Jun 6, 2017 | Education, Mental Toughness, Steve Oakes
Can you remember your first day at High School? How were you feeling as you walked through the gates? If you ask any adult about the transition from primary to secondary school, they can quite often remember some key moments. I remember being told that there would be...
Jun 1, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
One of the common challenges that leaders experience is feeling that they aren’t worthy of the position they hold and that sometime soon they will be found out for the fraud they feel they are. They believe they got lucky and were appointed or promoted through chance,...
Jun 1, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
I wrote a post recently about the benefits for me in giving up alcohol. I feel physically better and mentally stronger for doing so. I am also a coffee addict and it’s an important part of my ‘power up’ morning routine, giving me an energy boost and helping me ease...
Jun 1, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
Mentally tough people are invariably successful because they make things happen and get stuff done, without being distracted or diverted by fear or obstacles. One reason is that they almost always possess a strong internal locus of control, which is the extent to...
May 26, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness
In another post, I wrote about resolve which is my own favourite mental toughness word, coupled with the adjective ‘resolute’. In this post, I have listed the 10 most popular mental toughness words as voted by the people whom I coach to build a mentally stronger...
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...
