Maybe the July heatwave was at the root of some recent impulse decisions. In the last month several clients have had employees storm out, muttering darkly as they went, only to creep back a day or two later, somewhat pink round the ears and start working again.

One of the protections against disability discrimination is perceived discrimination. This arises where the employer mistakenly perceives there to be a disability, rather than discrimination on the grounds of an actual disability.

There’s no getting away from it. For most people pay and pay related benefits are important. Even the least worldly person has to eat. For some people the amount of salary or the type and level of benefit is a deal maker or deal breaker. But research consistently suggests that any motivational effect of salary alone is short lived and that the link between salary and job satisfaction is generally weak.

Our lives these days are incredibly busy, and many people are trying to juggle too many plates, both at work and at home. Some of us cope well with all that china. Others are much more easily flummoxed. The difference may be because of the way we see the world and approach challenges.

It’s always interesting to read about the processes used by successful people and recently I read How to Fail at Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life by Scott Adams. In How to Fail, Adams describes “the strategy he has used since he was a teen to invite failure in, embrace it, then pick its pocket”.