Category Archives: Emotions

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May

Emotional wear and tear

If the current economic climate is having one effect on leaders, it’s emotional wear and tear. We’re now in our fourth year of bad news, and there’s little sign that things are going to get any better in the near future.  At the beginning, the people in charge seemed to want to spread a message of optimism, with messages such as ‘Don’t worry, things will pick up soon.’ However, the march of events has gradually taken the shine off promises like this, and has forced us to face up to a completely new condition in organisations: emotional wear and tear, by which we mean a silent process of exhaustion that saps our energy to keep on motivating our teams. (more…)

8
Nov

Emotional lows

We are currently in the midst of a major economic crisis which is taking a huge emotional toll on many people. This is a period when everything seems to be falling apart and there is no place for optimism. What’s more, feelings of hopelessness like this can last for hours, days or even months (failed plans, the break-up of relationships, being fired …). However, the difficult times on our lives do have an inner meaning. Throughout history, all heroes –whether of myth, legend or religion- have had to contend with their own particular emotional trials. (more…)

2
Oct

Three cheers for enthusiasm

We really are very lucky. I know that this may sound rather hollow in the light of over 4 million people out of work in Spain, and persistently gloomy economic news.  But if we keep things in perspective, we’re bound to reach the conclusion that we’re fortunate to be alive today and not at some time in the past.

Barely 150 years ago, life expectancy in Spain didn’t reach 40, and only a quarter of the population could read and write; and of course, working conditions were far worse, and many rights which we now take for granted simply did not exist. (more…)

4
Sep

The adventure of knowing yourself

The most difficult adventure we face is knowing ourselves. We all seem to have “inner voices” which tell us what we should do: “You’ve got to have a good job”, “You’ve got to be better than anyone else in the company”, “You’ve got to live life to the full” … each of us has got our own inner voices, and the really difficult thing is being able to recognize our “real” voice, the one that connects us with what we want and really desire deep down. This voice, or core, is a reflection of our deepest being and goes beyond work, relationships, and everything else in our lives. It helps us to answer the question “Who am I?”, (more…)

7
Jul

What lies behind our fear?

Fear cloaks itself in many different disguises, and some of them are very difficult to penetrate, such as stress, “respect” or not feeling at one with the world. What’s more, tracking fear down from behind its various masks often requires you to become your own personal Sherlock Holmes. (more…)

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