Soldiering on is what we do when times are bad. Stiff upper lip. Put a brave face on it. Keep your chin up. Overdone, this can take a heavy toll on our emotions, mental wellbeing, relationships and eventually, health. But, at what point should you cut your losses and...

If you are currently experiencing a rough ride, you’d be in very good company. Current events these days are prone to excite extreme emotions. Sadly, at present, so many things are set to provoke unhelpful negative emotions. We are all emotional beings by nature, and...

When it comes to remarkable achievement, it is never possible to know the how until you have arrived. Most times, at the beginning, it doesn’t even look feasible. If you fret or worry about the how too soon, you’ll never get moving, and never find the way to make it...

Even if you don’t view your contemporaries as competition, when they seem to be making faster progress in their careers, you have to ask, “Why?” What is it that they have got that you don’t? What are they doing that you are not doing? Often, this is puzzling,...

If you’re an introvert, and want to become at least a little more extrovert, here are seven steps to help you say farewell to your introversion, and become a little more extrovert, without it hurting. Stop identifying as an introvert. This reinforces the behaviours of...

Everyone has a reputation, everyone. A reputation is simply what other people expect of you.  What do people expect of you? Unless you’ve put development focus on your reputation, chances are high that their expectations will be diverse, with different people...