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ANXIETY / DEPRESSION

A noobs guide to a panic attack (Huffington Post)

What my panic attack felt like

Six easy wins to fight anxiety (NY Mag)

Meaningful work, or helping others, can fight depression (The Atlantic) 

There's a theory depression is your body just sorting your shit out (NY Mag)

Can a 'Gravity Blanket' help us sleep anxiety away? (New Yorker)

BUSINESS

Podcast: NPR's Planet Money. How money gets made in different industries.

BURNOUT

The Scarcity Trap - how wanting 'more' and seeking perfection can screw us (NPR)

BODY

Why tummy rolls are great (Live Nation)

Even feminists get the blues (The Guardian)

BOUNDARIES

Creative people say no (Medium)

How to say no at work

ENTREPRENEURIALISM 

The mental price you pay when running your own business (Inc)

The mindset this entrepreneur looks for when hiring (NY Times)

EFFICIENCY

Batch your tasks into your most productive hours

How to tackle your To Do list like a boss

EXERCISE

Other women who look like you exercising (Fast Company)

Why you're not using your gym membership (NPR)

You need to sleep more if you workout (Fast Company)

The science of how exercise alters our DNA (NY Times)

CAREER

Help! I don't know what my passion is (NY Mag)

Do this quiz and it'll fire out jobs that will make you happy (The Guardian)

How to survive networking events

A list of things not to do when you first go freelancing (99U)

Work life balance is total crap - try fun and purpose instead (Quartz)

CONFIDENCE

The Confidence Gap The Atlantic

Turn Anxiety into Confidence The Atlantic

Get Excited: Reappraising Pre-Performance Anxiety as Excitement Harvard Business Review

FREELANCING

5 reasons why you're not getting re-hired

Um ... how do I get clients? (Life Hacker)

HIRING

This CEO looks for happy people as they get more done

INTROVERTS

Why you don't want to go to out, ever

Networking for people who hate networking

The world needs introverts

IMPOSTOR

You'll never be qualified enough

They've found out about you (Parody: The Onion)

LEADERSHIP

Prevent your team from pulling sickies

How to be a great leader if you're shy

Be a better boss - get your head around mental health

MONEY

Know what 'bucket' you sit in - before asking for that payrise

 Five women got out of debt and so can you

How to negotiate like a pro

Why Women Don't Negotiate Their Job Offers Harvard Business Review

Happy people spend money on experiences - not things. Because... science.

MOJO

Mojo School

I've lost my mojo

Stuck? How to figure out what you want with I Want List

How To Do A People Audit

Are your friends bad for you?

Podcast: 2DopeQueens are exactly that

The amount of fucks you give directly affects your mojo

How not to run into 'giving a fuck' debt

Get your mojo back with an Energy Audit

Do things before you're ready

Everything is better after watching Ru Paul's Drag Race

NETWORKING

Effective marketing for Introverts (tip: schedule your bravery)

How to become insanely well connected First Round Review *recommended

How to follow up after a networking event via Forbes

Networking for people who hate networking

30 conversation openers for networking events 

Join the HC Slack Network where connections are made daily

PARENTING

You can wait to have a baby

How to talk to your daughter about her body

If mothers are more efficient – why are they cheaper?

It's ok to admit you regret having kids

PRODUCTIVITY

You're a perfectionist and it's stopping you from getting shit done

Analysis Paralysis: you're probably thinking too much Mark Manson

Why you're getting nothing done

Time Assets vs Time Debt - where are you spending your time? James Clear

SELF HELP

Mark Manson: Practical, No Bullshit Self Help That Doesn't Suck

Gala Darling: Radical Self Love

SEX / RELATIONSHIPS

Why the idea of having a 'soulmate' it total bullshit 

This CEO has a "weekend marriage"

Podcast: Savage Love - hear other peoples sex problems get solved - ADDICTIVE

When a partner cheats (NY Times)

VIOLENCE

Violence is about control (statistics on gendered violence, trigger warning)

WOMEN IN BUSINESS

An idiots guide to the gender pay gap 

Use money talk to get more women on your Board Fast Company

Eight tactical ways to get more women in senior roles in your workplace Women's Agenda

WORK

Work is my self care and that's a privilege NY Times

 

 

 

