The Elephant in the Room – Do you know how much it costs? The ‘Elephant in the Room’ is a metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is going unaddressed. These ‘Elephants’ are commonly something we know about but choose to ignore and it often applies to...
Beliefs
Is Your Health Suffering? Does your Doctor help?
Customer is always right An article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ May 2015) urged doctors to stop over–treating patients in ways that do not help and could even harm. It suggests some patients are given pills or have tests that they do not need but doctors...
Are Your Employees Happy?
Happiness Happiness is one of many human emotions that appear to hit our headlines on a fairly regular basis and to make matters more complex it can mean differing things to different people. There are a myriad of definitions the workplace. Here is one from a book...
I’ve made up My Mind – Don’t confuse Me with the Facts
Decision Making or Delusional We all like to believe we make decisions with the best knowledge available and that we are good decision makers. But we also make decisions based on experience, gut feel, or instinct. But do we know they are the best decisions? “I had...
Another Myth? It takes 21 days to change a habit
Habits Some people can change even strong habits overnight whereas it can take a lot longer for others break the same habit. It depends on many factors and requires each of us to have a real purpose. Without a real purpose many people find that their New...