
Sleep. Just hearing the word makes me want to go take a nap! I’ve fallen asleep sitting at my desk, while typing on the computer, reading and watching TV. You probably think, what’s the big deal?

Sleep. Just hearing the word makes me want to go take a nap! I’ve fallen asleep sitting at my desk, while typing on the computer, reading and watching TV. You probably think, what’s the big deal?

I’m relatively certain that we all understand a car needs gasoline to run. Using the top-quality “premium” grade will make it run much better than filling it with the cheapest, lowest-grade of gasoline we can find. Then why the heck do so many of us think it’s okay to work a 10-hour day, either eat…

We all set goals. We set personal goals such as loosing weight, or saving more money, or getting a new job. We set business goals or they are set for us by our boss – goals such as increasing sales, increasing productivity, or cutting costs. Frequently however, these goals are not achieved and that’s because…

No matter whom we are, what we do, why we do it and where we live, 99% of us have had someone we call boss, manager, supervisor, or any other title that makes us accountable to them (to avoid confusion, from here on in, I will refer to this person as “boss”).

Have you ever gotten into an email war with someone? Have you said something or sent something and instantly regretted it? You just couldn’t stop yourself, right? Why? A number of things can trigger such a reaction, especially threats to one’s standing in society, social group, self-esteem and status. Our core emotional need is to…

Dr. Robert Sapolsky, from Stanford University, shares some insights from his work on stress. He draws on his research done over the last 30 years, some of which involves work in the Kenyan wildlife.