I had a discussion with a colleague recently who discovered he had a leaning towards the stronger end of black-and-white thinking. In other words, there wasn’t a lot of middle ground for him. It was a bit of a revelation.
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About three years ago, I was on my way to a meeting to do a presentation to the President of our Asian region about my division’s strategy, when I had a phone call to say our house had been burgled.
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Have you ever set yourself a goal to “get fit” only to find after a few weeks that your running shoes haven’t moved from the cupboard, you haven’t washed a sweaty gym outfit in weeks, and you are berating yourself yet again for starting something you didn’t finish.
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This TEDTalk by Amy Morin is one of my favourites for two reasons - firstly, she absolutely nails it with her comments on the need for healthy mental habits, and secondly, her authenticity is just oozing with every word. Love her. It’s 15 minutes long but (in my opinion) is worth every minute.
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Because of advances in technology, the science world is learning more and more every day about how our brain works. I recently watched a short documentary about a young man, Andrew, with cerebral palsy*.
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I run programmes that help people thrive* - personally and professionally. Recently, I’ve been working on my elevator pitch.
To me, it’s really simple. This is what I’d like to say:
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Pollyanna optimism, even when combined with motivation, won’t always deliver results. So what else is needed? Realism.
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It was one of those “town hall” type meetings where everyone in the company shuffles in, takes their seat on time, and then patiently waits for the Managing Director to take his position centre stage.
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Our visual picture of a mentally-tough person is possibly a sports person who is doing something not only physically near impossible, but almost certainly mentally unimaginable. They’re the Everest climber, the Tour de France rider, or the ultra-marathon runner. But you’d be wrong.
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You often hear it during an interview. You are the interviewer and you ask the candidate if they have any areas for improvement. Often the answer is "I'm a bit of a perfectionist." The interpretation you are meant to make from that, I am guessing, is that they're a high achiever and will therefore do an awesome job in this role.
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