Aug 16, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
How To Stop Being Pushed Around By Deadlines and Distractions Trying to keep your balance and sanity whilst juggling increasing demands and deadlines is really difficult. Add distractions and diversions at every turn into the mix and it’s near impossible. Your ability...
Aug 15, 2017 | Mental Toughness, Social/Third Sector
In October 2016 Empower was commissioned by St Christophers school to run their first Volunteer to Employment program. PROJECT AIM Build individual confidence to successfully complete a volunteer placement in the community. Build individual confidence and...
Aug 14, 2017 | Mental Toughness, Quotes
“The project you are most resisting carries your greatest growth.” — Robin Sharma
Aug 11, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
Although I was pleased to present a webinar recently to APSCO members on “16 Ways To Improve Your Self Confidence”, one important strategy I didn’t suggest was the important role that eating properly plays in building your self confidence and self esteem. These two...
Aug 10, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
Why You Must Make ‘Care and Repair’ Part Of Your Day As a mental toughness practitioner I’m passionate about the MTQ48 4C’s definition as a framework to improve performance and well-being. Being mentally tough one tends to be more structured and disciplined about...
Aug 9, 2017 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
The Dark Triad is a concept which is growing in importance in business and in society. In recent years researchers have variously suggested that these characteristics are linked to some form of success for people – often those who get to the top of the business or...
Aug 8, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
Most of us, at some time or another, impose mental obstacles and limitations upon ourselves. We often unwittingly build mental obstacles and then find them too difficult to push past in order to achieve our goals or realise our dreams. We let fear, self-doubt and...
Aug 7, 2017 | Mental Toughness, Quotes
“Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.” — Ray Bradbury
Aug 4, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
One of the most difficult personal situations to handle is when someone is shouting at you. They are being abusive and aggressive and you are feeling threatened. It is all too common in domestic or social situations but it happens in the workplace too. One of the more...
Aug 3, 2017 | Authors, Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness, Models of Mental Toughness
This is the fourth in the series of Mental Toughness role models. It can’t have escaped anyone’s attention that the Harry Potter stories, whilst” a rattling good read”, also convey some important subliminal and not so subliminal messages to the reader. And these...
