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What You Think Determines The Way You Act
What you think and feel determines the way you act and behave. So, if you are disciplined, resolute and focused in your mind then that’s the way you will likely act and behave. The key is to first make it a conscious thought and then build on it, day by day, until it...
In the Clash of the Habit Titans, Who Wins – Self-discipline or Motivation?
When hiring and leading a team I have been always been attracted to people with a strong intrinsic motivation to succeed. In our business, Ambition, we recruited to our cultural values “no dickheads, no passengers” and as our name suggested, ambition, or motivation,...
Mental Blockers – How To Become Mentally Tough
Most people are mentally tough some of the time but not all of the time. They have some mental blockers that stop them realising their potential and achieving greater success. These mental blockers can be feeling emotional, overwhelmed, easily distracted or...
Confidence Boosters
6 WAYS TO BECOME MORE CONFIDENT Mental Toughness comprises: resilience – the ability to setback from setbacks and failures and confidence – the ability to spot and seize opportunities. Within the MTQ48 framework, the confidence subscale embraces both self-belief and...
14 Ways to Cope with Workplace Stress
Workplace stress can be severe due to workplace changes, mergers and acquisitions, organizational changes, a missed promotion, an unforeseen demotion, bullying, conflicts with colleagues or broken employee-employer relationships. In Australia alone, stress related...
Mental Toughness Poems
Have you ever had one of those "I can't believe I didn't think of that before moments!"? I just did when I came across a poem I'd had on my study wall for several years when I was going through a difficult time in my life. The poem in question was Invictus by William...