Sustainable

Achievers want to live up to what they’re capable of, dream big, and accomplish the most possible. We know the feeling. If only there was more time to get everything done… You could lower your ambitions, but probably you don’t want to… Here’s how you could address the issue

A good level of energy gives us the fuel to perform well. A low level of energy puts us in ‘underperformance zone’. Less enthusiasm, more procrastination, less great ideas, more time needed to get things done, less power to influence others…

Get a better understanding of scientific research on how people think, how they develop emotions and how they take decisions, so you can impact your own thoughts, emotions and decisions. The result: more ‘good days’!

Once people start to ruminate, they often find it quite difficult to ‘stop it’. We tend to tell ourselves ‘stop ruminating’ – only to notice that it’s hard to control these unwelcome thoughts. Here’s 5 tips you might find useful.

Is there a way leaders can combine ‘no compromise on the ambitions’, with ‘no burning self or team members’? In our experience, there is a high road to sustainable peak performance: making sure to ‘ask’ and ‘give’ enough. With regards to self and others.

True achievers often struggle with the idea of ‘becoming more detached’. Because achievers don’t want to lose their drive. Losing their drive would be losing their identity… or not living up to ‘what they are made for’… Here’s the 5 steps we use in our coaching to help manage the drive more effectively.

Do you get really nervous when the internet is slow? Frenetically push the ‘close door’ button when you are in an elevator? Always in a hurry? Quickly losing your temper? Less decisive than before? Chances are you are putting more demands on yourself than is ideal, pushing yourself so hard that you arrived in the unsustainable zone of ‘diminishing returns’. It’s time to take action and get your life in balance again. Defining your list of ‘personal operating principles’ will prove very effective.

Too much stress in your life? Wrong question! It’s not the intensity of stress that matters, it’s the sustainability. Stress is not a mono-dimensional indicator; like a cash-flow statement, stress has two entries: burden or exposure on the negative side; and tolerance or resistance on the positive side. Your stress sustainability is simply your net stress score (tolerance – burden). Knowing your burden and tolerance levels, generates precise stress tactics; knowing your net stress score, generates your stress strategy. It’s very actionable.