Do people avoid "keeping you in the loop" or giving you too much information? Are you tempted to snoop around their desks? If your team have tried to include you in their projects and you have changed everything or taken control for no real reason other than you "mean well", then you may be a control freak.

Control freaks typically have three attributes in common:
 

1. They genuinely believe that they are doing what is best for the people they are controlling. Take note of this for yourself. Don’t make the mistake of believing that you are not over controlling because you have good intentions, or that your controlling nature is justified because of your good intentions. Learn more >>

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I’ll do it later...

“I love deadlines – I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by,” British writer Douglas Adams once said. Learn more >>

Standard terminology for someone who is deaf is “hearing impaired”. Interesting. Why don’t they say, “listening impaired”? Because there’s a difference between the two words. A crucial difference. But how many of us really know what that difference is?

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Lighten up! Stress can raise your risk of heart disease, obesity and depression. It can also make your working life a misery. Get back to basics and remember what really counts in your life. Balancing work and home CAN be achieved, if you are prepared to make a few adjustments.

The following changes can be implemented slowly, by focusing on one area at a time. Once you have mastered one change, gradually introduce another. Most people need to consistently work on changing a behaviour trait for about three weeks before it becomes a habit.

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Don’t think of a big leafy green tree! Hmmm… What did you just think about? Hands up anyone who didn’t think of a big leafy green tree. No hands? Gotcha!

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