So this is actually a recent epiphany for me, which is quite ironic. I've seen a lot of reading of the weekend about how the rates of presenteeism and leavism or just going through the roof. So basically, you know, people not being able to switch off - turning up to work when actually they should be resting and recuperating. I'm actually quite guilty of that at the moment.
I think that's something that I wish I'd learned sooner. It's one of those things where it is easy to sometimes know this stuff academically, but not think How does that apply to me?
Pick Three: You Can Have It All (Just Not Every Day)
I'd say definitely professionally is when I first came across the concept of mental toughness.
Resilience is about bouncing back. If you have a high level of mental toughness, you don't even notice things as being stressful, like your tolerance point for the point at which you start feeling out of control and things are a bit overwhelming far far higher than somebody that would have a lower level of mental toughness.
I did my master's research, looking at mental toughness and stress and performance in call centres because it was such a fascinating environment, which then led to my first consultancy job. So in terms of a book or a concept that changed my life, it really, really did.
I have recently fully embraced the experience of audio books whilst walking and that's, that's kind of been working quite well for me.
Switch off this bank holiday and close the laptop, go and live, like experience life, switch off from work for a few days. It'll be there when you come back on Tuesday.