No matter what you do, your job exists for a reason. When you know that reason, and fully understand...
How to Succeed? Get More Sleep. Arianna Huffington
In her early career Arianna hardly slept at all, but after trying it she says that getting more sleep...
The sleep habits of highly successful people
As researchers learn more and more about the purpose of sleep, the importance of getting a good night’s sleep becomes...
Why Work Doesn’t Happen at Work. Jason Fried
Given a choice, many people avoid the office when they really want to go to get work done, choosing...
The habits of happiness. Matthieu Ricard, Biochemist turned Buddhist monk.
What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Matthieu says we can train our minds into a...
How to buy happiness. Michael Norton, author of Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending
Michael Norton, author of Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending. Despite what we have said elsewhere on this...
The surprising science of happiness. Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness.
Dan does not agree that happiness depends on things turning out the way we want – he says we...
The Walk from “No” to “Yes”. William Ury, author of Getting to Yes.
Want to know how to create agreement, even in the most difficult circumstance? Here are some useful hints on...
The Happy Secret to Better Work. Shawn Achor, psychologist.
If you can condition yourself to be positive you will actually have more intelligence available, as well as becoming...
The surprising secret to speaking with confidence. Caroline Goyder, voice coach.
Caroline was a voice coach at Central School of Speech and Drama for ten years, and now runs a...
How to Speak so that People Want to Listen. Julian Treasure, sound consultant.
Here are some tools for engaging with colleagues and customers, speaking more powerfully but remaining connected.
How to Make Hard Choices. Ruth Chang, philosopher.
Hard decisions are, of course, hard to make, but they come up in the course of everyone’s life. Here...
Listen, Learn… then Lead. Stanley McChrystal, 4-star general.
Here’s someone with a military perspective on leadership that turns out to be really useful when trying to build...
Embrace the Near Win. Sarah Lewis, art historian.
Sarah Lewis suggests we look at near-failures and use them as catalysts for propelling our own work lives career...
How to Make Work-Life Balance Work. Nigel Marsh, author.
Nigel explains his plan for finding a balance between family, self and work.
How great leaders inspire action. Simon Sinek, author and motivational speaker.
Sinek says people usually build their business from What to How and then possibly add Why, but he says...
The power of believing you can improve. Carol Dweck, professor of psychology at Stanford University
This talk summarises Carol Dweck’s theory that it is vital to have a growth mindset, in which you understand...
What makes us feel good about our work? Dan Ariely, behaviorial economist.
Dan’s TED talk reveals key motivators for people doing their jobs (As Dan Pink also points out, money isn’t...
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