June 27, 2023
“Who am I? I don’t know: let’s find out!” – Mark Manson’s Law of Avoidance
What does identity have to do with resilience? We look at Mark Manson's Law of Avoidance and find out how it can change your approach to resilience.
Posts tagged with 'resilience'
February 7, 2023
How Damaging Is Long-Term Uncertainty? – #MTtalk Roundup
As soon as I sense relationship or financial uncertainty on my radar, all the warning lights and alarms in my head and heart start beeping, clanging and flashing: it must be avoided at all costs! Life doesn't work like that, of course.
December 28, 2022
Lessons, Leave-Behinds and Looking Forward to New Year
The New Year is on its way, and it always reminds me that it’s time for reflection. So I recently brewed a cup of my…
September 2, 2021
Coping With End of Furlough
"If we fail to pivot and transition successfully through the chapters of our working lives, tomorrow’s world will leave us behind." – Steven Edwards
July 8, 2021
Will I Be Happy in the New Normal? – Mind Tools Expert Voices
"Expert Voices" is our new podcast series, gathering together insights and ideas from a range of experts. In episode one we hear about tactics to foster happiness in the "new normal"
July 6, 2021
Leaning Into Who You Are – #MTtalk Roundup
"It's common across cultures to please and prioritize others before you! Any time it's different then guilt sets in and we become apologetic." - @DhongdeSupriya
March 30, 2021
The Storms That Shaped Us – #MTtalk Roundup
As we approached New York, the turbulence grew worse by the minute, and our plane was put into a holding pattern. Round and round we flew in that horrible weather, with no prospect of landing
February 2, 2021
How to Build Mental Muscle – #MTtalk Roundup
"I see ‘mental muscle’ as a bridge over the troubled waters of the mind to connect subconscious to the superconscious"
September 1, 2020
#MTtalk Roundup: Lost Your Career Overnight, What Now?
In our latest #MTtalk, we asked how you'd cope if your career was wiped out overnight. Read Yolande Conradie's review of our lively discussion
July 9, 2020
Can You Be a Good Leader and a Good Parent?
Parenting is the only legal 24/7 job! It comes with little or no training, the job specs keep changing, and the drain on you physically and emotionally is relentless
May 7, 2020
Lockdown: How Are You Coping? – Your Top Tips
Thanks to COVID-19, we are all now living in a world that was beyond imagination just a few short weeks ago. For most of us, nothing in our old lives could have prepared us adequately for lockdown. Yes, we are all caught in the same storm
December 20, 2018
Seasonal Pressure at Work – Your Top Tips for Survival
For many people, it doesn’t get much more exciting than the winter holiday season. And even the “grinches,” who refuse to enjoy the festivities, are likely…