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Positive Thinking or Fatalism: Is There Another Choice?

It seems like every day there are more articles and books being written about positive thinking. Some support the benefits of positive thinking and others warn against its pitfalls. I wonder, is either approach right, or is there another way that will support us in leading a happy and fulfilled life?

How to Build Resilience

While we don’t always have control over the circumstances of our lives, we do have control over how we react to them. Our beliefs shape our thoughts and our thoughts motivate our actions. Building a robust belief in ourselves, in our strengths, and in our ability to take appropriate and effective action will help us weather the storms of life, recover from adversity, and strengthen our ability adapt to change

Small Steps Bring About Big Changes

Our desire for change can start as a nagging feeling that life could be better than it is, or it could stem from a deep dissatisfaction with some particular aspect of our day-by-day existence. As well as opening up possibilities for personal growth and positive transformation, change can bring up all sorts of fears and conflicting feelings. Your approach to change will determine the outcome.

Do You Make Time For Your Career?

Increasingly I find that people I work with are extremely capable, work hard, deliver results, however they put their work demands ahead of their own (including career planning). Does this sounds like you?

Use Your Thoughts to Support Success

Is fear sapping your energy and holding you back from achieving all you want to in life? A simple change in focus can help to free you from debilitating fear and propel you into enhanced self-belief and bring about successful results in your life. Learn how to use the power of your mind to unlock the motivation and determination required to bring about your success. Put your renewed energy into taking positive action that will help you achieve your dreams.

Harnessing Linguistic Potential

As a linguist I have always been interested in improving my linguistic ability. Learn about a new approach to Linguistic Excellence using NLP to develop latent skills you may have only ever dreamed about.

Hiring a Professional Coach

There are many great coaches for you to choose from, and they're featured in this amazing website so that you can find out more about their work, and what they have achieved. To help you decide who is the right person to work with you, try checking out our tips for idendifying a coach to help you be even more amazing.

Tips For Surviving Redundancy

We're passionate about supporting you to Stay Amazing through the loss of a job. We've not only been there ourselves, but we've helped hundreds of people like you to survive, and in 2009 we published a book about how we, and others around the world have survived. Here are our top 10 Tips;

New approaches to career coaching

A new paradigm for career development has come about as a result of the massive change that has happened in the business environment over the last 5 or so years. For the coaching and career counselling fraternity this means that we need to rethink our approach to doing career work with clients.

The meaning of situations reframed...

What a week it has been in the history of aviation! A volcano erupting in Iceland has caused so much disruption leaving people stuck in different countries all over the world. I was in the Philippines at the time, and was not much disturbed by it coming back to New Zealand, but relatives and many others did find themselves stranded for days. While some people were happy about a few more days aboard, covered by insurance, others wanted to be home and wished they had not gone away.

How to Know if All that Stuff is Really Clutter

How can you tell if clutter has become a problem? Use this checklist to help you evaluate your own clutter situation. If you answer yes to any of these questions it may be time to stop and take stock of your surroundings and make a plan to clear the decks so you can enjoy what you own rather than feeling owned by your belongings. Be kind to yourself while doing this - most of us could benefit from making a bit more space in our lives.

Learn to Love Yourself

Are happy being who you are? Or instead, are you trying to be the person you think others want you to be? Are you constantly holding back, afraid that other people won’t like or accept you if they get to know you and find out what you are ‘really’ like? Well the news is all good. You were put on this earth to be the person you truly are. You CAN learn to accept and love yourself just as you are. Follow the seven tips below and learn to love yourself.

The Feeling of Loss in the Workplace

Redundancy and the impact it has. Have you been hit by the big R? Have you, or someone you know, been made redundant due to the 'current economic climate'. You may have arrived at work one day to discover that you no longer have a place of work to go to.

Stuck in a rut at work?

Want to know how you can maximise every opportunity in your current role and get yourself out of a rut? To follow are 3 tips to help you feel energised and actually want to go to work in the morning.

How to work with a recruitment consultancy

Looking for work can be a difficult experience and sometimes recruitment consultancy staff are not as helpful as you might have expected. Something to keep in mind is that you are using their service for free. They are paid by the employer and will put more effort into communicating with them than you. However, all is not lost. You can find a new job with the help of a recruitment consultant.

Five Tips for Creating a Great CV

Even when you are not job seeking it is important to have an up-to-date CV that accurately reflects your skills and experience. Your CV should always be at the ready. You never know when an opportunity may present itself to you. So how do you create a great CV?

Should You Hire A Career Coach?

Should You Hire A Career Coach? Sara Eckel of Forbes.com talks about what to look for, what to expect and how to avoid scams.

Interview Tip of the Week...

Have you recently attended an interview for a role you really wanted and come away thinking - "that went reasonably well". Then receive in your inbox the next day a "dear john" email.

Juggling to Find Balance

The holiday period for most of us is a time of relaxation and an opportunity for finding another perspective on what balance means. This perspective often causes people to question why they do the work they do and often creates some dread about going back to work.

Mood Management (or how to avoid people in white coats)

He was literally doubled up. First he coughed, then he spluttered then he erupted into a staccato laugh that sounded like a machine gun firing. At one point he was gasping for breath and could hardly breathe.I love it when I get this kind of response to a joke!

Discover your ideal career

We spend half our awake hours at work, so imagine the impact of being unhappy at work has on your life ! Yet, too many people I speak with, aren’t happy with what they do for a living or don't know what they would be good at. Let’s not look at why in this article, but what can we do about it instead. Here is an 8 step process which will help you discover the career direction that will make you happy.

Successuful Teens

The program has been running with great results now. much to the relief of students and parents. STUDENT COMMENT: i gained so much more interest in succeeding well in my goals, learning about my abilities and career choices and knowing how to love myself which gives me a lot of confidence for my future. i also learnt how to control anxiety in stressful times like my exam times. Katie.

All About Attitude

Our actions are based on our words; our words are based on our thoughts; and our thoughts are based on our beliefs – beliefs about the world and our place in it. Words are powerful – they can build us up or tear us down; they can inspire us or make us so afraid of failing that we fail to act at all.

EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF BURN OUT – PROLONGED STRESS

Stress features in the lives of most people – in paid employment, self employment and those who run households. It can be as deadly as a cancer or as subtle as a mosquito bite!