If you are thinking about a big work shift, executive coach Anna Percy-Davis suggests you pause and reflect before undergoing even more change. “Create an internal and external dialogue. Talk to someone in the organisation you like and trust and to people who have made changes similar to what you’d like to do.” […]
Rolf Dobelli is the author of ‘Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life’. As a recovering news junkie, he found that once he’d got over his initial worry that he was missing something, he was able to be calmer and take better decisions. Rolf argues that news is to […]
Rapper and musician Nick Brewer has suffered anxiety since childhood. He found a lot of peace in reading, as well as being able to escape from his worries. When his father gave him a rap CD, it connected with him, and how he could tell his own story and make sense of his thoughts. “Writing […]
Author and journalist Oliver Burkeman reminds us that what will be pleasurable and fun for us isn’t always easy at the beginning: think of it as weight training, and do a little more every day at the point where it’s a tiny bit more uncomfortable than you’d choose. “The advice you don’t want to hear […]
Jessica Huie has changed her life more than once: she went from teenage mother to successful PR agent and entrepreneur. The loss of her father made her reconnect, she says, to everything that is important in her life, and changed it yet again. She’s written a book on finding your purpose and now encourages others […]
Professor Ian Robertson is a psychologist and neuroscientist with an interest in confidence — what makes some of us have self-belief and others not? And is this innate or a skill that can be learned? Professor Robertson says we can learn to acquire a set of mental habits that can help us to make our […]
Career coach and Head Talks ambassador Anna Percy-Davis has some helpful ideas to ease ourselves out of lockdown and back into a more “normal” life. Take time to enjoy these fresh experiences and don’t try and get back to everything at once. Forget FOMO – just be present. And don’t forget: you don’t […]
Sophie Bostock is a sleep scientist and sleep evangelist. She is fascinated by the ways in which good sleep can improve our lives. Sophie says that disruption and stress can have big effects on our sleep — and that in turn has an effect on our mental and physical health. But she tells us some […]
Do you feel like you’re on a treadmill, and happiness is always just around the corner? Are you disappointed that the things you buy don’t bring you lasting happiness? Professor Paul Dolan, from LSE’s Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, explains why this happens and what we can do to improve the way we feel. – […]
Paul Dolan is Professor of Behavioural Science at the LSE and the author of two bestselling books on happiness — Happy Ever After and Happiness By Design. He tells us about the importance of finding a balance between pleasure and purpose in life in order to achieve that happiness, how we can find new ways […]
Forget what you’ve been told about setting goals and making them achievable, says performance and leadership expert Jack Black. The most visionary people have had ideas that seemed unachievable at first. But the idea excited them so much that it stopped them thinking ‘how can I do this?” and moved them to “why […]
Jamie Catto is a musician, filmmaker and the author of ‘Insanely Gifted: turn your demons into creative rocket fuel.’ He believes that too much of our lives are lived at a superficial level of connection, where we behave in an inauthentic way. This, Jamie says, is something we’ve all been taught from our earliest years, […]
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