How to create a good and productive life Professionals face the sharp edge of acceleration – productivity, technology and connection with meaningful work. At the same time, they seek Eudaimonia (a good life). The pace has become overwhelming. How does one solve this paradox? After 28 years working for Professional firms, here are some perspectives […]
Resilience cannot be learned….
The danger of ignorance and apathy There is a view that resilience cannot be learned. This is a dangerous and apathetic perspective. It needs a clear answer and evidence-based action. Read this recent article from the New Zealand Herald. Or perhaps a blunt perspective. In both opinions, it is claimed that resilience cannot be learned. […]
Resilient Children. Time to act!
Nurturing bounce, calm, vitality, engagement and focus. We look at our child and wonder: “How will she/he make it?” We fret about what they eat, the exhaustion, their weight, the anxiety, mood swings, withdrawal or online absorption. It is our job to prepare our youth for life. Thus, we will worry. But under that 20 […]
How to Master your Anger
Anger mastery transforms your life and our world While treating a music industry executive for dangerously high blood pressure, I noticed that in the mornings it was high and in the afternoons almost normal. This man loved his job and was otherwise very healthy. One afternoon after a normal reading, he told me about his road […]
Presence, Flow and Eudaimonia
Purpose for Resilience As a young doctor, it seemed that the science and practice applied to save lives, might have another purpose. Medical and biological sciences could be applied to improve and optimise life. The vision took me into Sports Medicine and then Resilience. However, most clients have us pegged as the bounce or “tough […]
Team Flow on the Water
6 Principles for team performance The America’s Cup puts talent, technology, fitness and team flow in the spotlight. This is complex team performance. Perhaps, we might apply these lessons in the workplace. At speeds over 70km per hour, surfing razor-like margins on space-age technology, the challenge to each team is intense. Mastering the new generation […]
Resilient Leadership in a Nutshell
Insight, mastery, connection and influence Resilience searches are booming and many definitions exist. We believe it is a learned ability to demonstrate bounce, courage, connection and creativity. This set of skills is closely interrelated. Bounce requires courage, connection and creativity. Equally, creativity requires bounce, courage and connection. While interrelated, cultivating resilient leadership is a journey that […]
Empathy: have we taken it too far?
Distorted and short-sighted or the solution for our lives and our planet? First, I recommend that you read both of these masterful books before you judge. Paul Bloom has put the cat amongst the pigeons with one book that stands against a wave of 1,500 plus books on empathy. We have gorged on empathy. We […]
How to Be a Successful Founder
In this article I provide a Founder’s Manifesto that outlines the 8 key intentions required for successful entrepreneurship. Correctly applied these will deliver awareness, wellbeing and sustainable performance. Currently, 66% of adults intend to become founders. We long for the freedom to do something meaningful. To create; build; earn financial freedom; and find dignity. Most won’t make it. […]