Feb 3, 2025 | Mental Toughness, Personal Development
Up until quite recently Mental Toughness was a kind of vague and intangible idea that people would talk about, but nobody could really define it; “the voice in the back of your head that tells you to keep going”, “ability to perform under pressure”, “the ability to...
Dec 10, 2024 | Mental Toughness, Personal Development
Let’s imagine that you are an aircraft wing, not any old aircraft wing but a brand-new wing on an Airbus A350-1000; There you are, on the tarmac at Orly prior to a flight to La Réunion. The aircraft has been cleaned and is sitting empty on the tarmac – no pressure, no...
Dec 8, 2024 | Personal Development
There is a thin line between acute stress and chronic stress, and that thin line is recovery. Recovery time or down time is essential; you need to take time out to avoid burnout. Acute stress is the stress that we all experience in our hectic days. The call from your...
Dec 2, 2024 | Personal Development
Much has been written recently about the importance of self-awareness in terms of Leadership Impact; “leaders need self-awareness to be effective”, “self-awareness is key to leadership excellence”, “great leadership starts with self-awareness”, ……. However,...
Aug 7, 2024 | Mental Toughness, Personal Development
Mental Toughness has very much been in the limelight the last couple of weeks. Novak Djokovic realising his dream of an Olympic gold medal, Léon Marchand winning two swimming gold medals in less than two hours, Katie Ledecky winning her 13th medal making her the most...
Apr 16, 2024 | Mental Toughness, Personal Development
Between having the knowledge to do something and the behaviours to actually do the something, there is something you can neither see nor touch it, but it is so important! You can call it Mindset, you can call it Fortitude, you can call it Grit and you can call it...