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Bake-off in progress!!! 🍰 👩🏽‍🍳 🎂 . Today we gave over 20 rockstars the special HC ingredients for presenting an exceptional pitch and they served us up a treat! . They found that all they needed to get cooking were some career highlights, key professional qualifiers and most importantly - a sprinkling of their personality! 💃🏼 . If you want to add some real flavour to your personal pitch remember to talk about what LIGHTS YOU UP! 💡 This will help you communicate how passionate you are about your work or product and others are more likely to remember you for it. . 🔑 Major Key Alert: You can use the same ingredients to make lots of different cakes so don’t be afraid to play with your ingredients and modify your recipe to suit different audiences! . Love your official HC Masterchefs, Nik 🐬, Kylie 🦋 & Erica 🐥
The stage is set... for Happiness Concierges @nikhatherly @ericamurer @ms.hawk to help Sydney Perfect Your Pitch today in this kickass lunch n learn at @hubaustralia - 45 of you RSVP’ed for this - can’t wait to hear all about it!
SQUAD goals for SURE! Every few weeks we catch up over brekky when we are all in the same city and act as one another’s critical friend: permission to lovingly challenge one another to help us get closer to our goals. BTS in Slack during the week we high five each other online and ask for “how might I go about this...” type moments to help one another slay in life and work. . As a result I have made some - get this - epic NON WORK RELATED 😱 wins, had some epic loving truth bombs served to me and: my life is richer for it. Thank you mojo captains! . For those reading at home here’s how we did it: 1. I like you. Can we be friends? 2. I met someone I feel like you might vibe with - open to me setting up breakfast next time I’m in Sydney? (Forming a network) 3. Arrive 5 mins late and these two are laughing and gasbagging away already 😂 4. I feel like I need more of this mojo in my life. Wanna do it again? Shall we make it happen on slack? 5. Share GIF and high fives in HC Slack (FREE) until next breakfast. . YOU have the power fam! Remember how to build your network is avail as a kickass free how to on happinessconcierge.com under “how tos”. See ya at breakfast! 💃🏼
When you find love 💕 doing what you love 😍 when you weren’t even LOOKING for love. I think I’m even blushing a little bit in this pic he he. (Now this has got to be a chapter in my book one day right?!) 😂 - Rayoncé
MASSIVE WEEK! Whew! For myself personally, our trainers, our community and daaaang it feels good. Could not be PROUDER of what y’all do behind the scenes (personally and professionally) to Happiness Concierge your world. Feeling so grateful (and WIRED after this coffee and morning briefings lol!). . Off to IKEA to furnish the new pad (here’s how this works with my new budgeting plan: go and touch the shiny things, then make a list and each month you can get one of the shiny things. ONE). I get my swan about stores fix: without the bill. 💰. Have a good one, y’all! 😋- Rayoncé 💃🏼
This sums up the kickass Brand You Masterclass in #sydney today with @nikhatherly! . The vibe was BUZZING as a full house of rockstars were presenting their pitch. Here are some of the badass tips provided to each rockstar to help them improve their elevator pitch with warmth and competence: . 🤓 Specifics - if you delivered value in your role we’d love to know by how much (numbers give you credibility) and for whom (give us the feels to connect to). . 🍉 Start and end with who you are and where you are from - studies tell us people remember what you said first and last. Remind people 👋🏼 “I’m Nik from Happiness Concierge, what I love is..... *pitch here* ... if you have any questions let me know - I’m Nik Hatherly from Happiness Concierge.” Smooth hey? . 💪🏼 Our bodies y’all - they TALK! If we are nervous sometimes we edge our way literally into the corner. If you’re given the opportunity to speak, own your power (as Beyoncé says power is not given to you, you have to take it 👯‍♀️) so be sure to ace that eye contact and stand at the front of that board table. . Thanks for making our week Masterclass superstars and @ms.hawk for helping bring it to life!
💃🏼 @ericamurer slaying in #sydney at Constructive Conversations. 🐥 We have been LOVING Erica’s contribution to Happiness Concierge over the last few weeks BTS and at our Sydney events.
👑 No #sydney visit would be the same without a stop to @thegroundsofthecity! 🤗
It’s not solely about confidence, ya know. It’s about BELIEF. Belief you are good enough, you deserve those opportunities. . Once you have that, and the tools to communicate it y’all are UNSTOPPABLE. Only TWO spots left for @nikhatherly Brand You #sydney Masterclass on Friday. . Link in profile to book! Don’t miss one of the last Sydney masterclasses for the year.