One of the most highly effective ways to influence behavior is to simply prompt others to do a certain action or activity. Again, you use words that evoke the very actions that you want them to do or perform. A good example of this is to say, “Try it out”. …
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This is the second article in this series (well, hardly a series – its 2 articles) looking at how we form habits and why that is something that’s really worth understanding. Before we go any further, a HUGE thanks to Razwana, Yvonne, Joy, Ross, Adrienne, Jeevan and Annie for sharing …
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Ever find yourself saying “This will never work“? Often? or “We’ll never make it“… “It’s going to go wrong“… “I’m going to be terrible“… It’s often that we anticipate the worst with no benefit apart from added worries. According to recent research women would suffer most from it. But here …
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It’s not just our body that needs exercising, our brain needs it too. From the age of 20, we start losing neurons. By the age of 70, we’ve lost a tenth of what we were born with but, all is not lost, because neurons have extraordinary abilities. What Is A …
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…It’s Our Reaction To It I didn’t invent this quote. It comes from Dr Selye – a physician who first discovered stress and gave it its name. I love this quote because it highlights just how much impact we have on our own stress levels. My Stress, Your Stress… I’ve …
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“When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.” – Roy. E. Disney Values are things that motivate us, reflecting our sense of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ and our preferences concerning appropriate courses of action or outcomes. Values, therefore tend to influence our attitudes and behavior. For example: if …
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