The coauthor of Emotional Intelligence 2.0 & and president at TalentSmart explains how the most successful people manage to stay calm under pressure – an essential trait for leaders as stress decreases cognitive performance. Read on for a handful of practical recommendations, among them: (1) Breathe; (2) Disconnect; (3) Stay positive; (4) Avoid asking “what if”; (5) Appreciate what you have… and more. And each strategy is backed by recent medical research (with links).
East Meets West…or Maybe It’s the Other Way Around
Since the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) started analyzing the global wellness tourism market in 2013, the U.S. and Germany have ranked #1 and #2. But what countries are growing trips the fastest lately? The answer takes us from West to East…where some nations are seeing 300%+ growth a year!
GWI Barometer Excerpt Thierry Malleret (February 4, 2015)
Malleret looks into his highly informed crystal ball and sees both nice and nasty surprises ahead in 2015: from the U.S. economy continuing to improve, to China’s decelerating much too fast – to potential, devastating cyber-attacks, epidemics and climate disasters. And he “connects the dots” for the wellness industry with a big picture look at the most powerful wellness trends poised to unfold in the year ahead.
WHAT’S MAKING NEWS IN AUSTRALIA WHEN IT COMES TO WELLNESS?
From a groundswell of next-stage development in hot spring spas, to stem cell-based products gaining market share to fight conditions commonly seen “down under,” including hyperpigmentation and photo aging – find out what’s trending on the Australian wellness front…
IT JUST GOT MORE EXPENSIVE TO GO TO A SWISS SPA
Markus Brunnermeier and Harold James, Making Sense of the Swiss Shock, Project Syndicate, 17 January 2015 explain in a simple manner the implications of this week’s decision by the Swiss National Bank to abandon its peg to the €. It is “intensely” relevant to the wellness industry…
HAS YOUR COUNTRY GOT WHAT IT TAKES?
With news of the Slovenian government appointing a former CEO of a large wellness centre as the Minister for Economic Development, and the recent bugle call in The Huffington Post asking “Is This The Year Of The Ministry Of Wellness?”, the wellness tourism train has undoubtedly left the station!
