Shifting the Dials: A New Approach for Success in Work and Life

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And expect New Zealand to approach our Pacific neighbours with understanding, friendship, mutual benefit, and collective ambition, to achieve sustainable results. This reset expresses the trajectory of New Zealand’s history, its independent foreign policy, and it is shaped by our close relations in the Pacific region. Slipping school results and concerns about teaching quality raise questions about how Australians will adapt to the wave of changes in the economy over the coming decades. And if any of you know of the seductive experience of travelling in some parts of the world it is mind bending for some young politicians. There’s no easy version of what we’re all trying to do, which is be happy and be more fulfilled,” she says. “The world is hectic and when you add parenting, multiple jobs, cost of living crisis and all of that stuff, it’s hard. I don’t think there are enough hours in the day for anyone.”

In many respects the Pacific is where New Zealand matters more, wields more influence, and can have more positive impact. Nearly 40% of university students did not think that their courses developed work-related knowledge and skills (p. 104)In navigating a more complex strategic environment, New Zealand’s view is that we must be respectful of Pacific Island countries’ and clear wish to manage their own international relations while at the same time retain New Zealand’s traditional emphasis on human rights, the rule of law, transparency, good governance and the promotion of democracy. Australia is beset by a rising wave of complex chronic health conditions that will lead to many years of life spent in ill health, lower involvement in work and rising costs for the health care system. Suppliers rather than patients are the centre of the current system — an anachronism built on paternalism. members of the child health workforce in Wales signed an open letter to their First Minister, Mark Drakeford. Finally, to seek sustainability by focusing on the region’s long-term goals, to play our part in promoting greater autonomy and resilience among our Pacific friends through their improved economic and social achievement.

How can it be that poverty is one of the most pressing issues for frontline paediatricians in the 4 nations of the UK in 2022? Why is it that we are needing to shout from the rooftops about widening child health inequalities and poverty in one of the richest countries in the world? The fact that hundreds of paediatricians have signed this open letter is a clear signal to governments that change is crucial. It's been a slow and at times tough journey, but now I have a consistent and meaningful yoga practice. My asana practice mostly now consisting of self-practice, at home with my cats, in the snippets of time I can carve out in between work and family life, especially since becoming a mother.Stephanie has been cutting my hair for over 20 years, since she was barely 20 herself. She’s so good you have to make an appointment with her a month or more in advance, and (don’t tell my children), I time my trips to Arizona for when I can get on her schedule. These dials can change in intensity at different times in your life, reflecting that life shifts, for instance, your children don’t need you as much as they grow older, you may take on caring responsibilities for older relatives, you have to focus on work to get a promotion and so forth. The levels change as your life evolves and the levels allow you to be more deliberate and intentional about this. That means you can make trade offs. Perhaps you need to work longer hours to get to the next level at work at one point, but at another something challenging happens in your family that requires you to be less focused on your work. Perhaps there are times when you need to be more focused on your career and your partner can dial their work intensity down. Young men saw numerous positive changes in themselves as a result of attending Shifting the Dial activities, including: a greater sense of purpose and drive to pursue their goals, more self-belief and confidence, and trusting relationships with peers and relatable role models. Participating in Lightpost Theatre Company and Dear Youngers were seen as pre-emptive steps to prevent their mental health getting worse, through belonging, self-expression and providing a remedy to stress. She leaves work about 4.30pm: “So I can do a couple of hours with the kids, then I’ll often work in the evenings.” First, Pacific identity and in particular New Zealand’s Polynesian character. There is greater interconnectedness between New Zealand and the countries of Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau and Tonga, than any others in the world, with the possible exception of Australia.