No you don’t need something bad to happen to build your resilience

So many people believe that you can’t really build resilience until you have experienced a major setback. The good news is that isn’t true. No two brains are created the same, which means that some people are naturally going to be more optimistic and resilient than others. And thanks to neuroscience we know that brains are able to be re-wired so that resilience can be built even if it doesn’t come naturally to you.

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What is the difference between energy and effort?

We talk a lot about energy. Anyone who has done one of our coaching programs, workshops, seen us speak at an event or even just had a regular conversation with us will know that. Energy is at the core of what we do, how we do it and ultimately how productive we are at doing all of that. We’ve discussed energy management previously and how this differs from time management – time is fixed, energy we can create more of. Energy can increase and decrease depending on how we use it, how we create it and how we invest it.

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