The power of the scale
Why is it important to weigh yourself? What does the number on the scale say about you? My clients say it is a way of “controlling what they eat” and “finding the motivation to eat healthy”. The...
View ArticleIntrovert Networking: What to say when they ask “What do you do?”
Almost everyone dreads the “What do you do?” question, but introverts especially dread it. Introverts are wired for deep, meaningful conversations, not long stilted, memorized, canned responses, such...
View Article3 Ways to Battle Stress Culture in College, Even When It Feels Impossible
Welcome to our special section, Thrive on Campus, devoted to covering the urgent issue of mental health among college and university students from all angles. If you are a college student, we invite...
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Rising Star Angela Predhomme: “Why forgiveness and kindness are the only way...
I would start a movement of kindness and forgiveness. I’d inspire people to choose love over fear. Fear drives so much of the unhealthiness is our society, and creates division. I would challenge...
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Rising Star Aaron Dalla Villa: “Have the heart of a child, but the skin of a...
…The movement would be one of love and ending toxic masculinity. When we influence through fear and hate, we further send the world into chaos…and there is already enough of that. I mean, what the...
View ArticleHow to Re-Skill Yourself and Prepare for the Future of Work
According to a recent survey conducted by LinkedIn and Capgemini, nearly 30% of professionals believe that their skills will be redundant in the next one to two years if they aren’t already. Another...
View ArticleWill university degrees become less relevant in the future?
In the best-selling book Think and Grow Rich, author Napoleon Hill says, “Knowledge isn’t power, it’s only potential power.” How true is this statement if you cannot apply the knowledge gained in your...
View Article75 Ways to love your work (and be actively engage in your job without hating...
Eighty-five percent of workers worldwide admit to hating their jobs according to a Gallup. The research found that many people in the world hate their jobs and especially their boss. But they don’t...
View ArticleThe Future of Work for Millennials (and Gen Z) is Bleak Unless …..
By 2025, the Millennial generation (born between January 1983 and December 1994) is projected to make up 75% of the workforce. (Deloitte, 2017) Yet, they are experiencing the highest rate of mental...
View ArticleTips and tricks to make money and profit from the gig economy
The gig economy allows people to be masters of their own fate, which is to choose the work they do and for how much they perform the task for. It’s all about flexibility, freedom, and choice. There is...
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The Four Pillars of Self-Love
Why do we need a framework for self-love? Even as a self-love author and self-proclaimed super-fan, it took me many years to really understand self-love, to learn to love myself and to build my own...
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How to develop empathetic leaders?
Eric Feigenbaum, author of Leadership Empathy and Inclusion – Chapter 1 in Sustainability and the Future of Work and Entrepreneurship We start our book, Sustainability and the future of work and...
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We must look inward to find resilience, to persist and to thrive.
This week on July 18th, the world celebrated Mandela Day, in recognition of the former South African president’s leadership in conflict resolution, race relations, protection of human rights, peace...
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Should I Take That Informal Leadership Role?
These days I get many questions about how to grow a career strategically. The pandemic has changed the way we think about work and broaden our perspective about how we might want to grow our careers...
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Is “Going With the Flow” in Life Always a Good Idea?
I’m often asked what books I recommend to clients. The answer is easy because there are so many terrific books in the world of self growth and mastery. But it’s not simple because each person is...
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Your Comfort Zone is Holding You Back. Here’s How to Start Leaving It Behind.
You know your comfort zone is a trap. It’s the inertia that keeps telling you not to rock the boat, that “good enough” is good enough, and that change is risk and risk is scary. Don’t betray your...
View ArticleWhat is it like to be really heard? How often do we really feel like we’ve...
Sarah is the Executive Coach and Consultant at Sarah Ives Associates. Having graduated from Oxford Brookes in 2001, she has developed into an experienced Executive Coach and Facilitator with a history...
View ArticleClaire Sofield On How We Need To Adjust To The Future Of Work
Team building — although this isn’t a new trend, I think the absence of team building during the pandemic highlighted its importance in a business. Team activities at Four have always been a high...
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Four Simple Steps to Reduce Stress and Boost Your Confidence in Any Situation
Over the last few years, many people have looked at their lives and decided it was time to make some adjustments for their well-being and happiness, especially regarding their professional careers....
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Top 10 Tips for Building Autonomous Teams
In Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Dan Pink shares that there are three essentials: Purpose, Autonomy, and Mastery. Autonomy, the ability to make decisions for ourselves, is...
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