Impact Mentorship

23/08/2024

13/07/2024

There are many ways for us to express anger, both passive and aggressive. One of the more popular ones I have noticed lately (especially in the workplace) is manipulating or controlling others through the use of one's illness or suffering. It is really effective for people who battle to be direct in their interactions. Who is going to argue with someone who is in pain?
If pain is the only ‘power’ a person has, in order to get attention or to get even, becoming healthy doesn’t seem like a good option then, does it? (I am opening myself up to smart ass comments aren’t I?)
Anyhow, I think that becoming healthy is more complex than just getting over an illness for those people. Regaining health means moving from a condition of weakness to one of strength, from a victim and a timid looker-on to an assertive protector of your personal boundaries. That sure would take some doing. Can you imagine the personal transformation and ripple effect on all those around if they chose to really heal. (Of course if you would like to give this technique a shot – let me know how it goes)

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26/06/2024

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20/10/2023

Shel Silverstein ❤️❤️
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27/05/2023

03/01/2023

Good advice for those starting out in the working world - or already in it for that matter.

03/01/2023

11/08/2021

02/12/2019

my favourite clip to watch when I start feeling irritated !!!

This is "Gratitude: The Short Film by Louie Schwartzberg" by ecodads on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

02/12/2019

According to a new year-long study by the Centre for Talent Innovation, The following six communication skills were deemed the most important by director-level executives and above.
Excellent Public Speaking
Great speaking skills were rated as the first most important communication requirement Leaders must be able to speak well in front of press or one on one.
The Ability to Command A Room
Of the executive polled 54% said that this is the top requirement for both men and women. Commanding a room means people listen when you speak. Through great speaking skills, confidence and standing tall. Moreover if you can phrase and emphasize ideas well, it will get people’s attention.
Assertiveness
Executives believe that Assertiveness is equally important for both men and women to attain top job positions. It means speaking up with confidence but not being confrontational.
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand and manage your own emotions, and those of the people around you. For leaders, having E I is essential for success. It evokes positive feelings in others and the ability to make them feel valued and understood.
Sense of Humour
The report found that the ability to show a sense of humour and excel at off the cuff casual conversations is also incredible important. This requires the ability to read the audience and also to have a basic understanding of the latest news and pop culture headlines.
Good Posture and Body Language
Nonverbal communication says a lot. Body language portraying strength and confidence signals you're leadership material. Stand tall, hold your head upright and make eye contact.

01/10/2019

Albert Einstein said, "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."

18/09/2019

Why paint inner development as a barrier to better systems? Amid crisis and complexity we need both.

04/09/2019

When the time finally comes for you to forgive and you give up asking questions. You don’t go through the scorecard item by item – throwing out some and keeping others. Instead you just let go of the entire mind-set and that releases the whole list with it. It frees your ‘bitter disillusioned self” and in its place you will feel an inner truth. One that makes you realise that nothing was a mistake or an accident and that everything will heal.

13/07/2019

There are many ways for us to express anger, both passive and aggressive. One of the more popular ones I have noticed lately (especially in the workplace) is manipulating or controlling others through the use of one's illness or suffering. It is really effective for people who battle to be direct in their interactions. Who is going to argue with someone who is in pain?
If pain is the only ‘power’ a person has, in order to get attention or to get even, becoming healthy doesn’t seem like a good option then, does it? (I am opening myself up to smart ass comments aren’t I?)
Anyhow, I think that becoming healthy is more complex than just getting over an illness for those people. Regaining health means moving from a condition of weakness to one of strength, from a victim and a timid looker-on to an assertive protector of your personal boundaries. That sure would take some doing. Can you imagine the personal transformation and ripple effect on all those around if they chose to really heal. (Of course if you would like to give this technique a shot – let me know how it goes)

27/06/2019

Think about whether you really have a sense of humour. Are you developing your children’s sense of humour? Healing is increased with humour. Laughter can lighten almost anything, from most day to day irritations right to when you feel absolute despair. Children need to be taught to have a humour, it is a coping skill. Your goal should be to bring humour to everything that causes you stress, as this is one of the most powerful reaction you can have

19/06/2019

Healing yourself (emotionally, spiritually or physically) can lead to you becoming self-absorbed, making everything about 'your own problems'. It is all that you see, it is all about YOU! Without serving or helping others, your life becomes an experience of ‘self- service’, a journey of taking without giving back. Finding a way to be of service to others is the highest path of your soul and the quickest way to heal.

16/06/2019

You start to die slowly if you do not travel, if you do not read, if you do not listen to the sounds of life, if you do not appreciate yourself
You start dying slowly when you kill your self-esteem, when you do not let others help you.
You start dying slowly if you become a slave to your habits, every day on the same paths! If you do not change your routine, if you do not wear different colours, or do not speak to those you do not know.
You die slowly if you avoid feeling the passion and its turbulent emotions, those that make your eyes glisten and your heart beat.
You start dying slowly if you do not change your life when you are not satisfied with you job, or with you love, or with your surroundings. If you do not risk the safe for the uncertain, if you do not go after your dream, if you do not let yourself at least run away from one bit of sensible advice in your life time.

words taken from a poet Pablo Neruda.

14/06/2019

EQ TRUTH: OUR THOUGHTS DRIVE OUR FEELINGS!
Most of your emotions, positive or negative, are determined by how you talk to yourself on a minute-to-minute basis. It is NOT what happens to you that matters, but the way that you INTERPRET things that happen to you, that determines how you feel. ~ Brian Tracy

08/06/2019

about time our children were taught this here in SA. Start them young so they can cope later

Most of the time, when children act out by kicking and screaming expletives, it is because they do not understand what they are going through, and cannot find a better way to release their feelings.

02/05/2019

We all know a Debby-downer who is perpetually negative and tends to bring everyone down with them. For these people,

19/04/2019

What I’ve learned is that having a plan may feel safe, but it's overrated. Sometimes we really do need to let go and see what happens next.