Basically, we don’t have any control over the workload and deadlines that are thrown at us every day of our working lives. Many people feel they are controlled and fully at the mercy of what the day delivers to them.

We have little or no control over the people with whom we work or the demands of our job. But we do have control over how we handle those pressures.

If you can wake up in the morning and make a decision to set your intention for the day and stick with it, every day is going to be better. So, what might that intention be? It could be something like: “I will watch my words today; only kindness will leave my lips.”

Getting into the habit of setting your intention for the day will immediately slow your morning ritual down. You will have to become conscious to set your intention. In so doing, you start the morning in awareness and you will have something more significant to think about than your long list of "to do"s.

Now that you have slowed your morning ritual down, you will have time to become cognisant of your breath. Breathe consciously for a few minutes to set the tone of your day up in a way that will allow you to remember what calmness feels like.