A few years ago while presenting webinars for a large international bank, I was asked to prepare on one entitled ‘How to Survive Christmas.’ It was well received by the staff and ran successfully for three years. The original lasted an hour, which seemed to me to be too long. I have now released a shorter version. It’s free, and lasts about eight minutes.
Many people delay their progress because their vision is simply an unattainable grand design. Wishing and hoping won’t do it, unless you believe it.
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There are advantages to optimism that are worth considering, but some people are put off because they don’t want to be disloyal to negativity.
Optimism and pessimism are generally seen as opposites, but that doesn’t mean they are mutually exclusive; learning optimism does not mean abandoning negativity. If that is what turns you on, stick with it.
If you tend towards a pessimistic outlook, how about learning selective optimism? That way you can get the benefits and still be true to your negativity.
Continue readingThere’s life and there’s the job, right? Wrong. Instead of treating work and home as disjointed parts of the same existence, Anna Tims suggests a change in perception rather than a change in circumstances, and so re-infuse our lives with greater purpose and fulfilment. Work is not necessarily the enemy if it is managed correctly, and it can all be achieved without you having to trek through rain forests, climb a mountain or wear sackcloth.
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