Getting close to another human isn’t the trouble free process we might imagine. It’s worth understanding just how frightening closeness can be.

Getting close to another human isn’t the trouble free process we might imagine. It’s worth understanding just how frightening closeness can be We know by instinct that humour is pretty important in relationships. But the reasons are often left a little vague. It isn’t that we crudely want entertainment – there are enough comedians on … Read more

We live in an age that thinks highly of frankness and directness. But there are – nevertheless – a few reasons why politeness remains a hugely important quality. For most of human history, the idea of being ‘polite’ has been central to our sense of what is required to count as a good and civilised … Read more

Looked at over time, we’re gradually picking up slightly better manners – but what are we doing now that might, in future eras, be considered bad manners?

What holds us back from being more confident at work is often a sense that we are fundamentally different from those who succeed. We suffer – needlessly – from The Impostor Syndrome.

One of the greatest obstacles to a good life is the expectation of perfection. Stop trying to make everything perfect, because we dont have that much time.

We associate being dutiful with being safe – that’s how it worked at school. But once we are in the big world, too much of a concern for duty can be our downfall. We start off in life being very interested in pleasure and fun. In our earliest years, we do little but hunt out … Read more

One of the most apparently trivial but in truth crucial ingredients behind success is the thing we call Confidence. What is it, where does it come from, and how might we have a little more of it please? Stop being good as your friends. Focus on things you really like. Be competitor of yourself.

To have sound levels of self-esteem is one of the gateways to happiness. But achieving this has very little to do with the progress of our careers. Please think bout this video. We always reaching goals, which just giving food for our esteem

Remaining calm around people who annoy us is one of the great life skills. It’s also a teachable and learnable skill. One of the most fundamental paths to calm is the power to hold on, even in very challenging situations, to a distinction between what someone does – and what they meant to do….