The Royal Trinity Hospice in London apparently has a motto ‘living every moment’. It’s a great one for terminally ill people, to make the most of the life they have left. Essentially it’s about enriching time. If you’re pushed for time, try the technique of playing for time. Tell someone you can come up withContinue Reading Personal Flexibility and Time Management Revisited
‘If you can fill the unforgiving minute, with sixty seconds worth of distance run…’ Rudyard Kipling ‘Time and tide wait for no man’ Geoffrey Chaucer ‘Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day. Fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way. Kicking around a piece of ground in your home town. WaitingContinue Reading Time Management and Personal Flexibility
Just as individuals at work make up teams, who make up organisations, so individual family members make up nuclear families who are part of wider family groupings too. Individuals also form networks with their friends, work colleagues and various online communities of interest in the wider world. Each interaction the individual has may vary in;Continue Reading Networks and Personal Flexibility
Firstly a caveat: this particular blog isn’t meant to offer specific financial advice to the reader about what investment products or investment classes to invest in. Readers should seek professional advice to help them understand the risks and choices available relating to financial products made available by particular providers. What is a household budget? ItContinue Reading Household Budgeting and Personal Flexibility
How does personal flexibility (PFL) help to manage uncertainty? First, let’s look at what uncertainty is and how it arises. What uncertainty is Firstly, uncertainty can be positive as well as negative. Why positive? Not knowing who your future soul mate is, or whether you will even find one, makes life exciting. And probably changesContinue Reading Managing Uncertainty and Personal Flexibility
Roller coaster rides remain exciting because of their ups and downs. Ditto the stock market, alpine landscapes and city rooftops. Watching a loved one’s heart rhythm on a hospital heart monitor, is to hope for a steady pattern of highs and lows. Not a flat line. And so it is with life – the set-backsContinue Reading Handling Set-backs and Personal Flexibility