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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 15 JULY 2015 12 Business Today Regular market closed –14/07/2015 Symbol Code Volume Traded Value Traded Trades High Price Low Price Open Price Close Price Change l BOV 22,745 52,313.500 8 2.300 2.300 2.300 2.300 0.000 t GO 21,675 77,175.600 9 3.580 3.550 3.580 3.579 -0.001 s HSB 11,594 21,104.260 6 1.830 1.819 1.820 1.830 0.010 t MDI 30,000 10,268.000 2 0.350 0.342 0.350 0.342 -0.008 l MDS 2,000 4,710.000 1 2.355 2.355 2.355 2.355 0.000 s MIA 2,800 9,688.000 2 3.460 3.460 3.460 3.460 0.010 s MMS 2,000 3,350.000 2 1.675 1.675 1.675 1.675 0.005 s MTP 4,394 6,595.390 1 1.501 1.501 1.501 1.501 0.001 s RS2 30,602 67,699.400 6 2.220 2.200 2.200 2.220 0.020 s TML 5,000 4,300.000 1 0.860 0.860 0.860 0.860 0.010 t G16A 11,647 12,179.270 1 104.570 104.570 104.570 104.570 -0.080 s G17C 10,000 10,910.000 1 109.100 109.100 109.100 109.100 0.090 s G19C 22,900 25,036.570 1 109.330 109.330 109.330 109.330 0.400 t G20E 20,000 20,990.000 1 104.950 104.950 104.950 104.950 -0.370 s G21A 56,000 68,264.000 2 121.900 121.900 121.900 121.900 0.180 s G24A 50,000 56,165.000 2 112.330 112.330 112.330 112.330 0.780 s G28A 9,100 11,726.260 2 128.860 128.860 128.860 128.860 0.130 s G28B 38,000 47,690.000 1 125.500 125.500 125.500 125.500 0.060 t G29A 110,000 146,302.000 3 133.010 132.960 133.010 132.960 -1.260 s G30A 105,600 142,792.320 3 135.220 135.220 135.220 135.220 0.090 t G32A 30,000 38,373.000 2 127.910 127.910 127.910 127.910 -1.430 s G32B 20,000 25,008.000 1 125.040 125.040 125.040 125.040 0.140 s G33A 5,000 6,200.000 1 124.000 124.000 124.000 124.000 0.140 t G34A 81,600 99,519.360 3 121.960 121.960 121.960 121.960 -0.090 l G40A 74,500 78,949.000 7 106.000 105.700 106.000 105.700 0.000 s BV18A 6,000 6,492.600 1 108.210 108.210 108.210 108.210 0.200 s BV20A 10,000 10,900.000 1 109.000 109.000 109.000 109.000 0.250 l HM24A 17,000 18,700.000 2 110.000 110.000 110.000 110.000 0.000 t IB25A 225,000 234,270.000 10 104.350 104.000 104.350 104.000 -0.350 l IG19A 5,700 5,956.500 1 104.500 104.500 104.500 104.500 0.000 s IG24A 7,700 8,470.770 1 110.010 110.010 110.010 110.010 0.010 t IH25A 11,500 12,809.000 5 112.000 109.500 109.500 110.000 -2.200 l MB15A 33,000 33,000.000 1 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 0.000 s MF24A 6,900 7,659.690 1 111.010 111.010 111.010 111.010 0.110 s MI17A 10,000 10,100.000 2 101.000 101.000 101.000 101.000 1.000 s MI21A 3,000 2,999.000 2 100.000 99.900 99.900 100.000 0.500 s SF20A 1,000 1,100.000 1 110.000 110.000 110.000 110.000 0.770 t TI20A 2,100 2,310.000 1 110.000 110.000 110.000 110.000 -0.310 Market Summary as at July 14, 2015 Equity Official List Session State ................................................................... closed Number of trades ............................................................. 98 Volume Traded ................................................................. 1,116,057 Value of € denominated securities .................................... 1,402,076.490 Value of US$ denominated securities ................................ 0.00 Value of GBP£ denominated securities .............................. 0.00 Current Index ................................................................... 4,142.819 Previous Index ................................................................. 4,136.686 Change in Index (%) ......................................................... 0.148% 6pm Holdings plc .......................... 0.760 0.00% Malta International Airport plc ....... 3.460 0.29% Bank of Valletta plc ........................ 2.300 0.00% MaltaPost plc ................................. 1.501 0.07% FIMBank plc .................................. 0.466 0.00% Medserv plc .................................. 2.355 0.00% GlobalCapital plc ........................... 0.800 0.00% Mapfre Middlesea plc .................... 1.675 0.30% GO plc ........................................... 3.579 -0.03% MIDI plc ........................................ 0.342 -2.29% Grand Harbour Marina plc ............. 0.938 0.00% Plaza Centres plc ........................... 0.960 0.00% HSBC Bank Malta plc ..................... 1.830 0.55% RS2 Software plc............................ 2.220 0.91% International Hotel Investments plc 0.860 0.00% Simonds Farsons Cisk plc ............... 4.650 0.00% Island Hotels Group Holdings plc ... 1.020 0.00% Tigné Mall plc ................................ 0.860 1.18% Lombard Bank Malta plc ................ 1.821 0.00% Pefaco International plc ................. 