If pressure and stress are your enemies, recovery and energy are your allies. – if you want to perform well in the storm, you need to recover well! Performing in the storm looks somewhat like this Select the challenge(s) to face up to Prepare to face up to the...
I come across a lot of people who are “globally” mentally tough but with “specific” issues or weaknesses; and it’s often the weakness that “let’s them down” in difficult situations. Mental Toughness is a “A personality trait which determines, in a large part,...
Lesson n°12, is not a particular scene but something that is shown throughout the film, “The power of questions” Socrates only had questions in his “tool box” and he made a great reputation for himself by using the judiciously. Questions are one of the...
Lesson n°11 is, quite possibly my favourite scene, is the from the final scene in the jury room, when juror n°8 hands his “nemesis” his coat. This scene sums up, at least for me, what leadership is all about; it’s not about criticising people, it’s not about...
Lesson n°10, “Beware of prejudices”, comes from the tirade by juror n°10, a stalwart of the “guilty camp”. This is a very powerful scene, where, even those “on the same side” as juror n°10 slowly take their distance by either moving away or turning their backs....