Posts Tagged "stress"
Why It’s Never Too Late to Change
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Most people hate change. Some find it stressful, some are scared out of their wits by it, many resist it, few embrace it.
Change doesn’t just move people out of their comfort zone – it gives them the kind of shove. But comfort zones aren’t conducive to growth. Sometimes you just have to get uncomfortable on purpose if you want to move forward.
It’s an inescapable truth (if unpalatable for some) that change is the only constant. Stubbornly hanging on to “the way we’ve always done things” propels you in an entirely different direction – backwards.
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We all have unfinished business! All those things in our work and lives that hold us back and add to our stress, because they just never seem to go away.
You know the kind – those humongous and ever-growing piles of paper, magazines, lists and stuff. Projects that aren’t quite complete, personal To Dos that you somehow never find time To Do, unresolved problems, and things to read, sign, approve or file later.
Some of them are constantly lurking subliminally at the back of our minds, while others are physically squatting in our straining In Trays silently mocking us when we glance in that direction.
Once in while we shuffle through it all, shift things from one list to another or think to ourselves “Yes I must do something about that one day” – but never really accomplish much.
Suffer no longer! The 5D’s are a surefire way to break free of desk stress and declutter your space and your mind.
Read More5 Ways to Stay Sane When You’re Going Like Crazy
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If we’re to believe what the researchers and statisticians tell us, Australians now work the longest hours in the Western World. What ever happened to that laid back Aussie lifestyle and living the dream? A thousand years on and we’re working more than medieval peasants did – is it just me, or is something wrong with that picture?
And it’s not just about the work hours. We’re all so caught up in consumerism and our relentless work/spend cycle that couples spend on average only 12 minutes a day talking to each other, 40 minutes a week playing with their kids, and … shock, horror, we’re having less sex. Now that’s a world totally out of whack.
This epidemic even has a name – AFFLUENZA. So what’s the cure?
Read More5 Easy Ways to Get the Jump on Life
Feeling a bit like Chicken Little? (c Disney 2005)
“The sky is falling, the sky is falling.” Chicken Little’s now-famous catch cry in the classic children’s fable (& Disney movie) could easily be resurrected today.
But the sky falling down is the least of our worries. We’ve got crashing economies, crumbling governments, tumbling markets, plummeting house prices and politicians whose credibility and tactics have nose-dived to the point where our BS meter has red lined. Is it any wonder our confidence has thrown its lot in with all the rest of the doom and gloom and taken a plunge as well?
All together now, let’s give Peter Finch’s famous rant in the 1970’s film “Network” a burl*
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