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In this fast-paced and ever-changing world we’re living in, one simple opinion or word can cause an immediate argument. I have been thinking about the reasons for this and I have realised that the simple fact is that we’re not listening to each other. A conversation makes it necessary to listen before answering and this…

Humans are hard-wired for storytelling, it’s in our genes. We have been communicating through stories for upwards of 20,000 years, when we first shared tales around the fire and our ancestors were painting on cave walls. Despite the ever-evolving methods and means of sharing stories, the word itself continues to evoke images of tradition, folklore…

Two of the high-level skills that we can develop as business owners and entrepreneurs, is around how to have ‘Positive Confrontations’ and how to negotiate effectively.   Many of the skills related to negotiating also relate to conflict resolution, as both forms of communication are intending to come to some resolution for all involved, that is…

Spiritual Balancing your spiritual well being is the most vital thing. If your soul is unhealthy, your body will be too. I was at a funeral last week. That gave me time to reflect on what is truly important in life. Not only that, but we sang the well-known song “It is well with my…

Yin Yang. Black White. Dark Light. Day Night. Male Female. Birth Death. Good Evil. In Chinese mythology, Yin and Yang were born from chaos when the universe was first created and they are believed to exist in harmony at the centre of the Earth. During the creation, their achievement of balance in the cosmic egg allowed…

Finding a balance means giving equal time and attention to different aspects of one’s life. Living a busy and fast-paced life makes it almost impossible to achieve a perfect equilibrium. Often living a goal-orientated life means achieving one goal and immediately focusing our time and attention on the next thing on our to do list….

The dictionary meaning of the word “Balance” is divided into two; a) Noun definitions and b) Verb definitions, and they are as follows: noun an even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady. a situation in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions. verb put (something) in…

Balance between your work and your personal life is something that is very difficult to achieve and, in my view, the best we can hope for is to get it sort of right, some of the time. Work-life balance has become a bit passé these days. What I find is that there are periods where…