Jul 11, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
Stress generally occurs when you are trying to think about and process more things than you have the capacity for. It is easy to think that ‘stress is stress’ but there are various types of stress and each should be managed differently. Dr Karl Albrecht is an...
Jul 7, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
Visualisation, the forming a mental image of the day ahead, is now an important part of my ‘power up’ morning routine. I used to be prone to regular panic attacks, which were driven by a fear of failure, when faced with the uncertainty of the day ahead. Meetings,...
Jul 6, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
There are a few life rules that anyone, no EVERYONE, can use and should use to achieve success. These 3 life rules are easy to understand and you don’t need to be smart or talented to adopt them. However, they are hard to implement but only because they are...
Jul 5, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
WHY YOUR JOB SPEC SHOULD INCLUDE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGING YOUR MINDSET Too many people physically turn up for work but they are mentally absent. They coast through the day without any clear focus on achieving their objectives. This mental absenteeism disrupts their...
Jul 4, 2017 | ASEAN, Coaching, Mental Toughness
One of my former colleagues used to assess potential hires on the basis of how quickly they walked. His reasoning was that if you were focused and alert in mind this would translate to a brisk pace. Similarly, if you were ambling towards your destination you lacked...
Jun 30, 2017 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
I am indebted to Marzena Jankowska for drawing attention to an interesting study she came across in the April 2011 edition of New Scientist which contained an interesting feature on Mental toughness! This described the idea that most of us think that traumatic...
Jun 30, 2017 | ASEAN, Coaching, Mental Toughness
I have been doing some public speaking on mental toughness recently and like many people, I am distinctly uncomfortable throughout the public speaking process. My anxiety heightens in the hours beforehand and over the first few minutes of the presentation. I look...
Jun 29, 2017 | ASEAN, Coaching, Mental Toughness
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION When I started out in my recruitment career I was ambitious and internally driven to succeed. However I was also motivated by the lure of a new company car, a 1984 VW Sirrocco, silver with tinted windows no...
Jun 28, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
I’m not usually a big fan of Hollywood style ‘man and his best friend’ stories but I did enjoy reading about Aussie ultra-marathon runner, Dion Leonard and his 3 tips to boost your mental toughness. These were accumulated from his triumph over a challenging youth that...
Jun 27, 2017 | Newsletter
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