In the final piece of my 4-part series on resiliency, I want to focus on stress management skills and training. Previously, in our focus on how to become resilient, we’ve talked about: How to discover your peak performance mind How communication skills can improve your resiliency Being resilient is about learning to accept, embrace, […]
No man is an island, entire of itself. Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main … – John Donne The assumption often is that we’re defined as resilient if we’re able to overcome obstacles alone. But not only is that untrue – it’s not helpful to your personal and […]
Resilience is the key to handling stress and using it to create opportunities for success. But resilience doesn’t come easily, or naturally. It takes dedication, persistence, and guided support for individuals to enhance their resiliency. But once you learn how to be resilient, you will no longer feel the need to avoid stress. Rather, you’ll […]
You’ve heard it countless times – try to live a stress-free life. I laugh (albeit respectively) whenever I hear someone say that. Stress-free life? Is that even possible? More importantly, is it actually desirable? In many ways, yes, a life without stress is possible. However, for most adults (be it an athlete, coach, business person, […]
Everyone is afraid of something. We all have that sense of anxiety as a result of something we fear, because it’s a normal response to prepare us for potentially dangerous situations – like falling, or being attacked by a dog. And although these fears are certainly normal, irrational fears can become detrimental. Irrational fears are […]
As a personal and professional coach with clients in New Zealand, Australia, North America and (frankly) all over the world, I help people overcome hurdles and reach their potential. And, while many factors come into play when determining the cause of a person’s obstacles and hurdles, the biggest common factor that drives all of life’s […]
While there is no standard recipe or secret to success, there is one common denominator that exists among all successful people and organizations throughout New Zealand, Australia and North America – and that’s fearlessness. But fearlessness doesn’t mean being born without fear. We all have fears. We all have certain moments in our lives when […]
These days Australians are inundated with external sources trying to guide us and point us in the right direction. Self-help books, TV personalities, and the endless array of information offered to us online has never been so well received as it is at this very moment. And while it’s always helpful to look outwardly for unbiased […]
As a student, armed with a highlighter in your hand, you were likely guided toward the artful practice of distinguishing the important details from the unimportant ones. As younger students, the task was pretty simple. The important details called out to us in the form of headings, bolded words, italicized words, or phrases wrapped in […]
No one like to face problems. Not in Australia. Not in New Zealand. And not in the US. Problems are that wrench in our plans, that bump in the road, the one thing getting in the way of what we want. Whenever things aren’t going so well, there’s typically one thing at fault: a ‘problem.’ […]
