Welcome to this February issue and ‘The Year Of The Rooster'!
In this month's newsletter
Thought For The Day
Did You Know?
30-Second Stress Buster
News And Offers
Thought For The Day
“Know yourself, and know your adversary. Only then can you win.” Sun-Zi, famous Chinese military strategist.
Did You Know? - That February this year marks the start of the Year of the ‘Wood’ Rooster?
- The year of the Rooster only comes around once every twelve years, and the last time we saw a year of the ‘Wood’ Rooster was in 1945.
- In that historic period, not only did we see the end of the Second World War, but also the world's first general purpose electronic computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyser and Computer (ENIAC). It covered 1800 feet of floor space and ran on the same binary code that now runs our PC’s today.
- People born in the year of the Rooster (1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005) are hard working and definite about their decisions. Roosters are not afraid to speak their minds and can therefore sometimes come across as boastful.
30-Second Stress Buster Exercise- Do you display Rooster characteristics, and find yourself working too hard sometimes?
- Do you find yourself immersed in the modern day development of ENIAC: your desktop PC?
- Do you sometimes feel that you are fighting against the world and your work colleagues, instead of working with everyone?
Follow the great military strategist Sun-Zi’s advice: “The year of the Wood Rooster teaches the lessons of order, scrutiny and strategic planning…achieve psychological advantage over the adversary and use force only as a last resort.”- Use organisation products / skills to prioritise and manage your to do list.
- Take breaks from your PC, and use this time to get to know you enemy…
- Your enemy is not everyone else: it is inside you and it is stress.
Take a break from the PC for 30-seconds.
Close your eyes.
Breath in and out of your belly.
Empty all the thoughts out of your head, just for now.
Focus on one thought for a few seconds: “What is the nature of my stress?”
Then let it go…
Clear your head of thoughts and just watch the breath come in and out of your nostrils.
Don’t expect an answer; if a thought pops up, don’t follow it, just put it to one side for a few more seconds.
After 30-seconds or so, open your eyes, and notice how much calmer your mind is.
Questions raised in this manner lodge deep into your subconscious.
Carry on with your day, but watch for ideas or insights that arise over the next 24 hours. Make sure you act on what ever you discover.
The more this exercise is practised, the clearer the answers become.
News And Offers - Did you see the article in the Sunday Telegraph last weekend on Wu Tao? We are pleased to announce that we can now arrange Wu Tao classes in your workplace. In fact the model featured in the article is one of the teachers on our team.
- You may have seen ZEN AT WORK emblazoned across your lunch or breakfast recently. 50,000 sandwich bags advertising our services have been distributed through the city over the last couple of weeks.
- Are you a Call Centre Manager or do you work in Customer Relations? You may be interested in attending the ATA/Customer Contact World Conference in March, where we will be running a half-day workshop on stress management. For more details visit the website www.terrapin.com
- As our list of services continues to expand, we have reclassified them to make them easier to remember: (i) stress management programmes such as seminars, workshops and coaching, (ii) stress relief services such as massage and classes in yoga / tai chi / pilates / martial arts / wu tao / meditation. All of these are available at your workplace or conference all over Australia.
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