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How to Overcome Loneliness
Would you believe that Britain this year appointed a Minister for Loneliness and Social Isolation? The British government thinks that loneliness has reached epidemic proportions. According to the English Campaign to End Loneliness, British doctors claim to see between one and five patients a day who have come mainly because they are lonely. Loneliness is
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How to Be a Good Leader for Millennials
I learnt from a survey recently that two out of every three workers would rather sack their boss than get a pay rise! It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry when you hear statistics like that. Surveys consistently show that a large majority of Australians are unhappy at work. Survey Sample International put
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Should Childminding Be The Grandparents’ Job?
I have a friend who has published a travel book. The book was printed by a major publishing house and has been distributed across Australia and Europe. The publishers have offered my friend a contract to write a second travel book, which is fantastic news … however my friend cannot find the time to write
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The Wrong Reasons to Retire and How to Avoid Them
Many people want to retire because they are unhappy at work. Instead they end up jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire – meaning they don’t find happiness when they retire either. They find themselves cash-strapped and bored. You need to have a well-considered plan in place when you retire. I wrote
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When is The Right Time to Retire?
I hear this story so often – she can’t wait for him to retire so they can go travelling together. She wants to cruise down the Rhine River and go on a tour to the Great Wall of China, but he doesn’t want to leave his business. Sure, he has his son there, ready and
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How to Make Working Remotely Work For You
How to Make Working Remotely Work For You Are you currently working from home? Perhaps you are doing some contract work at home? How is that going? I want to look at the concept of working from home or working remotely. Working remotely means that you are employed or have a contract with a company,
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Is There a Need For a Universal Basic Income?
Have you heard about the concept of a universal basic income? A universal basic income (UBI) is when the government gives everyone a cash payment regardless of their assets or even whether they work or not. It’s a pretty radical idea, but we seem to be hearing more about the universal basic income from entrepreneurs,
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Where Are The Healthiest Places to Live?
I’ve been fortunate enough to spend some of the Australian winter in Europe. It’s great to travel and wonderful to escape the cold, not that I have much to complain about. In Australia I live on the Gold Coast, where the winters are mild. I wonder if it is better for your health to live
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Will Artificial Intelligence Take Our Jobs or Make Our Jobs Better?
Just a few weeks ago there was an international conference in Spain called, ‘The future of management in an artificial intelligence-based world’. An alternate title for that conference could have been: ‘The Robots are coming, what are we going to do?’ Many people are frightened by the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and these so-called
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Why Weekend Sleep-Ins Are Good for Your Health
God bless the Swedes! Swedish scientists have just completed research that proves weekend sleep-ins help you live longer. Now I can snooze late on the weekend guilt free! A team from Stockholm University led by biological psychologist Torbjorn Åkerstedt has published this research in the international Journal of Sleep. The study looked at the sleeping
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How to Finance a Year of Travelling
In my last blog I looked at why many mature adults are opting out of work and their normal lives and heading off for a year of travel – a gap year. These ‘grown-up gappers’ aren’t fresh out of school, but are mid-career professionals who are fed up with the rat race. They have realised
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New Study Links Grumpiness to Memory Loss
Do you know anyone who is grumpy? Everything is a chore to them. They couldn’t crack a smile even if they won the lottery. Their life is a total and utter misery. Often older people are accused of being grumpy. There was a television show in Australia called ‘Grumpy Old Men’ and the follow-up was
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