Mental toughness is essential in business, but it my views of what mental toughness actually means has changed over time. I have long thought that it meant that nothing bothers you. I now realise as I have grown mentally tougher that actually that is not t

In my last article, I discussed the way in which we play roles in the workplace, and how as a leader it is imporant to understand this. However, this principle has implications that reach out into the whole of life. In life, we play many different roles, s

Whenever you are at work, you are not truly yourself, you are playing a role. You behave (hopefully!) in ways demanded by the environment, often contrary to how you feel and think. This is not necessarily a bad thing. From the earliest times it has been an

If anger makes you unapproachable, stress is killing you! Stress is a major cause of heart attacks and strokes and all manner of illnesses. For such an endemic problem clearly the cause of so much unhappiness, it is surprising how in the workplace what lit

We are very fortunate to be living in the the third great leap forward in the history of mankind after the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions, namely the information revolution. With the ongoing development of the microprocessor and the internet, vast

Anger seems to be on the rise in Western culture, an epidemic of rage. This affliction I know only too well, it having blighted much of my life. I got to the point where I had to do something about it before it ruined my life and the lives of my loved ones

A fact that everyone needs to come to terms with is that nothing, nothing works how it should. People, systems, machines, organisations, you name it. Not even your own mind and body function how you would like them all the time. A good way to get yourself

I used to believe that my world-view was a product of my experience. I now believe the opposite - my experience is a direct result of my belief. That's why you get some rich folks who are miserable and some folks with b*gger all are happy as Larry. I have

For many of us, our wants divide neatly into three caregories: a successful career, happy fulfilling relationships and personal pleasures. To benefit from these involves making commitments, and that's when you begin to realise that the price of success is

Hitler and Stalin are two of the most repugnant figures in history, but studying them can be a useful business model. It's no simple act of chance that Hitler committed suicide in his bunker with his ambitions in ruins and Stalin died of a stroke at his de