How to live beyond disappointment
“We judge others by their actions. We judge ourselves by our intentions.” I’m always reminded of this quote (which is ascribed to Stephen Covey) whenever I find myself tempted to with the feeling of disappointment. My writer’s brain splits this word into two: dis-appointment. There is a distance between this moment and the appointed moment […]
Finding the work that makes your heart sing
Work that feels meaningful feels like a luxury. When we hit crisis mode, whether pandemic induced or otherwise, we can’t think about what feels good. We just need to work so that we can pay our bills. Once things stabilise, we are grateful to have a job that offers us a sense of permanence, even […]
Re-imagining a post pandemic office
The acceleration of change spurred on by the global pandemic has wearied the world. Employees who were hoping that 2021 would magically make all the COVID-19 craziness go away are grappling with persistent anxiety. Human beings weren’t designed to live in constant stress. We resist the things we cannot control and try to do everything […]
How will you take back your life in the New Year?
There is no magic in the start of a new year. The change of the calendar is not going to induce some mystical shift in the patterns of our lives. The magic is in you. Every thought that races through our brains (that’s 6 000 per day) and every action we take is a seed […]
Who Are You Working For?
As the champagne bubbles from the New Year celebrations fade into memory, something else is rising on the inside of you as you face the work year ahead. What is that feeling? Is it anticipation? Dread? Anxiety? Excitement? Pay close attention to those feelings as you make your way back to the office. Were you […]
Your Manager Is Not God
I hate to be the one to break this terrible news to you: your manager is not God. I wish someone sat me down and told me this when I’d started working. To begin with, I did not have healthy experiences with authority figures in my life. So I just assumed that everything they said and did […]
Do You Want Real Help?
I wasn’t sure how to start writing about this topic. Challenging people’s blind spots often means that you’re exposing your own. So here is my disclaimer: I fall into each of the categories below at differing stages of my life, even though I consider myself as someone who is constantly looking for ways to grow […]
Give Yourself Time To Grow
I’ve recently started living on avocados. It’s part of my healthy eating plan and despite the price, I do relish a ripe avo that satiates my appetite. I just hate waiting for them to ripen. I never know what to do with a half ripe avo once I’ve cut it open. Do I put it […]
Your Work Is A Gift
It’s weird how most of the information we receive about work these days is how much we need to escape it. There are whole industries dedicated to enticing you on expensive holidays to some exotic destination – all to escape the evils of work. Work is not some evil dragon, waiting in the […]
Kick Yourself Out Of That Work Slump
We’ve all been there. And we’re likely to get there again. It’s the dreaded work slump and like burnout, it can sneak up on you. Of course we all want to feel fully engaged in our 9-5 (and you can bet that your manager would love that too). There are so many factors influencing our […]