We’ve been back to school for one day, and the relaxation we finally achieved over fall break is already fading. Cleaning out the inbox, opening the planner, and checking the syllabi has every student in a frenzy. If you are already counting down the 38 days until Thanksgiving, keep reading for places you can hide when stress levels spike and you need some alone time.
There is nothing worse than hearing a phone or laptop crash to the floor. You stop breathing, your heart skips a beat and everyone around stops and looks to see who it was that just had such terrible luck.
You can take most of the pain out of this moment by protecting your precious devices with hard cases and keyboard covers.
We all depend on our cherished devices, especially our Mac laptops and iPhones. So if something bad happens to them, we scream an anguished cry. And, as you would expect, it always happens at the worst possible times.
Try these fairly simple and affordable tips and your cry of anguish will be a bit less anguished and things will get back to normal much quicker.
By Carolyn Covey Morris, Founder and President, QMobius, Inc.
A few years ago, I went to a breakfast to hear a motivational speaker and former CMO of a top global brand. His talk was boring, but by chance, I sat next to a mental trainer who works with top Olympic and professional athletes. He told me that 80 to 90 percent of an athlete’s success at each level is due to their mental game. The difference between a competent and an elite athlete is almost all mental.