The untapped power in your Vagus Nerve Imagine you are surprised by an unexpected reward at your end-of-year function. You are asked to step up to the stage. With a trained vagus nerve, you notice surprise and weakness in your limbs but within milliseconds you become calm, control the anxiety and connect to the occasion […]
Super skill: Vitality
Research Highlight: Vitality is a super skill The statement “I enjoy vibrant, good health and high energy” separates the most successful 10% from the rest.* What is vitality? Vitality is both an output and an input. Those who wait for vitality to come from doctors, public services and luck will suffer. Those who fail to […]
Super skill: Optimism
Research Highlight: Optimism is a super skill 95% of the most successful 10% of people scored “I think and communicate with optimism” with ‘very often’ or ‘nearly always’ (in a sample of 21,000). The human mind is Velcro for the negative. Based on a high threat environment, a negative and threatening explanation might have been […]
Super skill: Fulfilment
Research Highlight: Fulfilment is a super skill The statement “I am contented, joyous and fulfilled” separates the most successful people from the least successful. Nine out ten of the top performers say they are fulfilled ‘very often’ or ‘nearly always’.* Sadness (disappointment), fear (anxiety) and anger (frustration) are easy emotional traps to fall into. Far […]
Purpose
Research Highlight: purpose is a super skill Of the most successful 10% of people in a sample of 21,000, 96% scored “my purpose in life is clear and meaningful” with ‘very often’ or ‘nearly always’. Question: What is my purpose? Describe with clarity and meaning Condition: Step back, up and take a wide view of […]
FOCUS
Research Highlight: Focus is a super skill Of the most successful 10% of people in a sample of 21,000, 94% scored “my mind is clear and focused” with ‘very often’ or ‘nearly always’. Question: What meaningful activity will I complete today? Condition: Clear your mind of distraction and clutter Discipline: Hold intense, steady and sharp […]
Mental Health Leadership
We have worked in the field of resilience for over 20 years. We have helped our clients understand how resilience fails, how to bounce, and how to sustain an effective integration between work and life. Dealing with our mental illness reality demands a specific, tailored response. In 2017 we launched our first programmes to help […]
Spirit in Action Part 3
“Life is a storm. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you human is what you do when that storm comes.” Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo. Part 1 explored what Spirit in Action is and Part 2 scoped out why this is important […]
Spirit in Action Part 2
What might a contemporary wisdom embrace? Can we seek to better express a shared narrative that seeks truth and goodness? How do we make this wisdom fit for purpose in 2020? Part 1 explored spirit from two perspectives. First, the outer journey of connecting to a greater reality (Spirit). Second, the inner journey of integrating […]