Often, we are called to have camaraderie with our workmates. Especially when the company is about to embark on another book year or a new project venture, it helps to have that atmosphere of unity among its employees. This fosters collective sense of encouragement and positivity in the group.

However, collective thinking becomes a problem when there’s no room for outside opinions, freedom of choice is limited, and healthy disagreements are rare. Groupthink is an unhealthy consensus in decision-making wherein the compelling forces for the agreement are fear, lack of judgement, and lack of critical thinking.

People tend to confuse character with ‘personality’ but both are very different things. Your character has very specific traits that define who you are, your core beliefs and values. It is a window to a person’s soul, where you evaluate vital characteristics: honesty, courage, loyalty, integrity and virtue. Please note these characteristics cannot be judged easily in one day of meeting someone.

Remember “Valar Morghulis” from Game of Thrones? It became the most uttered phrase after the series went viral.

But do you know that ‘Valar Morghulis’ in High Valyrian, which translates to ‘all men must die’ has a Latin counterpart?

‘Valar Morghulis’ reminds us of another phrase, ‘memento mori’. This Latin phrase originated in ancient Rome and has a symbolic connotation to death.

We’ve all been dismissed at some point — regardless of whether it be from a partner, an occupation you applied to, or a gathering of companions. Facing rejection is an essential aspect of living. It is unavoidable. Whichever sort of dismissal you’re confronting, the truth is that rejection is hurtful.

Resourcefulness is the ability of using resources in your environment at your full capacity. A resourceful individual will not break under pressure, no matter the circumstance and rise like the Phoenix from the ashes. It is noted that creative and successful individuals like Sam Walton, Temple Gardin and Walt Disney were resourceful personalities. They found inventive solutions and optimized assets in their environment. Most importantly they worked hard and smart.

Imagine yourself going through a stressful situation or feeling ill or uncomfortable at a certain place. In such a condition, all you wish for is to be at some calm place where you can feel relieved, comfortable, and relaxed. You can do this by guided imagery.

What is Guided Imagery?

Guided imagery is a therapeutic way to use words and images to divert your attention from stress, worry, and pain and focus on your inner strength and capabilities. It’s one of the simplest yet most powerful tools for building self-awareness and self-consciousness.

It is normal for a person to resist change but expect others to change for them. In the real sense, expecting change from anyone can be a futile venture. Most times we expect people we have relationships with to change and become better people, to learn to treat us with more respect and to behave more maturely. We want them to become people we can love and admire. Sadly, these expectations are never met. They remain who they are, even as suffer due to their inability to conform to our expectations.

Trust is defined as believing that a person will do what he says and when he says it. Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg. The full definition of trust is extremely long. Generally, it means that you believe in another person and you know he will always be there for you. This also means that developing trust is a process. For that, there are strategies people have been using for a long period of time. Now, we are going to explain them.