"Stress" Blog Posts

"May the lessons of 2020 help us to set different goals and seek to live more meaningful lives." – Yolande Conradie

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We asked our friends and followers for their money-saving tips, and they were rich with ideas

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I was having trouble thinking... I grew distant from family and friends, and I became increasingly irritable at work

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"You have power to make an employee's day enjoyable or miserable." - Bruna Martinuzzi

Leadership, Stress, Team Management

The other day, I was setting up a meeting with an associate, to be held at her place of work. We'd never met and had always communicated by email. It should have been a simple exchange

Book Insight

"Be dissatisfied with what is, but remain visionary of what can be done." – Ziad K. Abdelnour, CEO Blackhawk Partners Inc. About This Week’s Chat Are you satisfied with the quality of your life? How about your work? Does life seem like a breeze, or do you carry the weight of dissatisfaction around with you? And, […]

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Are you the sort of person who sees even a family board game as a life-or-death struggle for victory? Speaking personally, I'm so competitive that it frightens my friends, my family, and even my colleagues. There's nothing I won't turn into a competition: "You've got a cold? I've got the flu! You've got the flu? I've got […]

Career Skills

"We are not born with abilities. This comes from practice, persistence and perseverance." – Debasish Mridha, American physician and author About This Week's Chat We moved into a new house recently, after having lived in an apartment for nine years. Long before the move took place, I told my husband that as soon as the […]

#MTtalk, Leadership, Problem Solving, Strategy, Stress, Uncategorized

"Time doesn’t change things. It’s how we use our time that makes the difference." – Richie Norton, American author About This Week's Chat A few years ago, my husband and I visited Victoria Falls, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. We were there at the end of an excellent rainy season, and […]

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"Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.” – Bryant McGill, American author Crashing a Quad Bike A few years ago I had a quad bike accident. We were on holiday, and we went for an ride in a mountainous forest over very rough terrain. It had rained heavily in […]

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