The fourth component of H.E.R.O. is Optimism. This is the key ingredient to unleashing your Hope, self-Efficacy, and Resilience. Optimism is having the view on life that everything is rigged in your favour. When we view life with an optimistic approach, we believe that good things will happen for us now, and in the future. This is not some Pollyanna…
One of the four components in psychological capital which is incredibly vital for us all right now, is the third component of Resilience. We have covered Hope and Self-efficacy in previous weeks, and the topic of Resilience is on the lips of most companies, services, community support programs and individuals, as we continue to face unprecedented challenges right now with…
When you are facing a challenge do you feel confident to rise up and accomplish it or do you feel like you don’t know enough, aren’t good enough, will make mistakes, or just want to give up? Are you like the Little Engine That Could, with the notion of ‘I think I can, I think I can, I think I…
In our 5-week exploration of psychological capital, today we are exploring the concept of HOPE. “I hope I get this house. I hope I get this job/grant/project. I feel so hopeless. Hopefully it will work out.” We use this word in so many different ways, but what is this psychological concept all about? HOPE is defined by Charles Snyder as…
We are not referring to the cape wearing superheroes, or the people who feel the need to step into crazy dangerous situations. We are referring to those H.E.R.O.’s who implement the concept of Psychological Capital: Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, and Optimism. The concept of Psychological Capital was originally developed by Luthans, Aviolo and Youssef (2004), for workplaces. They soon realised the…
Self, Self, Self. We have recently been doing a series of trainings on the self. Self-belief, Self-trust, Self-promotion. We often feel uncomfortable about focussing on ourself, recognising our accomplishments and shy away from talking ourselves up, promoting our strengths, or letting people know what we are really good at. This can be done without ego, arrogance, competitiveness or feeling better…
It’s interesting how different people have different perceptions of what a Mentor and a Coach are supposed to be and do. When some people think of a Coach, they see a ‘Sport Billy’ with a whistle round their neck, yelling at them to ‘drop and give me 20 more’. Other people hear the word Mentor, and they picture an old…
Many people we work with are self-professed perfectionists. Some admit it, and others try to hide it. What happens in these moments of holding onto this statement of “I’m a perfectionist”, is we set ourselves up to not achieve, to stay stuck and not complete, to procrastinate and continue the cycle of disappointing self. Our lack of progression is because…
I used to think that successful leadership was all about the specific type of processes and systems I used. That I had use a lean, agile, transactional, participative, charismatic, autocratic, approach and incorporate a number of leadership processes. And among all this I had to show that I knew what I was doing and had a handle on everything and…
“The reason I am on this planet is to leave a legacy of people and places being better than when I arrived.” E. Pritchard My life changed when I realised that when I pursued meaning beyond myself and recognised and celebrated my accomplishments, I was leaving a valuable legacy and my life will be well spent with whatever time I…