Really learning: the role of emotions

Hello and welcome to this month’s neuro blog! What did you think of my suggestion back in April to leverage language to influence how you feel? Did you tell yourself you ‘only’ felt your negative emotions – to hasten their passing? – and that you were your positive emotions – to encourage them to linger a bit? This month, […]

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Paying attention and happiness (part 4) – active listening

Hello and welcome to this month’s neuro blog! Last month, we discussed other-awareness and landed on the notion that disagreement – about beliefs, values and behaviours – is more likely to be the norm. I advocated tolerance but also proposed that you put on a metaphorical Detective Columbo’s raincoat (no need for the cigar nor the dishevelled look) and go look for the […]

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Paying attention and happiness (part 3) – other-awareness

Hello and welcome to this month’s neuro blog! Last month, we discussed how paying attention to yourself – self-awareness – can benefit you in terms of enhancing your emotional intelligence but also bolstering your resilience and adaptability. In addition to making emotional self-management smoother, I have noticed in folks gaining in and practicing self-awareness a quietening of the mind, a stronger sense […]

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4 Steps to Optimal Performance

Going for GOLD™ (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) Hello and welcome to this new edition of Career Tips! We are now close to the midway point in 2015. Are you happy with your achievements at work? For those of you who have a midyear performance review coming up, are you comfortable […]

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Work Smarter by Better Prioritizing Your Activities

How do you really want to spend your day when you’re at work? (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) Hello and welcome to the last installment in this three-part series on personal effectiveness! We kicked off in March by looking at the benefits of time management and how you […]

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A Powerful Technique to Manage your Time

What happened while you were rushing? (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) Welcome to the fourth edition of Career Tips in 2015! This is also the second installment of a three-part series on personal effectiveness. Last month, we looked at reasons why managing your time might make sense and in […]

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5 Tips to Help you Manage your Priorities in the Office

The Art of Getting the Right Things Done (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) Welcome to the fourth edition of Career Tips in 2015! This is also the second installment of a three-part series on personal effectiveness. Last month, we looked at reasons why managing your time might make sense […]

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Coping with Difficulties to Achieve your Objectives

How to Get Back on the Horse (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) Hello and welcome to Career Tips! Following on from last month’s article on goal-setting, I thought I would put forward an offering about goal achievement. We all know it: life is messy. In fact, life gets […]

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A Model to Make Sense of your Office Challenges (part 1)

The SCARF that Ties (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) Hello and welcome to Career Tips! For the last two editions of this year, I want to share with you two articles focusing on a simple yet powerful model to make sense of your life at work. Does this sound too […]

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The Challenges of High Achievement

Five Things to Bear in Mind when It Comes to High Achievers (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) Hello and welcome to this ‘back to school’ edition of Career Tips 2014! I hope you have had the chance to relax over the summer months and have returned to your desk “full […]

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Your Quality of Life at Work: What You Can do About it!

Four Tips to be more Comfortable in your Workplace (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) This article follows on from the previous one which walked you through a self-assessment to determine whether you are at least reasonably happy at work. If you missed last month’s article, you catch it […]

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