This is from 2013. The scandal was obvious back then to most right-minded people but not deluded Chelsea fans who kept chanting the name of #Abramovich from the stands (and, shamefully, still do)
Elite professional organizations deliberately set out to identify and recruit “insecure overachievers” — people who are exceptionally capable and fiercely ambitious, yet driven by a profound sense of their own inadequacy.
Along with @AlexSJamieson I've written an e-book on how to handle #uncertainty more skilfully.
Free to download, it focuses on helping people to 1) make better #decisions in uncertainty and 2) to manage the stress and #anxiety that come with uncertainty.
https://t.co/FIeqdwnEGj
We’re happy to announce the launch of our latest #ebook, Thriving in Uncertainty: How to Make Good Decisions, Adapt Quickly and Navigate Forwards in Uncertain Times.
Download your FREE copy here:
https://t.co/acpyYqlyee
#psychology
April is #StressAwarenessMonth and as leaders in bringing evidence-based interventions to the workplace I'm happy to announce 4 free-to-attend webinars from @Cognacity this month.
Please RT if anyone you know might benefit.
“Everyone goes through life haunted to some degree by the feeling that this isn't quite the real thing–that soon enough, we'll get everything in working order, get organised, get our personal issues resolved, but that till then we're living the ‘provisional life’”~@oliverburkeman
A couple of practical tools from @RobACareerPsych for those who may be struggling whilst working remotely. Please take a look and feel free to share (they are free too!)
Many people I talk to describe work as being far more relentless & transactional. Much of the informal support from teams has been replaced with back-to-back, formal meetings.
Here are 2 downloadable tools to help push back - please feel free to share.
https://t.co/672VIvdaWw
A healthy dollop of philosophical reflection from @TheSchoolOfLife on the paradoxes of modern living.
Namely, why doing 'less' is often 'more'.
https://t.co/jVul4ctR35
Have a wonderfully ordinary week!
Interesting open source paper on mental health during COVID from @MariaKareklaCY & others. Findings:
One of the two most consistent predictors of mental health was social support.
The other was psychological flexibility - a learnable skill.
https://t.co/JqSL35YRlM