In this article we present the story of a young university-educated woman who struggles with making choices in her career and in her life. In this case report we provide background information on gifted people at work and how psychological processes like irrational thoughts, the process of making choices and dealing with emotions work out in the highly gifted.

With their creative talents, gifted individuals can make a useful contribution to innovations within organisations. They possess many more creative possibilities than the average person. To make use of their innovative ideas and to implement them, however, an effective interaction between gifted individuals and their work environment is essential.

If you're well into your career but still aren't really sure what you want to be "when you grow up," join the mid-life career crisis club! Here are three ways to help you discover your heart's content. And remember, "When you love what you do," says author and management guru Harvey McKay, "you'll never have to work a day in your life."

Perseverance is about as important to achievement as gasoline is to driving a car. Sure, there will be times when you feel like you're spinning your wheels, but you'll always get out of the rut with genuine perseverance. Without it, you won't even be able to start your engine. The opposite of perseverance is procrastination.

Many teenagers assume that they have reached the pinnacle of growth upon their high school graduation; they have determined that they no longer have to answer to anyone as they are now 18 with a high school diploma.  Obvious to the parents, their child still has years of growing up to do, and no years are as vital as those spent in college.

Psychologists say, "If a child has not had a serious fall within the first year of life, they are being too closely guarded." That statement needs to be said for our adult lives as well. Have you had a serious fall in the past year? If not, is it because you're being too closely guarded? Are you too cautious? Too safe? Too practical? Too boring?

By Yee-Ming Tan.  I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book Outliers: The Story of Success. Much of what Gladwell has to say about successful people is little more than common sense: that talent alone is not enough to ensure success, that opportunity, hard work, family, timing and luck play important roles as well. From a coach’s perspective, the point about luck, timing and opportunity has a special relevance to the pursuit of flourishing lives for Chinese people.

It’s easy to overlook the power of limiting beliefs and spend years wondering why you can’t seem to move forward and make lasting changes in your life. Visualization is one powerful tool that can be effective in changing limiting beliefs, because the process of visualization speaks directly to the subconscious mind and plants more empowering messages - which can override the limiting beliefs.

What change can we effect? What's the difference we want to make in the world? Gandhi said, "In a gentle way you can shake the world." Here are some things to think about how to do just that...

The alarm clock jars you awake at some insanely early hour. As you hit the snooze button you think, "there's gotta be a better way to make a living." As someone who rolled out of bed this morning at 8:30, I'm here to deliver the good news: there is.