Nietzsche Was Right!
Maybe you’ve heard the saying: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. At first flush it seems like nonsense, while sounding sort of cool. If someone almost stabs you to death, surely that makes you weaker? The phrase is from the German philosopher Fredrich Nietzsche. Now psychologists have discovered he was right, if you make it a matter of resilience. Resilience is the...
Read MoreYou Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry
A study at Harvard Medical school has discovered something interesting. Anger has a place in the workplace. As reported by the BBC, the findings include the statistic that ‘those who repressed frustration were three times more likely to say they had reached a glass ceiling.’ Those who deny their reality of their anger defeat attempts to control it, and miss out on the focused...
Read MoreStar Wars Goes To Work
On December 9th (Belfast) and 10th (Dublin) I spoke at the Christmas Event of the Institute of Internal Auditors (Irish District Society). It was an exciting and challenging experience, since I’ve never done anything quite like it before. But the feedback from both events was excellent, with participants sending me emails of appreciation and request for more information. Like the...
Read MoreFive Ways to Beat the Office Grind and Think More Clearly
This title is the subheading of an excellent BBC News Magazine article on the problems we face getting some thinking time. It’s fine for us to extol the virtues of ‘thinking smarter, not harder’. But how do you claim the spare time necessary to do this? Alan Connor gives five suggestions. Choose your moment Take a proper lunch break and go somewhere outside the office. Only work when...
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