The Single Most Important Skill of our Time Take a look at the softness and peace in Federer’s face as he dismantles Nadal in the Australian Open with a blistering forehand. This is tactical calm. We are distracted by meditation, mindfulness and various brain-training apps. These are helpful to build Strategic Calm. If you meditate […]
The Professional’s Pain
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. […]
The Benefits of Learning Resilience
A foundation of resilience provides us with the confidence to approach life creatively. The resilient individual understands the benefits of relaxation and recovery, has constructed a masterful lifestyle that aligns with biological rhythms and knows how to focus attention. The most resilient among us will experience Flow regularly – and understand how to cultivate the conditions […]
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 […]
What Surfing Teaches Us About Resilience
Surfing teaches patience, mindfulness, courage and persistence, without the surfer realising that they are developing essential life skills. From a subversive subculture in the sixties, surfing has gone mainstream, and has even found success as an effective form of therapy. When an individual begins surfing, elusive highs are sparingly interspersed between tenuous struggles, sometimes for survival. […]
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 […]