Quote of the week!

“Once we know we are in charge of choosing our states, life becomes so much simpler." 

Phil Parker

Work/Life Balance Improves

A study published by Regus shows that employees across the UK believe the balance between their work life and personal life has improved since 2010:
http://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/hro/news/1073156/employees-improvement-worl-life-balance-regus

“Despite the average worker putting in longer hours than ever before, the Index shows 60% of people are enjoying their jobs more, and 58% feel that they have enough time to spend at home or on personal pursuits.”

This is great news for companies and employees alike as we all know that good work life balance leads to happiness and increased productivity. If you want to improve the balance in your life, contact us to find out how P4 can help you.

Chunk down your workload

Many people get overwhelmed by their workload which in turns means that they don’t use their time effectively.  Use these tips to chunk down your workload and use your time better:

1. Write down jobs that need to be done - by writing them down it means you won’t keep thinking about them, especially at unhelpful times like when you are about to go to sleep or just as you are leaving the office!
2. If a job on the list is a large job, break it down into manageable chunks
3. Pick 5 things from the list to achieve each day, these could be simple individual tasks or part of a bigger task.
4. At the end of the day review your list and see what you’ve achieved.  Don’t beat yourself up if you didn’t achieve everything, just assess if it’s a priority for tomorrow - if so add it to the list of 5 things for the next day, if not decide if it needs to be done or can be taken off the list completely.
5. By breaking up you workload in this way, you will recognise what you are achieving each day and start to get through the jobs on your list! 

Quote of the week!

"If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right." 

Henry Ford

Fear of Failure or Success?

Fear is hugely influential in stopping people from achieving their potential and in some cases causing them to be stuck for years in jobs and situations that aren't good for them.  Not only does this cause a huge amount of stress in their lives but they are also not enjoying themselves and fulfilling their dreams and ambitions.

If you are scared of failure, you will avoid any risk that will enable you achieve your goals.  It could be as simple as making a phone call or applying for a promotion but the fear of the consequences stops you from moving forwards.  Instead of accepting failure in the future, how about recognising it as feedback?  This view will allow you to understand and learn from experiences while continuing on your journey to reaching your goals.

Another crippling fear is that of succeeding.  What if you achieve your goals and they aren't what you were expecting?  What if you aren't happy?  Being scared of what might happen if you achieve is another brilliant way of sabotaging any success in order to avoid disappointment.  Instead, decide to enjoy the present time remembering to focus on the good things that are happening now and allow yourself to plan the future in the way you want it to be where you can fulfil your ambitions and be happy.

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."  Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Helen Harding