Personal Resilience Archives - Page 5 of 6

Your perfect body

by Matthew Hughes | Sep 25, 2017

Your perfect body Achieve your perfect body, or consistently fail to look like someone else’s? It’s your choice. THEORY The human genome has not changed much in the last century, yet obesity has noticeably increased. A recent study of 168,000 adults across...

Finding your purpose

by Matthew Hughes | Sep 13, 2017

Finding your Purpose With one third of your life spent working, a purposeful career means everything. THEORY What life do you want to live? How would you like to be remembered? As children we have idealistic fantasies about a career, typically involving...

Increasing self-esteem

by Matthew Hughes | Aug 24, 2017

Increasing self-esteem Your self-esteem is being determined by when and who you compare yourself to. THEORY Humans are the only creatures capable of thinking about the future, which results in the realisation we will all eventually meet our maker. We can’t change this...

Understanding Motivation

by Matthew Hughes | Aug 14, 2017

Understanding Motivation The key to having more motivation is knowing not just what you want, but why. THEORY Increase your self-awareness with these 4 theories in motivation. Drive Reduction theory Suggests it is your body’s homeostasis that drives your...

Emotions in Decision making

by Matthew Hughes | Jul 4, 2017

Emotions in Decision making Learn how emotions may be impacting your judgements and decision making. During decision making we are typically deciding between any number of available options, which involves evaluating each option and hopefully making a decision using...

Regulating your emotions