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Healthy body healthy mind – Part 3 Physical exercise
Most people are aware the physical benefits of exercise, but what about the mental benefits? Mental Toughness isn’t about having big biceps, but physical exercise can help us to Release endorphins, helping us to feel happy and boost our mood Increase brain...
Healthy body healthy mind – Part 2 Heart Brain Coherence
Most of us have experienced driving a car and knowing it is not running well. This can be due to many factors, one of which could be that the timing is off. This means the spark plugs are not firing in a synchronized manner. The car still runs, but not very well. We...
Healthy body healthy mind – Part 1 Sleep
The Latin saying “mens sana in corpore sano,” which translates to “a healthy mind in a healthy body,” is more relevant now than ever. I’ve tried to make the distinction in previous articles between “Mental Toughness” and “Physical Toughness”; Mental Toughness is not...
Everyday Mental Toughness – Part 4: Confidence
This is the fourth, and final, of four articles concentrating on how to develop each of the four Mental Toughness “sub-components” I work with the model developed by Professor Peter Clough and Doug Strycharczyk. In their model the four sub-components are: Control –...
Everyday Mental Toughness – Part 3: Challenge
This is the third of four articles concentrating on how to develop each of the four Mental Toughness “sub-components” I work with the model developed by Professor Peter Clough and Doug Strycharczyk. In their model the four sub-components are: Control – life control...
Everyday Mental Toughness – Part 2: Commitment
This is the second of four articles concentrating on how to develop each of the four Mental Toughness “sub-components” I work with model developed by Professor Peter Clough and Doug Strycharczyk. In their model the four sub-components are: Control – life control and...
Leadership dimensions and how to wake them up
Leadership is (according to the GLOBE Study), “the ability of an individual to influence, motivate and enable others to contribute to the effectiveness and success of the organizations of which they are members” Some people influence others because they have extremely...
Happy New Year
Best wishes for 2021 Fully engaged energy will get through the next hour Fully engaged energy will get through the next day Fully engaged energy will get through the next week Fully engaged energy will get through the next month Fully engaged energy will get through...
One planet, one world, one people!
Something I published on LinkedIn some years ago Like you, I’m an earthling; our planet belongs to us. I’m British, I was born in London in 1954. I didn’t have choice about being British, nor even in being born; both were thrust upon me, no one asked me if, when and...
Take a break and recharge your batteries
I was coached by a Zen Monk some years ago and I still remember him saying, “the fireman is not there to die”. He meant by this that there will be times when we need to put ourself first; if we want to continue to help others As a leader, the temptation can be to...