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How Optimism Creates Successful And Effective Leaders!

Inspirational Blogs28 July 20210Comments

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…

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How To Strengthen Your Resilience During Setbacks

Inspirational Blogs22 July 20210Comments

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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…

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How To Increase Your Self-Efficacy And Be Successful

Inspirational Blogs15 July 20210Comments

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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…

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How To Be Hopeful Even When Life Is Hard!

Inspirational Blogs8 July 20210Comments

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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…

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How Being A H.E.R.O. At Work Will Boost Your Performance!

Inspirational Blogs2 July 20210Comments

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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…

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How To Practice Self-Awareness And Self-Regulation In Leadership

Inspirational Blogs25 June 20210Comments

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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…

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