Self Mastery

 

Confused by Information Overload

19 Nov 09, 12:00 a.m. | Comments (1)
Paul Hemps article on Death by Information Overload (Harvard Business Review, Sept 09) is humorous and terrifying. Clearly, the vast majority of us are seriously compromised by the volume, frequency and cognitive impact of information. We have to build explicit competence in mastering information if we are to maintain Resilience and drive productivity. Read on

Bounce Back: Beating the Downward Spiral

6 Jun 09, 12:00 a.m. | Comments (0)

Thank you to a colleague who responded to the last newsletter with the following:

When following the fitness, dietary, sleep recommendations my own experiences reinforce the wisdom of the guidelines. Why then, when bereavements, accidents, life events take place and routines evaporate does it take so long to reinstate the positive habits of resilience? Is there some inevitable weight of inertia, or weight of years of life spent outside of the habits that make the effort to return to the positive habits so difficult.

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