A walk in nature is just one way to boost wellbeing, along with being a part of a community and being an active learner.
If you are looking to make wellbeing one of your goals here’s a link to a London event on the 23rd of May 2025
Join the conversation in place where you can plan your next steps
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Nearly all of us serve someone else, in our 9 to 5, or as boss of our own side project.
Whatever we do adds value to our clients’ day and hopefully means we feel our day has been a #success .
What else contributes to that feeling of success?
To paraphrase Arnold #Schwarzenegger In his book ‘Be Useful: Seven Tools For Life’, the key to a happy and successful life includes
Knowing where you want to go
And how you are going to get there
As well as having the willingness to do the work along the way.
These sound like the principles of a SMART goal which would help any business or personal journey. The principles wouldn’t be set in stone, but adaptable to the changing circumstances we run into along the way.
When we reach our destination we might not win an award, but we should feel good about having got there.
Some thoughts about self-care for #Internationalworkersday
If you have spent any time with people who are unpaid carers, especially in the margins of their day job, you will have heard someone say something similar to this.
Since #Carersweek is also coming up in June it is a good time to think about the value of self-care.
Why?
Because if we aren’t meeting our own needs, we aren’t going to be in good shape to look out for others.
So, every bit of nurturing we do for ourselves is an investment we make towards our care for others.
Leave a Like on the #YouTube #Short if this reminder helps. You might also be interested in no-cost / low-cost inspiration for your next job search, if so follow the link below
https://rogerdennison.gumroad.com/l/trtoc
Some people inherit their opportunities and other people spend a long time creating their chances.
If you are over 50 years of age it will be harder to get employers’ attention, as they prioritise attracting recent graduates.
The video should help you think about how to market yourself when the competition may be 20 years your junior.
Feel free to leave a Like and Comment about your approach to older workers..
Here’s a true story inspired by a past incident of public-sector workplace inequality.
Back in the day I was low-key about defining my sexuality (its Bi / Pan), but a colleague speculated then gossiped about me being gay to people in the organisation who were anti-gay. Suddenly the treatment I received from those people went from neutral to unfriendly.
Aside from anger I thought they were being stupid. Their prejudices spoke loudly about their narrow-mindedness. I made new friends and carried on being good at my job. But that didn’t affect their disruptive, problem-causing attitudes.
I should have stepped up and taken responsibility for naming what was going on and dealing with the disruption it caused. The beneficiaries would have been my team, the organisation and me.
I have no idea whether those responsible for the bullying behaviour are leading teams or directing work somewhere these days. If they continued acting out their prejudices their colleagues will have suffered along the way.
The point to the story is this: when prejudice rears its ugly head it is always important to name it, find allies, and take a stand. Calling prejudice out makes it possible to hold people accountable for their actions.
Nothing gets better if good people say nothing.
