Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence

If I told you that there was a sure-fire way to increase your IQ (Intelligence Quotient) I’m pretty sure that would grab your attention. But if I told you that there was a way to increase your EQ (Emotion Quotient – a measure of Emotional Intelligence) would you jump...
Go Again

Go Again

I am not a big fan of New Years Resolutions. At any point in your life, you can start over. You can reset. You can go again. But with the start of a new calendar year, and after a period of festive reflection, now is as good a time as any to make plans and to refocus...
Balance

Balance

As individuals we are changed by significant events in our lives. Equally when a major event happens on the planet, we are changed not just individually but collectively too. Sometimes planetary events change the circumstances of life for many, many people. Such as...
Flow

Flow

At the end of last month psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi died. He will be best remembered for his work on the flow state and his book Flow. The flow state, sometimes called ‘in-the-zone’, occurs when we are fully absorbed in what we are doing, and time passes...
The 8th Habit

The 8th Habit

Fifteen years after publishing his hugely successful 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, in 2004 Stephen Covey published the sequel, The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness. I consider Covey’s first book to be a classic in the personal development field. And...