May 26, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
Within the mental toughness world the definition of resilience is the ability to bounce back from setbacks and failures. We commonly think of setbacks as most likely to be big issues and problems such as a death, illness or separation from someone close, or...
May 22, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
Why Happiness Is Your 55th Birthday? A survey of people in wealthy English-speaking countries, including the United States, Canada, the UK and Australia, found that satisfaction with life was highest at aged 20 before dipping towards its lowest point at around the age...
May 22, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
Sleep used to be the filler between the waking hours and subject to the lottery of alarm calls, alcohol and infants. Developing good sleep habits was never part of a disciplined routine to help improve my performance or wellbeing. I now have a sleep ritual to develop...
May 22, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
4 Ways To Make Instant Changes To Your Behaviour I love the work of Benjamin P Hardy, the headline and first line of his post below resonated because I regularly espouse the benefits of making small incremental changes to your routine. I think the little steps are the...
May 22, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
I met up with an old work colleague this morning after three years absence. As we swapped stories we realised that we had both stopped drinking alcohol several years ago and it has changed our lives. I was a moderately heavy drinker, generally spirits and wine when...
May 12, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
I got on the train to the city one day last week in time to hear two schoolboys, probably 16-17 years old, earnestly discussing an issue one of them was having with a fellow student. I wasn’t really listening but when one of them summarised his situation as “no...