Do you ever say to yourself "I am not in the mood for this today?" or "What do I feel like working on now?" You may already instinctively know that our emotions affect how we think. But do you know how to get the best out of this? Here's our latest guide on how to use #EmotionalIntelligence in practical ways. This one is all about something called “Mood Task Match”.
If you work in HR or Learning & Development, it’s likely that you’ve heard about mindfulness and its impact on wellbeing at work. Or maybe you're a leader or manager of people and you’ve tried it for yourself? But are you 100% clear on exactly what it is or how it can help your employees and your business?
Procrastination. We’ve all experienced it at one time or another. We leave writing that report until the very last minute. Repeatedly putting it off until we have no choice but to cobble something together. We’ve all had days when we’ve decided that now is the best time to tidy our desks instead of preparing those presentation slides that are due this week (‘I’m helping myself get more organised so that I can really focus on the slides when I do create them…’). According to ‘Psychology Today’ 20% of us “chronically avoid tasks and deliberately look for distractions”.
A reluctance to say ‘no’ can leave us feeling anxious and frustrated. The impact of always saying ‘yes’ can lead to increased and often unmanageable workloads resulting in long hours, missed lunches and extra pressure. This additional pressure can then lead to stress and more anxiety. Constantly saying ‘yes’ to requests can make us berate ourselves for being “weak”, verbally kicking ourselves when we wish we had spoken up. This is not good for our self-esteem and is damaging for our mental and emotional health. Long-term if we continue to always say ‘yes’, regardless of what we really want, it can lead to us being taken advantage of and manipulated.
