by Matthew Hughes | Dec 1, 2019
Building Personal Resilience Resilience can be learned! Here’s the skills that can be built for thriving through life’s inevitable uncertainty and hardships. To some degree you are already Resilient. Depending on the life you’ve lived (and the number of...
by Matthew Hughes | Jul 15, 2019
Please STOP Minimising If you care about building or maintaining close relationships, then do this instead. COLLEAGUE / LOVED ONE: “My daughter is having surgery next week”YOU: “Oh no, I’m sure she will be ok. It’s a common surgery.” COLLEAGUE / LOVED ONE: “It’s...
by Matthew Hughes | May 16, 2019
Words in ConflictChoose your words carefully & you can get someone to change their mind, or see things differently. You may have heard that 90% of communication is non-verbal. While this might be true, the words we speak are still 100% important. Choose your words...
by Matthew Hughes | Aug 24, 2017
Increasing self-esteem Your self-esteem is being determined by when and who you compare yourself to. THEORY Humans are the only creatures capable of thinking about the future, which results in the realisation we will all eventually meet our maker. We can’t change this...
by Matthew Hughes | May 4, 2017
Listening to Learn The conscious mental skill you are already an expert at, but may not be using enough… Hearing is a physical skill. If you are fortunate you’ve been born with ears and the physical ability to hear. Listening however, is a mental skill....