Control your attention

12 articles

No one’s prefect - oops - perfect

  • Cynthia Johnson

Perfectionism is a path to misery and it seems to be increasing. Learn more about it, and what you can do to rid yourself of the burden.

6 Ways to Stay Calm in the Heat of the Moment

  • Cynthia Johnson

If you encounter someone difficult at work, or if someone challenges you, try these 6 techniques to collect yourself.

Taking a Chance

  • Derek Roger

Evolution is often thought to be a process of trial and error. In fact, it’s the other way round: evolution proceeds by error and trial.

Who is in charge of your house?

  • Cynthia Johnson

What is controlling your responses - your thinking or you, the thinker?

Resilire et Robur

  • Derek Roger

Resilience is both the ability to adapt to changes, and to stand firm when change is happening around you. We can practice how to do both.

Application

  • Cynthia Johnson

In our Challenge of Change Resilience courses, we talk about the need to value and develop our mental health as much as we do our physical health.

Don't worry, be happy

  • Cynthia Johnson

A few months ago I attended the 13th annual conference on Happiness and Its Causes in Sydney.

Mind Full of What?

  • Derek Roger

The new buzz-word is 'mindfulness'.

Reflecting, Sleeping, Ruminating

  • Derek Roger

The key to understanding what the programme is about is attention.

Sir Graham Henry and the All Blacks: Champions of Resilience

  • Cynthia Johnson

How is Sir Graham Henry coping with the stress of releasing a book and the furore surrounding his suspicion about match fixing in the 2007 game against France?

Listen, just relax

  • Derek Roger

We generally attach relaxation to particular times, such as weekends or the summer holiday.

To sleep, perchance to dream?

  • Derek Roger

Participants in the Challenge of Change Resilience training sessions spend time at the beginning generating objectives for the day, and a common theme that emerges from the exercise is about sleep.