Five Research-Backed Tips to Make Zoom Calls Less Exhausting
And best practices for implementing them. recently finished another day of back-to-back video conferences, and immediately fell asleep in our spare bedroom, which now doubles as my home office. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve felt tired from work before, but never passed out from exhaustion. In addition to working remotely, I attend a Friday night […]
What Are Zoom Calls Doing to Your Brain?
Advice from a clinical psychologist. ince the start of the pandemic, video calls have been helping us stay employed and connected. But many of us leave them feeling exhausted, so much so that a new phrase has entered our vocabulary — Zoom fatigue. I recently finished another day of back-to-back video calls, and immediately fell […]
Why You Should Add a ‘Fake Commute’ to Your Work-From-Home Schedule
The neglected benefits of the office commute. Ihate my morning commute. Door-to-door it takes me an hour and thirty minutes. After a brisk walk to my nearest station, I cram myself into the London underground system for over an hour. If I’m lucky enough to get on the first tube (that’s London speak for the […]
Eighty Percent of Us Fail New Year’s Resolutions — How to Not Be a Statistic
Here are eight steps to help you finally achieve your goals. 80% of people who make New Year’s resolutions will have failed them by the second week of February. Research conducted by Strava using 800 million user activities in 2019, found most people had given up on their New Year’s resolutions by January 19. They […]
Back-To-Back Meetings Create an Illusion of Productivity — Why The Best Leaders Keep an Empty Calendar
How to free your time and practice proactive leadership We all know the feeling, you wake up with good intentions — you’re finally going to write that article, finish that report, and submit that presentation. Then you open your laptop to a sensory overload of urgent emails, instant message notifications, and crisis after crisis. You […]
Worry Is Deceitful: 91.4% of Your Worries Will Not Come True
What if? What if I lose my job? What if I’m unsuccessful? What if my marriage fails? Do any of these debilitating questions sound familiar to you? As someone who suffers from anxiety, I can tell you that you’re not alone. Worry is part of human nature. But excessive worrying is not preparation. Worrying about […]
Stanford Study Explains Zoom Fatigue and How to Avoid It
Millions of knowledge workers have spent the last year working from bedrooms and kitchen tables, all facilitated by video-conferencing technology. Video conferencing has become the de-facto mode of communication. We use it to talk to colleagues, talk to loved ones, and teach our children. Suddenly hundreds of millions of people are spending ten to twelve […]
Get Your Goals Back on Track
We’re three months into the new year. How are your goals coming along? Probably not as well as you’d hoped. A couple of months ago I was happily daydreaming about all I’d achieve by the end of the year. But I failed to account for the regular demands of day-to-day life which make doing anything […]
Five psychological tools to manage anxiety, when worried about losing your job
“Will I lose my job in the near future?”. Living with the fear that you could lose your job at any moment has become a real concern for many people. Having accepted a new job two months ago, I’ve been told my job is ‘at risk’. Not knowing if I will be able to pay […]
How to Survive a Thirty-Something Life Crisis
I recently turned 34 and I’m freaking out. My friends and I all seem to be taking stock — considering having kids, feeling exhausted by new parenthood, re-evaluating career paths, and scratching the seven-year relationship itch. By the time you’ve hit your middling thirties, you are expected to have it all figured out. A trail-blazing […]