The secret of effective time management at work is summed up by the simple equation: ET/VT = 1 Which is to say that the amount of time which has passed (Elapsed Time or ET) divided by the value derived from the time spent (Value Time of VT) should always equal, or come close to being … Continue reading Keeping Track of Your Time – By Dr David Lewis
Category: Stress
Discover Your Attitude Towards Time – By Dr David Lewis
Every species has its specific moment – the least amount of time it is capable of perceiving. For humans this time is 1/18th second.If a reed vibrates more rapidly than that you hear it as a single tone. Eighteen taps to the human skin per second feel like continuous touch. Eighteen pictures projected per second look … Continue reading Discover Your Attitude Towards Time – By Dr David Lewis
Back to School Stress – By Dr David Lewis
September can be a miserable month for children and parents. As the new school year begins, your child will either be starting school; moving to a new school or going up a form. All these changes are stressful and can lead to a bad dose of the back to school stress. The three main causes … Continue reading Back to School Stress – By Dr David Lewis
The Relaxation Response – By Dr David Lewis
There is nothing especially difficult about learning to relax. Most people can acquire the skills needed in just a few weeks of regular practice. Once mastered these procedures may be used anywhere and at any time to help you cope with stressful or challenging situations. When you are ready to make a start sit or lie … Continue reading The Relaxation Response – By Dr David Lewis
How To Wrestle Alligators – Without Being Eaten Alive! – By Dr David Lewis
A therapist friend once remarked to me that while some of us have more alligators to wrestle with in life, and although some of us are better at alligator wrestling than others, there will come a time in everyone’s life when even the best alligator wrestlers are at risk of being eaten alive! By this … Continue reading How To Wrestle Alligators – Without Being Eaten Alive! – By Dr David Lewis
How to Manage Time by Setting Goals – By Dr David Lewis
Two thousand years ago the Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca remarked that for a ship without a harbour: “No wind ever blows from the right quarter.” Yet, despite the importance of setting goals, the vast majority of people spend their lives aboard Seneca’s aimlessly drifting vessel. They are constantly blown to and fro by the … Continue reading How to Manage Time by Setting Goals – By Dr David Lewis
Dealing With Workplace Stress – By Dr David Lewis
In Medieval times “stress” described the type of physical torture needed to extract a confession. Torturers used the thumbscrew to produce compression stress, the rack to induce tensile stress and the spikes of the Iron Maiden to apply “sheer” stress! https://vimeo.com/131710988 Today, the thumbscrew, rack and Iron Maiden have been replaced by excessive workloads, information … Continue reading Dealing With Workplace Stress – By Dr David Lewis
Struggling With Stress? Here Are Six Stress Busting Tips – By Dr David Lewis
If you are experiencing high levels of stress, you are not alone. According to the Health and Safety Executive, an estimated 19 million people in the UK suffer from stress related health problems. Stress causes an annual loss of 2 million working days at an annual cost to industry and commerce of at least £4.5 … Continue reading Struggling With Stress? Here Are Six Stress Busting Tips – By Dr David Lewis
