As one year draws to a close, and a new year presents options and opportunities, wouldn’t it be great to have an inkling of what life has in store? We want so much to be able to see into the future, but we don’t realise that we already can.
Office parties can be a terrific opportunity to get to know the people in your firm, expand your network, and to make yourself known to key decision-makers.
At this time of year, with family get-togethers looming for end-of-year celebrations, many people ask me how to deal with relatives who criticise and put you down.
When spring appears, I’m like a kid. I get all excited about what new things I’m going to create in my life while the sun’s out and I can go out and play.
We can find inspiration and guidance in all kinds of unexpected places.
In a rapidly changing world, the ability to adapt to change is the key to survival, success and fulfillment.
When I’m on a first date, I just freeze. I’m too self-conscious, so I hold back, not knowing how to behave. The more I like the guy I’m dating, the more I freeze and I don’t give him a chance to get to know me. No amount of positive self-talk helps me be who I really am.
‘Precisely how long did it require you to publish ”Should I use a dream dictionary to interpret my dreams? “ It includes quite a lot of good knowledge. Thank you, Roland.’
The ’80s was a decade in which we discovered our blockages and fixed them. The ’90s was a decade in which we discovered our strengths and used them.
Your role is to help your manager achieve objectives effectively, as well as find challenges of your own for your job enjoyment and enrichment.
Someone will always be better looking
Someone will always be smarter
Some of their houses will be bigger
Their children will do better in school
Sages through the ages have advocated the ‘Middle Way’. The ‘Golden Mean’ and the ‘Straight and Narrow Path’. The moral of many children’s stories (such as Goldilocks and the Three Bears) is to avoid extremes and choose the balance in life that is ‘just right’.
How do you deal with a partner who is very different from you? For example, my partner likes spending and I believe in saving. He needs routine and I prefer flexibility. He’s also tied to his family and I’m more independent.
I love him to bits but we have a lot of arguments about the littlest things. Is there any way we can handle our arguments better?
Part of our purpose is to continue to learn. My view of life has been shaped by many teachers: philosophers, experts and visionaries—or role-models selected from people I meet, who show me the kind of person I want to be and how I choose to live my life.
Hello Jacquie. How can I appear confident even when I don’t feel confident, particularly in social situations?
Hello Jacquie, do you have any tips on communicating confidence to others? For example in say a job interview or other situation where it would be advantageous to at least appear confident?
What vibration or energy frequency are you sending out to the world? Positive, or negative?
If you’ve ever thought ‘There has to be something more…’ ? That thought is a tap on the shoulder to move you to a deeper perspective of life.
Here’s another thought that might be novel to you: could your life be a preparation for a greater purpose?
What’s worse than being on the wrong side of an argument? Being on the right side with nobody listening.
How can I improve my business writing skills on an ongoing basis?
How would you like to access inner tranquility, heightened clarity of mind, more happiness and flow in your life, a deeper connection with yourself, with loved ones and with a sense of purpose and meaning?
Here’s an issue close to the heart of anyone who’s a parent; or anyone who finds it difficult to connect with a loved one at a deeper level.
How to interview because interviewers are interviewed too! Have you ever wondered how you could have been so wrong about that cheerful dynamo who turned out to be such a morose plodder, or why that person who seemed so keen and reliable at interview left after only a few months? How could you have missed …
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Can a best friend give you the same value as your journal?
Is it a good idea to take a gap year and see the world or settle down?
Dreams are the answers to questions you haven’t realised need asking.
I am always on the lookout for Wise Ways to wealth by managing and saving money.
Are you Growing as a Person?
Your Soul Contracts can help you find out.
Today, we have a new understanding of spirituality. It means living a life of integrity, of expanded consciousness (being aware of our thoughts and behaviours and their consequences). It means living our life in the best way possible for the advancement of the human family to which we are connected.
Anyone who is about to start a small business has an intrinsic sense that there are key questions to ask if you are going into small business.
I am always on the lookout for Wise Ways to save water around the house and garden.
It may be daunting to find the right questions to ask at the beginning of a new relationship.
Imagine this scenario that was presented to me recently:
You’re new to your job. You rely on your colleagues to pass on work to you that is meaningful. But the only tasks you’re being asked to do by different people are menial tasks.
Have you ever wondered – Does our destiny eliminate our power of choice? Is your destiny immutable?
High self-esteem is a quality that eludes many of us. I came across an interesting perspective recently that I thought would be worth sharing.
On 22 March 2013, Dr Ian Gawler will share his story with Wise Ways listeners.
Today I interviewed Sue Ellson, the Founder and Director of Newcomers Network.
I never knew there was an official Employee Appreciation Day on the 1st Friday in March.
If your true values don’t guide the way you live your life, you’ll experience what I call the ‘cheese-grater effect’—
Why are some people more ready and able to take risks—perhaps present innovative ideas to management, or take that leap of faith to fulfil a dream? The standard answer one hears too often these days is that people who don’t take risks are afraid of failure—implying that those who do take risks, aren’t afraid.
I wonder how many people would have nothing to talk about beyond gossiping about everyone else.
I like to latch on to anything that helps me keep motivated, stay focused, or that reminds me to do a review of my life.
It can be hard to tell if the signs in your life are confirming whether or not you’re going in the right direction. A client of mine was telling me how disappointed she was that a guy she’d liked hadn’t called her again after the first date. The conversation led to signs; that he was a sign that things were moving in her life, but the time was not yet right for her to meet THE man.
I received the following question via email from a person who has a problem with public speaking and wanted some help:
Valentine’s Day… I’d forgotten all about it until someone reminded me. (Says a lot about what’s going on in my life, doesn’t it!)
I discovered this great article on The Secret of Love by Deepak Chopra MD on LinkedIn recently.
There’s a lot of talk around about the ending of our ‘old world’ and the birth of a new consciousness that we’ve all heard something about it, be it sense or nonsense.
Are you leaving your career planning to chance? Do you need a career plan template?
