Christmas Gift for a Complete Stranger

Christmas is a time that usually brings out the best in people. The meters on the dashboard of our relationships seem to register higher than average. Love, kindness, happiness, charity, even the basic meter of smiling is peaking into the red zone. As we soak up our joys of the festive season, let’s also remember the people whose meters are reading the opposite. This Christmas, please keep your eyes and your heart open to the needs of at least one of those people. You may be the only Christmas gift for a complete stranger in 2011. 

FACE Up To Gen Y

Who remembers a time in history when one generation was singled-out, studied, analysed, advertised, labelled and talked about like the Gen Ys? I can’t. Why is there so much emphasis and expectation for us to understand this group of the human population; especially in the work environment? The simple fact is this: Those businesses that proactively engage and effectively communicate with Gen Y will dramatically increase their chances of business success! Those that don’t can expect the opposite. Let’s find out
why.

Are Gen Ys Impatient?

The Gen Y arrives at work on day 1 expecting instant gratification. They expect to feel that they are totally enjoying their new job, including the working environment, within a few days. Then, by the end of their first month in the job, they will start talking about their plans to rapidly rise through the ranks of the organisation; with the likelihood of becoming CEO in just a few years. You may chuckle to yourself about that; but trust me; there is not a skerrick of doubt in their minds. They are deadly serious!

Where does their ‘must-happen-now’ urgency come from?

Can’t they see that they’re expectations are unrealistic?!

Are they really that naïve or are they just impatient?

Let’s tackle one question at a time.

Catching Me Being Me

There I was, in full flight, a Pedigree-CONTROLLER on a mission with only the target in sight. If the scenario was a war zone, a football field or a boxing ring, I would have been perfectly matched to the surroundings. But, no, that was not the case. Instead, I was
discussing house renovation plans with my Friend-ANALYST wife. Then suddenly I
stopped my tirade mid-stream and caught myself being me… again!

Do You Speak My Language?

Four people are seated at a table – an Australian, a Tibetan, an Argentinean and a Korean. Each one is fluent in his or her mother-tongue, but cannot speak a word of any other language. They will need to be both persistent and creative in order to communicate. Impossible? No. Challenging? Yes!

Foreplay As A Non-Contact Sport

Husbands, admit it… there are few occasions more demoralising than when your wife says “I’m just not in the mood!” It’s a dreaded phrase with the power to cause waves of despair to dowse even the most raging of testosterone-fuelled fires. There is, however, a solution for dramatically reducing the frequency of this phenomenon, and possibly even eliminating it forever. So, have I got your attention?

Making Love Through Understanding

Wouldn’t it be great if the amount of energy, determination and study that we invest into courtship were to flow from us just as effortlessly after we say “I do”. Falling in love is easy. Staying in love is a daily commitment. Why does that sound like hard work? Because it’s shouldn’t be! All we need to do is make love through understanding.