Should we strike a balance?
Sometimes what is needed is not balance but someone really to rock the boat.
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How can we be content in a world full of choice?
We want the power of choice to entail the power to guarantee the best outcome. We should get rid of that illusion, embrace uncertainty and save anxiety for the choices that really matter.
ReadWhen should we say no?
If we don’t have the backbone to resist taking the opportunity to tell a little lie on an insurance claim or to keep a mistaken overpayment, how can we expect to be ready to refuse greater temptations?
ReadIs confusion good?
Those who cannot accept an absence of order often end up trying to create it, with disastrous results.
ReadBusinesses on the mindfulness bandwagon
When people claim that “mindfulness works”, they can mean different things. There are claims that it promotes psychological flexibility, awareness, resilience, better decision-making, job performance, reduced absence rates and the ability to learn new tasks. No wonder businesses are interested.
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