#Thursdaythoughts

#Thursdaythoughts

“Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.” Glenn Turner 
How To Stop Worrying

How To Stop Worrying

This tip is in the “it works for me” category. A yellow spiral notebook is my constant companion and each day it contains my ‘to do’ list as well as meeting notes and pages of thoughts complete with diagrams and models. It is therapeutic for me because it means I...
10 Ways To Build Resilience

10 Ways To Build Resilience

I subscribe to the Mental Toughness model created and developed by the rock stars of mental toughness, Peter Clough and Doug Strycharczyk. They define mental toughness as comprising: Resilience – the ability to bounce back from setbacks and failures;  and Confidence –...
How To Build Willpower

How To Build Willpower

If you want to make changes in your life you need to build willpower to make it happen. Your willpower is your internal resolve – the muscle you use to change the habits that are causing you to make bad decisions or bad outcomes. These bad habits are for the most part...
On World Kindness Day Do Something Random

On World Kindness Day Do Something Random

A RAK or Random Act of Kindness is something nice that you do for someone else that you would not normally do and that that the other person might not be expecting. Carrying out planned Random Acts of Kindness or RAKs is an exercise rooted in Positive Psychology. The...