Getting out of overwhelm: 6 suggestions

We get into overwhelm when we feel there is too much to do and too little time.
That’s pretty obvious. What’s less obvious is what to do about it.
Most of us feel like there is little we can realistically do in our current circumstances.
We’ll get relief only when those change; when our sales reach a certain [...]

Ever notice you get sad after finally reaching a hard-earned goal?

I first experienced this when I was involved with long projects in the corporate world. After they were finally completed, I found myself down and out for a few days.
It must be a reaction to the pre-deadline high intensity and long hours, I thought.
As a corporate trainer, the post-workshop crash was part of my regular [...]

Nothing is as Tiring as Pointless Work

My most draining days have been when they were full of long, hard work of the kind that I dislike doing, and either:

I didn’t see the point of it all
Or I didn’t see when it would end.

It seems like nothing is as tiring as pointlessness. We humans are problem solving machines. We need context. We [...]