59. A New Year, A New You
This year Samoa lost a day as it moved from one time zone into another. When its inhabitants went to bed on 29th December they woke in...
58. Could Christmas Be Better This Year?
Every Tuesday evening my daughter and I go to a yoga class. It is run by a tiny bird-like woman who, in between exhortations that we...
57. The Difference Between Safety and Certainty
In Maslow's hierarchy of human needs, safety lies at the foundation. Until you know with some confidence that you're not, at any moment,...
56. The Mystery of Charisma
Don't you love it when you're settled in your seat to listen to a talk, maybe after a few talks that haven't really grabbed your...
55. Medicine and the Dalai Lama
Medicine and the Dalai Lama have very different attitudes to suffering - this week's tip looks at how those attitudes affect our day to...
54. How To Do More Things Well
A number of years ago I worked for a woman in a very senior position. Like many people who find themselves in senior positions, her...
53. The Unexpected Benefits of Laughter
Whether you're working in the public or private sector, times are tough at the moment. Tough financially, because most of us are less...
52. How to Make Better Choices
We spend our lives choosing: important things like our careers, our partners, our houses, but also much smaller, day to day choices, such...
51. Handling Criticism
You have to have a lot of confidence to be able to accept criticism gracefully and productively. It's hard to know what is more...
49. Your Relationship With Money
We work for many different reasons, but there is one that we all have in common. Money. Even people who say their hobby is their job...