Twelve days of Christmas

As Christmas day draws even closer this blog post takes a look at a traditional Christmas song which is sung during the season each year, however its origins and meanings may be less well known. The carol, Twelve days of Christmas refers to, as the name suggests, twelve days during the festive period.

Achieving high energy performances

Do you find your energy levels fluctuate from day to day or even throughout the day?  Do you envy people who always seem to have endless energy?  The good news is you too can be a high energy performer if you want to be.  It’s not rocket science to join the ranks the people you continue to admire because of their high output and daily accomplishments.

Self Talk

How often do you find you are holding a conversation with yourself? Are these conversation audible or are they kept to the realms of your head. If you do hold these conversations, don’t worry because your not on your own. These conversations are very powerful tools for your personal development and should be treated as a serious component of your personal growth.

Your most important relationship

Relationships are the cornerstone of the make-up of the human race, therefore the type of relationships you have in your life will have an effect on the value of your life. The relationships you have in your life will have a varying importance depending on how much you value it.

How do you cope with redundancy?

After I left school I embarked on an apprenticeship in engineering; a fascinating experience to an otherwise protected and sheltered young man. I had suddenly been thrust into this man’s world, consequently I had to learn a whole ‘raft’ of new terminology. Some of it I wouldn’t dare repeat to my parents, however some of it was necessary for learning the job. there were of course the elements you instantly discarded as, shall we say unnecessary, whilst other elements you couldn’t understand but felt you had to learn.