Your Happiness Factor

Something to brighten your day - a tribute to Eddy and Patsy - looking their best. You can always turn it down I suppose! And how come Joanna Lumley looks good even when she shouldn't?  What Divas! Wendy Mason is a career coach working mainly with professional women who want to make that jump to senior level while having a life outside work. Before working as a coach, Wendy had a long career in both the public and private sectors in general management and consultancy as well as spells in HR. She now divides her time between face to face coaching, and coaching and blogging on-line. You can contact Wendy at  wendymason@wisewolfcoaching.com  and find out more at  http://wisewolfcoaching.com Email Wendy now at  wendymason@wisewolfcoaching.com  for a  free half hour coaching session  by phone or Skype Coming shortly - the WiseWolf Career and Personal Development Programme - if you would like to know more email  wendymason @wisewolfcoaching.com

Thursday Quotes - Women On Anger Photo credit: kool_skatkat Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. Maya Angelou I want to say somewhere: I've tried to be forgiving. And yet. There were times in my life, whole years, when anger got the better of me. Ugliness turned me inside out. There was a certain satisfaction in bitterness. I courted it. It was standing outside, and I invited it in. Nicole Krauss, The History of Love So you try to think of someone else you're mad at, and the unavoidable answer pops into your little warped brain: everyone. Ellen Hopkins Most hatred is based on fear, one way or another. Yeah. I wrapped myself in anger, with a dash of hate, and at the bottom of it all was an icy center of pure terror. LaurellK. Hamilton, Guilty Pleasures Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade. Patricia Briggs, Dragon Bones This was som

Photo credit: Fikra There isn't a marriage or a personal partnership relationship that doesn't hit rough water sometimes.   Any one who has been in a long relationship knows that sometimes you can find it hard going. But relationships that have been good  are usually worth fighting for.  Of course, at the end of the day, only you can decide whether you want to put the effort in and fight for something that has been valuable to you.  The third edition of the what has become a classic on marriage enhancement and divorce prevention,"Fighting for Your Marriage",  features the latest research and changes in culture in our society.  New and revised,  Fighting for Your Marriage ,  is based on the widely acclaimed PREP (Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program) approach. Groundbreaking studies have found that couples can use the strategies of this approach to handle conflict more constructively, protect their happiness, and reduce the odds of breaking up.

Time Management - Dealing With Those Impossible Deadlines You can download a free podcast from Wendy Mason on Dealing with Impossible Deadlines at this link Do you seem to spend a lot of your time dealing with impossible deadlines? Our lives seem to be full of them! Particularly if you are ambitious and prepared to take on the interesting challenges. What about when you find yourself rushing to get the children off on that school trip? They need all that kit and it is the day you have an urgent meeting at work. And guess what! That meeting is due to start half an hour before you usually arrive at the office! Then there is the new project. The boss has given it you because you said you needed a challenge. And it is. It is close to “undoable” and very high profile. So, how many other times you found yourself with an assignment that is simply impossible to finish in the time allotted? Or, perhaps, you just have too many “urgent” tasks! So what do you

It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Elliot The secret of getting ahead is getting started. Mark Twain Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. Lou Holtz I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan Fear is what stops you... courages is what keeps you going. Unknown Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Ryan The difference between a goal and a dream is a deadline. Steve Smith The finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race. Unknown You want me to do something... tell me I can't do it. Maya Angelou Just do it.™ Nike Wendy Mason is a career coach working mainly with profess