Feeling OVERWHELMED

Emotions are a part of us and feeling overwhelmed from time to time is a natural part of life. Everyone occasionally feels overwhelmed by responsibilities, expectations, and a lack of time, be it at home or at the workplace. Being overwhelmed leaves a person feeling stressed and often paralyzed and unable to take any action. However, dwelling on your feelings of being confounded and letting those reactions knock you off course can be detrimental to both your mental and physical health as well as your productivity at work.

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Shift your MINDSET

Every human being sees life through their own eyes based on their mindset. The expectations, assumptions and norms we hold about ourselves, our situation, life and also our circumstances all contribute towards forming our mindset. But with the passage of time and changing circumstances we need to make modifications and it is only by shifting our mindset that we can meet those challenges. These modifications may relate to making changes in our career, our personal development, health, work life balance etc.

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT – a lifelong journey

Human potential has no limits, and it is only by investing time in our own personal development that we can identify and find a way to harness and develop our talents. What we need to do is to identify and establish goals for what we want to achieve in our life. We also require to identify the steps we need to take, to reach where we would like to go in the short term and also in the long term.

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ENERGY is the key

The capacity to do and get things done, are the keys to success. The demands at the workplace and also pressures to produce results are both increasing and may eventually lead to employee burnout at the cost of both the employee’s health as well as the organizations performance. As the demands of the workplace keep on increasing, employees are being forced to put in longer hours to meet their goals.

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Self reflection and MIND POWER

Our brain is the most powerful part of our body, true and it is also the most complex part. We may tend to take our brain for granted but we should be aware that our brain has the ability to unlock unlimited success in our lives. We may think and believe that we cannot control our thoughts as these come and go within our brain without us being able to exercise any control on them. But have we ever thought about the fact that actually we can control our thoughts and also use our brain to become what we think about.

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Handling life’s STRESSORS

Dealing with everyday stresses have become a part of life these days. Especially since the Covid pandemic started more than a couple of years ago, life has changed. Working from home started and with it the uncertainty of job security, growing cost of living, family pressures etc. The rising bills which keep increasing, the work pressures which keep escalating and the family commitments and responsibilities which become increasingly demanding. These and other related factors sometimes cause our stress levels to skyrocket and become unmanageable.

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CRITICAL THINKING – an essential skill

Whether we possess the ability to think critically or not is the key element between achieving success or failure in most areas of our lives. In the competitive business world of today possessing the ability to sort out useful details, evaluating sources of information and data, as well researching them provides the base for reaching conclusions. It provides us with the “dots” which when connected can help us to come up with a big picture to reach conclusions, on which to base our decisions.  

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POSITIVE thinking

Our life and what we make of it, depends on our approach and thinking towards it. If our thinking is positive, we focus our mental attitude on the good aspects of life and expect that the results will be beneficial to us. Our expectations are that we will reap success, obtain happiness, enjoy good health and be successful in whatever we do.

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