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Is your boss a corporate psychopath? Why would you even consider such a question? The issue is if this has crossed your mind then you have most likely worked with and are reporting to such an individual. Psychopaths account for 1% of the general population and depending on what you read the percentage of psychopaths in the corporate world as CEO’s can be as high as 12% more if you include senior managers reporting to CEO. The general population of prison would have approx 15%

Stress in the workplace looks like progress is slow. In 2018 a survey in Ireland showed stress levels in workplace doubled in 5 years. In 2020 a mater private health care study healthy working reported 70% of workers were stressed 9 in 10 reported working while sick 3 in 10 worked against doctors advice. Irish workers spent less than €2 euro a day on personal health and wellbeing. 2020 was a record year for people feeling stressed in work. In 2021 reports still showed large w

Do you think you are an optimist or a pessimist or maybe even you identify as a realist. The truth is realism is somewhere as a midpoint between optimism and pessimism. We know we have about 60000 thoughts a day and many or most of them are negative thoughts. We are too hard on ourselves we judge ourselves we speak to ourselves in our head with negative self talk that we would never dream of saying to anyone we know. So what can you do to be optimistic yet be realistic? One t

A Saturday message This weekend is an important one for me personally and for my faith where I get to reflect with feelings of sadness and happiness over a 3 day period. This weekend religious season is not for everyone but my message taken from today's reflection which I had the honour to read to the congregation is... If you have ever given yourself fully with great enthusiasm to a hope or dream only to have those hopes dashed and your dreams shattered then this is the ti

Thursday evening message for you. There is going to be pain in any journey in life as you reach for your goal. Having the correct mindset to deal with all that is thrown at you is key. Stuff will happen how we react is the difference to the stress in our lives. You can have the career and relationship you dream of if you manage your believe system and work on the irrational beliefs you hold. Working with a coach like me we can together unwrap these beliefs, explore them and r

What would you do if you knew you could live forever? Would you set any goals in your life? The chances are you would put off all the great things you wanted to achieve because you could just do it tomorrow and life would become very boring. When you realise that we are here on this earth for a limited time, Ireland as an example in 2021 had a life expendency of 82.5 years or approx 4,300 months. 4,300 months, now I challenge you to stop and reflect as you live your life at