Category: Psychology

  • Just Wait

    by Stuart Perkins They await me. Even though I’m on vacation, they’re begging me to come back. And I will. Back to the harried rush of meetings. Deadlines. Anxiety. Lengthy agendas listing tedious tasks. Obnoxious lights blinking on a phone full of messages. All imperative, all immediate, all demanding. Pushing to answer email, now scrambling to copy.…

  • Is Comparing Your Life to Others’ Making You Unhappy?

    by Candace N. Bisram (Reprinted with permission) Someone recently said to me, “The main reason for my unhappiness is because everyone around me is doing so much with their lives and I’m just stuck where I am.” Many people bring this “unhappiness” on themselves by comparing their life to others’. They see people around them…

  • Servant Leadership – How Meeting the Needs of Your Team Can Make You a More Effective Leader

    A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.– Jim Rohn, American entrepreneur. By the Mind Tools Content Team Why Servant Leadership? Through servant leadership, your team learns to trust you,  knowing that you are  “there for them.” …

  • Your Health Matters: What Is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?

    by JEANINE BARONE Many of us possess at least a touch of narcissism. And with the advent of social media, what might once have been considered pretty self-obsessed behavior—for instance, repeatedly taking photos of oneself (a.k.a. the “selfie”)and posting them online for public viewing—has become not only culturally acceptable but even expected, at least in some…

  • Can Work Friends Become Real Friends?

    Friendship and colleagues:Can workplace bonds cut it in the real world? Oct 7th 2016 This article is part of our Change Generation project, supported by KBC. To read more click here. MAKING FRIENDS AT WORK can be a tricky business. As we get older, we spend more time with work colleagues and less with even our…