Terminator: Why do you cry? John Connor: You mean people? Terminator: Yes. John Connor: I don't know. We just cry. You know. When it hurts. Terminator: Pain causes it? John Connor: Uh-uh, no, it's different . . . It's when there's nothing wrong with you, but you hurt anyways. You get it? Terminator: No. — Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Humans cry...
Fear. One of our most important instincts. All of us are alive today because our ancestors were really good at predicting and reacting to threat. The ability to detect threat in our environments has served us well over the millennia, enabling us to pass on our genes. This is...
“You cannot delegate culture change. The culture is not “out there ” somewhere; it is in you — in your gut, your heart, and your mind. You can no more have someone else change the culture for you than you can have someone else change your...
“It often means looking your failures and disappointments square in the eye and re-strategising. It is not satiating your immediate desires. It is letting go. It is choosing new. It is disappointing some people. It is making sacrifices for others. It is living a way...
"There are three "musts" that hold us back. I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy." ~ Unknown. Self-improvement is impossible without self-awareness. Self-awareness (sometimes referred to as self-knowledge or introspection) is about understanding your own needs, desires, limitations, habits...
“There are two kinds of speakers in the world. Those who are nervous, and those who are liars.” Mark Twain Glossophobia, or speech anxiety, is one of our most common fears. In fact, research suggests that public speaking is the number one fear in Australia. The second...
“My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportions to my expectations.” ~ Anonymous Expectations are the strong belief that something will happen or be the case. More than anything else, our expectations determine our reality. And our expectations also impact those around...
The field of Positive Psychology is gaining more and more traction across diverse industries and organisations. What is it and is it really all that it is cracked up to be, the answer to the age old human dilemma of how to be happy? Don't we all...
What is the one thing we all want more of? Money? Sex? I would suggest the answer is time. Time is our most precious resource. We cannot save it up, cannot slow it down or rewind it. How we expend our most precious resource should ideally...
Your thoughts are racing but not complete and are filled with bad future scenarios. Your email inbox is full and unread, the car needs a service, the kids won't eat the dinner you cooked, your partner is working late, you are getting a cold and...