You know we have it pretty good, our life expectancy is over 80 in Australia (81.2 to be exact) and we tend to take it for granted. The fact is our time here is finite and we already spend over half of our life sleeping, eating and working. Over half! How do you want to spend the time you have left? Here are some tips to get the most out of your time: Don’t Wait Do you know we spend up to 42 days on hold on customer service calls and up to two years waiting in line? It’s no wonder we get so frustrated in these situations. You may say there is little to be done but is that really true? I don’t know how many times I’ve seen people waiting in line at the movie theatre, the zoo, or the museum wh
When thinking about your life, who do you identify with most: A. the person in the driver’s seat calling all the shots–you know where you’re going and how to get there; B. a backseat driver—you also know where you want to go but instead of driving yourself, you instruct others how best to get you there, whether they want you to or not; or C. a passenger along for the ride, wherever it may take you Here’s the important bit—after you make your choice, how did you feel about yourself? Do you feel positive, content, happy, and fulfilled with how you are conducting your life or dissatisfied, frustrated, disappointed and lost? If your automatic response was the latter, then perhaps it’
The Olympics are finally upon us and athletes from all over the world will be vying for medals, preferably gold. Every four years, we gather to witness who will triumph and who will crumble under the pressure, or ‘choke’ as they refer to it in sport. Although most of us will not experience this kind of pressure on such a public stage, choking doesn’t just occur in sport. The public pressure on athletes to succeed is not unlike the corporate environment where the expectation is to excel and handle pressure with ease. Let’s face it, even having to parallel park can be a high pressure situation for some of us! So what leads to choking? It comes down to what you think of yourself (“I can’t do th
