Working from Home – Mental Health Challenges
Working from home is normally fun for the first week or two. It can then become challenging to one’s mental health. Without a routine and structure one can feel unsettled and become less productive. Mental health can also suffer if we drift into unhealthy habits. These include unhealthy sleep patterns, immersion in negative news, excessive use of things such as alcohol or drugs, binge watching and social isolation. As mentioned in our last update, there are well-established habits that will counter these natural tendencies. These can be summarised as:

Set goals
Establish and follow structure
Exercise
Ongoing learning
Engage in fun activities
Be kind to yourself and others.

It may be useful to seek out an on-line coach or counsellor if needs be. My experience is that these challenges occur largely in the early weeks. Most people adapt well and enjoy working from home. But we do enjoy being with people too.

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Leadership becomes more Transparent in a Crises
The white-hot light of a crises shows us a lot about leadership capability. I am sharing this YouTube compilation of Trump in his own words because we can learn from it as a case study in leadership development.
Trump in his own Words
I learned a lot about groupthink from watching a training video that showed how much Kennedy learned from his disastrous invasion of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba. He applied this learning in his masterful handling of the Cuban missile crises. He had the humility to learn from his mistakes.

Quote of the Month
“We’re humbled by the virus, united in a collective crouch. United we will rise against it too.” Jeffrey Kluger