Did you take all your holiday allowance last year? No? You’re not alone. One survey discovered that the average UK employee ends up wasting almost a quarter of their total annual leave. That means with a month of annual leave allowance, you’re working an extra week. For nothing. The survey continued, saying that only 50% of employees… Read more
Self-Care Not Emergency Care
Do you take care of yourself? I mean really, really take care of yourself? Click on the image below to start the video! Don’t forget to write your best tips for Self-Care in the comments below, and share this video with anyone you think would benefit from being kinder to themselves Enter your name and email… Read more
Two Great Ways To Be Happy (Or At Least, Happier)
Are you happy? Do you want to be? Happiness is the modern world’s holy grail, at least, it is in the Western world (there’s evidence that some cultures actually have a ‘fear’ of happiness). But what is happiness? And how, practically, can you become happier? And can you, as a friend suggests, ‘Choose Happiness’? What is… Read more
Managing Relationships with Colleagues Who, Frankly, Just Aren’t That Good At Their Jobs
A frequent conversation I seem to have with, basically, anyone who works, is that at least one – maybe more – of their colleagues is just not that good at their job, and there follows a discussion of all the hassle and frustrations this creates. When I was working in a big organisation, I used to… Read more
Two Useful Principles to Use When the Usual Productivity Advice Fails You
I’m sitting in my mum’s spare room in the UK, and everything I own that’s not in storage is scattered around me, in an explosion of clothes, shoes, toiletries and electronics. There are wires tangled up with t-shirts, bars of soap stuffed into trainers, and a big pile of receipts and papers which has slid down… Read more
