Positive Attitude – One of the Top 5 Attributes That Business Owners Want To Hire

Feb 7, 2017 | ASEAN, Coaching, Mental Toughness

Original post from Mental Toughness Partners DO THESE SOFT SKILLS MATCH YOURS? In my role coaching CEO’s and business owners on improving their mindset, we invariably also discuss the mental attributes they seek in their new hires.  In conducting a straw poll, the...

Brain Training – How To Maintain Focus

Feb 7, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness

Original post from Mental Toughness Partners 3 Simple Brain Training Tips From Neuroscience It is easy to lose our focus and become distracted from achieving our goals. Here are the reasons why from the world of neuroscience and three simple brain training strategies...

To Create A Great First Impression Should We Smile More Or Less?

Feb 7, 2017 | ASEAN

I have always thought creating a great first impression with potential clients or customers is about achieving a fine balance between being friendly, approachable, competent and professional. Smile too much and they may think you’re the village idiot; don’t smile...

The Default Human Emotion Of Growing Older

Feb 7, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness

Original post from Mental Toughness Partners Anecdotal evidence gained from regular exposure to grumpy grandads, mature age ladies at bus stops and the oldie living next door suggests that the default human emotion when growing older is definitely grumpiness. Why,...

Why Mindset Matters for S&OP

Jan 30, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness

Original post from Niels van Hove and Supply Chain Trend In an extensive review of S&OP literature, Tuomikangas & Kaipia* suggest S&OP culture and leadership as one of six S&OP mechanisms to improve S&OP performance. According to them, this...

Developing Mental Toughness – Get Rid Of The Stupid Haircuts And Fast Cars

Jan 30, 2017 | ASEAN, Mental Toughness, Sports

Original post from Mental Toughness Partners I’m a Manchester United fan and have been developing mental toughness of my own following the team post Sir Alex Ferguson.  Last night they won 4-0 in the 4th round of the FA Cup against championship side Wigan, whose...

The Effects of Stress and Pressure and how to beat it

Jan 27, 2017 | ASEAN, Coaching, Mental Toughness

Original post from Mental Toughness Partners Stress and pressure is everywhere in our modern life and whilst a moderate amount is positive, helping us enhance performance, it can quickly become negative with some unpleasant and long lasting side effects on our body...

How To Take Control

Jan 24, 2017 | ASEAN, Coaching, Mental Toughness

Original post from Mental Toughness Partners Why You Should Just Take Control Of What You Can Control Feeling overwhelmed and out of control is unfortunately too common in our helter skelter world, as wave after wave of stress and pressure comes our way with seemingly...

Why Actively Listening is Important

Jan 24, 2017 | ASEAN

Original post from Mental Toughness Partners How I Acquired The Best and Most Advanced Communication Device On The Market For Free – You Can Too The best and most advanced communication device on the market is free and readily available. It’s a listening device that I...

‘Children in independent schools are “mentally tougher” because their schools are almost as focused on character as results’

Jan 24, 2017 | Education, Mental Toughness

This post was taken from TES. See original post here Independent schools know that development of resilience is not only a good selling-point but also brings greater success in hard-edged exam results, writes one head It’s official, then: children in independent...