The natural high of success, the breezy feeling of being on a roll – life sure is good when everything goes to plan.
We all know the saying ‘success breeds success’, that strange phenomenon where life brings you everything you want, but what’s going on when it all goes tits up? When suddenly nothing’s going your way and the only possible explanation is that your ex did some voodoo shit on you…
With Corona so rudely overstaying its welcome, this has been a time when many of us feel helpless and overwhelmed, and when you’re wrung out like that, even the tiniest mistakes can feel enormous. But pandemic aside, how good have we ever really been at processing negative events? Do we let adversity, our fears and vulnerabilities snowball? Do we let it affect our performance and more importantly, our mental health?
I think a lot of the time, we do.
So what if you could help your people to shift their perception of these situations and the way they react to them? If you could give them the tools to turn it around, so that instead of spiralling, they reframe it, and see it as an opportunity to grow? Just imagine what a positive and powerful impact that would have on your people, your team morale and company culture!
Back in Autumn 2021, I interviewed 16 incredible people through a virtual seminar in celebration of World Mental Health Day. Bringing us revelation after revelation through personal experience and imparted wisdom, they shared how they’ve transformed their lives in spite of (but also because of ) some of life’s biggest shitstorms.
So below I’ve shared three toolkits inspired by these contributors, their hacks and daily positive behaviours that will give you and your team the tools they need to both combat and thrive through adversity, fear and self-consciousness, helping them to reach their full potential by:
We’re all pretty good at saying to other people ‘Go on, have a go, what’s the worst that can happen?’ But we’re not always good at practising what we preach, and we’re so terrified of failing, that we often freeze! But really, there’s no surer way to fail than to never try.
Someone who knows a bit about this is Sebastian Foucan, global ambassador for Parkour! He has taken the philosophy for this high-octane sport and distilled it into his coaching business:
In fact in the workplace, fear is the enemy of risk, and risk, especially the calculated sort, is what makes a company and its occupants thrive. So below we’ve given you three challenges that you can use with your teams when you sense their fear of trying is getting in the way of growth…
Shouldering up to adversity – it might sound counterintuitive, but it can actually be a really positive thing! In fact, encouraging your people to self-impose adversity can foster a growth mindset whilst also strengthening their capacity to deal with life’s inevitable, incoming bullshit!
As Royal Marine Ben Williams said
So how can you introduce your people to the idea of self-imposed adversity?
Let’s kick off with a quote from Mark Mason, who wrote an entirely glorious book on the subject
Indeed knowing when not to care is a skill both worth learning, and worth teaching your people. It won’t turn them into heartless monsters, instead it helps boost their confidence, increase their ability to take calculated risks, and generally make them stronger people!
This is just a snapshot of what’s inside PUSH’s new book ‘High Potential Hacks – The Positive Behaviours of The Highest Performing People.’
We’d love for you and your people to benefit from more of its magic, so download your free copy below or share it with your team… it might just change their life!