Category Archives: Self Management

Gives you some ideas, tips and strategies to manage and organise your self – including your time!

What is Emotional Intelligence?

What is Emotional Intelligence? Originally John Mayer and Peter Salovey (1997) defined emotional intelligence as involving the abilities to – monitor one’s own and other’s feelings, discriminate among them, and use this information to guide’s one thinking and action. However, since 1997, Mayer and Salovey have redefined emotional intelligence as – the ability to perceive…

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Your Feelings Matter – Are You Taking Notice of Yours?

Over the past month or so (after the hiccup in my life), I have been becoming more and more intimate with my feelings and the body sensations and thoughts associated with them and continuing to realise how our feelings matter. Funnily enough, this is also what I help people with – being with their feelings…

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The Time You Have (In Jelly Beans)

Have you ever thought, “If Only.. I had more time?”. Quite possibly as we all have! One of the ladies I am working with at the moment, sent me through the following clip The Time You Have (In Jelly Beans) this morning and I decided to share it as it relates to being more present…

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3-Minute Test: How Well Do You Receive Written Communication?

The following 3-minute test is designed to identify how well you receive written communication. Procedure – Find a quiet space to answer the following 20 questions. Set a stop-watch for 3 minutes. When you are ready, start the stop-watch and answer the 20 questions.   3-Minute Test – Read everything before doing anything. Print you…

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Story – A Penny Doubled…

Are you conscious of your money habits and compound interest? If you are (just to check), which one would you prefer receive – $1,000,000 today or a penny doubled every day for the next 30 days? If you aren’t, you may like to read on… Most people may prefer the $1,000,000 today, however as you…

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Values Assessment – What Do You Value?

Have you ever wanted to know how to identify the things that are most important to you – yes do a values assessment? If so, why not download the worksheet – What Do You Value? and watch the video below? Jane will guide you through the values assessment by taking you through a process of…

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Simple Time Audit – Where is Your Time Going Now?

I have had quite a few people say to me “Jane, I don’t have enough time”. Well, I just thought I would share a tool that I have used over the years to identify where my time was going (before I used an electronic colour-coded diary) in the hope it may help other people. I…

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