This second lesson “Be prepared” is quite possibly a precursor of the previous lesson “Stand up and be counted”; it’s the being prepared that, maybe, stops you getting shot down. This scene is an excellent example, not only of being prepared, but also of the...
If I have watched the film “12 Angry Men” once, I have watched it a hundred times; I use it regularly in my leadership seminars, getting participants to watch it before or between modules and then debriefing it collectively. The film is a leadership seminar in...
If you have high Mental Toughness, you possibly see yourself as someone, self-confident, in control of your life, determined to achieve the challenges you undertake and always willing to learn. However, ……… however, what you see as self-confidence may well be...
“What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.” C.S. Lewis We all live in two worlds; an outer world where we interact with others and an inner world where our thoughts, feelings,...
While a “fake it ’til you make it” attitude is useful in certain situations, I’m not sure that in the long term that it is actually that beneficial. Real self-confidence comes from experience and training; it’s through trial & error and...
