year instead! Rather than committing to a resolution that starts from the 1st January and is forgotten about by February (well in my case anyway), my suggestion is to focus your efforts on your goals for the New Year. According to Forbes, only 8% of people actually achieve their New […]
Book Review: The Power of Now
Do you ever find yourself trying to escape the present? Rather than concentrating on what you are doing at this very moment, are you listing off the hundred things you have to do in the future? Or worrying about the past instead? Eckhart Tolle’s “The Power of Now” was first published in the 1990s and […]
A Tale of Two Mindsets
How do you think about your intelligence, ability and talents? Do you believe these qualities are fixed? Or that they can be cultivated throughout your life? Your mindset is your attitude and way of thinking, and includes the beliefs you have about yourself and your capabilities. According to researcher Carol Dweck, there are two types […]
Keep Walking
Who would have thought that Johnnie Walker was interested in studying the impact of joy on progress? Yet in their clip the famous Scotch distiller illustrates to us that there is more to success than just hard work – happiness plays a big role too. As part of their Joy Will Take You Further campaign, […]
Not Yet
I’d like you to think back to a time when you received feedback or a result that made you feel like you had failed. What impact did that experience have on you? Did it motivate you to power on to improve? Or were you more inclined to just give up? Carol Dweck is the Lewis […]
Play To Your Strengths
One of the biggest breakthroughs in psychology and leadership theories over the past decade has been in the area of strengths. Strengths can be defined as a “pre-existing capacity for a particular way of behaving, thinking or feeling that is authentic and energising to the user, and enables optimal functioning, development and performance” (Linley, 2008). […]
In the Business of Wellbeing
There is no ignoring the fact that unwell employees are expensive to organisations. Beyond Blue has found that depression and anxiety alone cost Australian businesses about $10.9 billion a year. The financial implications associated with having unwell employees is not the only cost to businesses however, there are productivity costs also such as the inability […]
Gone But Not Forgotten
Every now and then I come across a quote, Youtube clip or snippet from a book that seems to stick in my mind. Holly Butcher’s last letter is one of these. Holly died earlier this year at the age of 27 from Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, which mostly affects young adults. After […]