Barry Winbolt’s Blog: “Life doesn’t have to be like that.”
Daily posts on topics that will help you get a better handle on yourself and life in general.
There is no such thing as a ‘communication breakdown’.
We here about it all time time, but I think this is a an inaccurate and limiting term which does more harm than good. Here’s why.
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It’s not worth saying anything about this post.
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If you have to deal with a difficult person regularly you’ll know that it can be a pain. It may be a minor irritant, but at its worst, persistent difficult behaviour can force you to leave your job and/or make you ill.
Believe it or not, there’s a good side. Here’s why I think that is.
Continue readingThe National Bullying Helpline has suspended services temporarily and announced that it is considering its future after it went public and said “three or four” Downing Street employees had called its helpline.
The HSE, in its study Bullying at work: a review of the literature, says that there are over the half a million cases of work-related stress reported each year in the UK and that, on average, each case results in 29 working days lost. Bullying is the cause of 10-20% of this, the report estimates.
Can we unlearn being adult and rediscover a sense of novelty and awe? Childhood experience can be vivid, but that fades as we get older.
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The Sleep Well Plan will show you how to break the cycle of disrupted sleep and beat insomnia. However badly you think you sleep, you can start to feel immediate benefits by following the guidance here.
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The trouble with aspirations is that they can seem out of reach. But that’s the way they should be isn’t it? If they were attainable, we’d either have them, or we’d know that we’ve almost got them. They wouldn’t be aspirations, they’d be something else.
Aspirations can act like a guiding star, they tell us which way to go, where to direct our efforts. They are also abstract; things like happiness, wealth, wellbeing… and harmony.
Aspirations shape our thought and actions, so they are about how we think and act, not about things we have.
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Experts are everywhere which is handy when you need one. The trouble is, it can tend to erode your confidence and lead you to underestimate your own abilities.
Continue readingListening – here called compassionate listening – is the primary requirement in conflict resolution. It’s also the platform for building stronger relationships and mutual understanding. I wish it was taught in more schools.
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Knowing that your problem has a solution can be reassuring, but what about if the solution is out of reach? When you are facing a problem or challenge in life it’s easy to feel isolated and alone. This often means that you will struggle longer than necessary, believing that you have to deal with the […]
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