Ambition can be a great thing. It’s something that helps you get out of bed in the morning because it gives you a purpose. It helps you get to that next meeting, start the business you’ve been thinking about, and helps you keep going when it would be easier to stop. [Read more…]

How many times during the day do you find yourself making pressure the default? People tend to make pressure normal. How do we do this? Answering one more email, squeezing in one last errand or chore, one more meeting.

Following through with these things often feels easier than explaining why you can’t do them. And before long, you’ll find your day moving faster with your mind struggling to keep up. [Read more…]

Do you constantly feel the pressure to always be on? Leadership has a way of making every minute feel like it has to be productive. You’re always going to have an email you have to answer, some kind of decision to make, a problem you need to solve, or have someone coming to you in search of direction during the day. In the business world, that kind of constant motion can start to look like strength to some. [Read more…]

The short answer to this commonly asked question is a big, resounding yes. Ambition and well-being don’t have to be opposites in our world. If you want to do something more meaningful, grow a business, lead a team, or chase even bigger dreams, you have to accept that stress is going to be a part of the deal. Ambition isn’t the problem here. The problem is how we pursue it while actively ignoring ourselves. [Read more…]

Technalink knows that the businesses with the best chance of survival in uncertain times are the ones that retain the enthusiasm and loyalty of employees. One of the best ways to do this is through soulful leadership practices like ensuring you maintain good lines of communication. And one of the best ways to do this is to practice being concise. [Read more…]

Technalink will always support anyone who decides to cultivate a greater sense of mindfulness in their lives. However, some people may inadvertently seek the state of mindfulness in ways that aren’t appropriate to their frame of mind, tending to believe that this is a process of emptying their mind and being a blank slate. [Read more…]

There’s nothing wrong with wanting more purpose, growth, success, and peace from your work life. Desire is actually what gets us moving in the first place. It pushes us to try, build, lead, and keep going, even when things start feeling uncertain. [Read more…]

Are you starting to feel like everything going on in your life is just getting to be too much? Admittedly, most of us move through the day in hyperspeed. We wake up each day thinking about everything that needs to get done. Then we rush through work, answer messages while doing three other things at once, and then wonder why we still feel so tense and on edge at the end of the day. Slowing down sounds like a simple concept, but when you try to actually do that in your real life, it can be strangely hard to accomplish. [Read more…]