2.190 0.00% Malita Investments plc ................... 0.900 0.00% Santumas Shareholdings plc ......... 2.050 0.00% MSE Index Dealing pro-actively with career setbacks In today's day and age, it is be- coming increasing 'normal' for all managers, even the high fliers, to suffer a career setback. Only the very lucky or the extremely well connected escape this harsh real- ity. The truth is that even the very best at some stage in their career slip-up and what defines them is how they deal with it. It doesn't matter if the career setback is your fault (you underperformed or made a mistake) or if it isn't your fault (your boss feared you and did everything to undermine you) what matters is how you deal with it. My first piece of advice is to be aware of the stages people generally tend to go through when faced with a serious career setback. According to the Kübler-Ross model we tend to go through five emotional stages: (1) denial (2) anger (3) bargaining (4) depression and (5) acceptance. DABDA for short. Applying this to a hypothetical example: You just been dismissed even though you thought you were doing well. First reaction: you can't believe it and your brain keeps fighting reality ('…this can't be happening to me'). Second: the setback has sunk-in and you are now very angry (think John McEnroe 'You can't be serious' type of yell). Also, you keep asking yourself 'why me'. Third: You try to negotiate in your mind the situation ('…God please make this just a bad dream from which I wakeup from and I promise to…') Fourth: You sulk. You feel sorry for yourself. Fifth: You accept the reality of it all and move on. Unfortunately, a lot of high achievers never make it to the 'acceptance' stage. Put another way, they just can't forgive themselves. According to decades of research on the subject, high achievers typically assign too much blame on themselves for their failures much in the same way as they give themselves too much credit when they are successful. I think they refer to it as 'attribution bias'. The point being that most successful managers run the risk of never getting over a career setback. My second piece of advice is to be emotionally nimble and quick to adapt to your new circumstances. You need to quickly regroup your thoughts and emotions and calmly conjure up ways of how to recover from the situation. Do not waste too much time looking backwards (aka crying over spilt milk). Sure, you need to honestly understand why this has happened but this process shouldn't take you more than a few days to do so. The mission now is to consider your options, leverage your strengths and move on. I find focusing on what I can do and actually doing it, far more useful than over-analysing or re-playing it in my mind. Put another way, you need to move yourself as quickly as possible through the five stages described above, so you can start to re-build your career as soon as possible. My third piece of advice is to re-think, if need be, your career trajectory. See this as an opportunity; a unique and golden opportunity. So, actively look into options you would never have considered in the past. In doing this, get out there and talk to people. Bounce ideas off people and most of all listen to what people are saying. In fact, I would strongly recommend that you consider changing the industry you work in. I've known people who worked in say banking for 10-odd years and moved into an industry that is completely different and they relished the challenge. My final piece of advice is to remain calm. Probably, you have financial obligations and need to be gainfully employed as soon as possible but you mustn't panic. Clive Woodward's favorite mantra is T-CUP, or 'Thinking Correctly Under Pressure'. Just in case you're wondering, Woodward was the English Rugby coach between 1997-2004 when England won the rugby world cup. I prefer 'Think Clearly Under Pressure' but you get the gist. Success is all about focus and you can only focus if you are calm and this is what T-CUP is all about. Granted, you are in a tricky, possibly scary situation, but you mustn't panic. Calm people think clearly and that is exactly what you need to do when suffering a career setback. Ultimately, the whole experience will make you stronger. How you react to a career setback is more important, in the end, than what you actually end up doing with your career. If you really are good at what you do, and you remain calm, a good job opportunity will always find you. Kevin-James Fenech England rugby coach Clive Woodward was famous for his mantra, 'Thinking Correctly Under Pressure' (T-CUP)