HOW TO BE HEARD
The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert Mike Bourne
03.07.2019.
If you’ve ever been sat in your place of work, thinking to yourself ‘There’s a better way to do this’ or ‘If we changed the way we do X it would save ££££’s’ then you are not alone; the problem however, is...
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PRIORITISATION
The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert Mike Bourne
19.06.2019.
Although writing from a project background, I have become more aware of the need for effective prioritisation in almost every modern role.
When faced with dozens of work items, all of which are required ASAP, it is easy to become daunted by the tasks before you....
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WORKING RELATIONSHIP BUILDING - PART TWO
The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert Mike Bourne
05.06.2019.
You always remember great service, in fact with the correct level of attentiveness and rapport you are even willing to overlook short-fallings in other areas. Conversely you are likely to remember particularly poor service even longer.
A strong professional...
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FEAR
The Finding Happy Series from Make Me A Plan's Mindfulness Expert, Aria Robbins.
04.06.2019.
Fear is instilled in us.
It has been that way for many, many years and by that I don’t just mean since the day we were born, I mean for millions of years, from the day we flopped out of the sea and started walking we have used fear to survive. Our sense of fear...
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WORKING RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert, Mike Bourne
20.05.2019.
The old adage ‘Don’t burn your bridges’ is advice that you should always strive to follow, both professionally and on a personal level. However this advice makes the assumption that you have bridges built to burn!
There are two main areas where...
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THE ART OF ORGANISATION
The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert, Mike Bourne
08.05.2019.
After upping sticks and relocating to the other end of the country recently, we are looking forward to welcoming the first visitor to our new home in Cornwall. With our son's impending arrival I began thinking about the importance of being organised…
My...
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MAKING YOUR HOME MORE MINDFUL
The Finding Happy Series from Make Me A Plan's Mindfulness Expert, Aria Robbins.
06.05.2019.
Having a quiet and calming space for you to relax and re-centre yourself is incredibly important. Whether the kids are driving you bananas today, there was one too many passive-aggressive emails at work and you can feel yourself ready to explode, you feel like the...
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THERE'S AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
The Finding Happy Series from Make Me A Plan's Mindfulness Expert, Aria Robbins.
05.05.2019.
There’s an elephant in the room.
He really wants you to talk to him, to acknowledge him.
The more you ignore him, the more destruction he’s going to make, he’ll be doing song and dances round the living room, acrobatics on a ball, anything...
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I'M TOO BUSY LOVING MYSELF
The Finding Happy Series from Make Me A Plan's Mindfulness Expert, Aria Robbins.
01.05.2019.
I wholeheartedly believe that we cannot receive love until we love ourselves. The relationship we have with ourselves is probably the most important and hardest one to maintain.
“Often the relationship that needs the most work is the one we have with...
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MINDFULL OR MINDFUL?
The Finding Happy Series from Make Me A Plan's Mindfulness Expert, Aria Robbins.
30.04.2019.
A common misconception with Mindfulness is that if you are mindful you never have low mood, bad days (at least not that bad) but every person on this planet has emotions and is only human, we still feel heartbreak, loss, we still put unnecessary pressures on ourselves to be...
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