Balance
The Importance of Taking Breaks
When you’re too busy to stop, you often end up working right through the day without taking a proper break. While I spend most of my time enabling people to get more done in their busy day, I also emphasise the importance of taking regular breaks. You might think you’re too busy to take a…
Read MoreWork Life Balance – how’s yours?
New working practices have been introduced in France and Sweden to improve the lives of workers. In France it’s now illegal for workers in the digital and consultancy sectors to respond to emails after 6pm. That would probably see most UK employers breaking the law on a daily basis, as so many people these days…
Read MoreYou really want to do this…
… but you’re just too busy. You’ll call in a couple of months when you’ve caught up … cleared this backlog … finished working on this project … have more time (!) … Whatever the reason, you really need or want to make a change but you’re so caught up with everything that’s going on that…
Read MoreThere’s more to life than work
“Life happens – very often when we’re busy elsewhere. When you spend your time working, it’s easy to get sucked in to putting in long hours or working in the evenings and at weekends just to catch up. While you want to do your best and put in the time and effort to build up…
Read MoreTop 5 frustrations of running a small business
Based on personal experience and observations of businesses I’ve worked with. Marketing – I know I struggled when I first started, never having done it before. I’ve done a huge amount, learnt a lot along the way, although still a way to go and new things to learn all the time. I still see many…
Read MoreWhat are you putting off?
If you have a tendency to put things off or leave things to the last minute, don’t worry – you’re not alone. We all do it and for various reasons. Understand what those reasons are and you’re more likely to be able to come up with a solution. Dig down to understand what you’re resisting…
Read MoreFind Time To Study
Whether you’re working full or part time and you’re studying for work-related or personal reasons – here are a few ideas to help you find time to study when you’re already busy. Commit to your study time! You have a goal. This is a short-term commitment which will result in giving you the skills and…
Read MoreAre You An Absent Dad?
In the last week there have been two TV programmes aimed at fatherhood – Daddy Daycare (Channel 4) and Wonderland: A Dad Is Born (BBC2) – I have to say I didn’t watch either of them. It was also discussed on Radio 4 Woman’s Hour Many of the men I work with often have one…
Read MoreHave You Lost Your Identity?
According to a recent NetMums survey, over half of working mums today feel as if they’ve lost their ‘mojo’. Many women I know have lost a sense of who they are. Before they got into a relationship or got married and had children, they were their own person. They had a job, they had their…
Read MoreVolunteering: Hairy Bikers Meals On Wheels
The Hairy Bikers are on a mission to rejuvenate the aging (in more ways than one) Meals On Wheels service. At it’s peak the Meals on Wheels service provided over 34 million daily hot meals to the elderly and infirm but it’s been dramatically reduced and it’s not a service that is available across the…
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