@Grant_Jenkins After spending literally my whole adult life fighting oppressive regimes across the globe. It’s hard not to see the same patterns forming here, it’s becoming pretty concerning and we are just willingly giving away our freedom and our choices.

@Grant_Jenkins I think it would help if our primary schools didn’t resemble academic sweat shops. Some great research on the benefits of increasing free play in primary schools on every metric as well as children’s physical, mental and social development

@TannathScott haha, my kids are already specialising!

@Grant_Jenkins More people will likely die today from obesity related disease.

@DavidGJoyce @mart1buch Looks like a really interesting read. I’ll definitely grab a copy and it’s great to see people openly sharing experiences. Thanks for contributing Dave

@NickWinkelman I think to advance this one more step to improve transfer of training is to integrate contextually relevant threats or pressure both internal and external to develop the cognitive factors and information filtering of the visual system under pressure.

@CoolHandJakeGS How good is it? If you like that, read The Liberator by Alex Kershaw. Disappointingly it was released as a cartoon. The only audiobook I’ve listened to multiple times in a row. I use it as context for the trivial shit that I have to negotiate in my life.

The risks associated with getting stronger (physically and mentally) are far lower than the risks of living life being too weak.

Finally got round to initiating a podcast. Fortunate to have an amazing guest straight up. Available across all platforms

@CoolHandJakeGS @QuintusCurtius I think that’s the first part of the test!

An event will only cause suffering if we start to focus on how it will impact us. Roughly 95% of what we perceive as having a negative impact that creates anxiety and fear, never manifests into anything. That’s a lot of effort worrying about nothing.

In the absence of any legitimate threat, your focus can quickly turn to the perceived threat of social exclusion. It’s important to utilise your resources to connect rather than to compare. #fearless #GrowthHacking #resilience

Trying to avoid discomfort and stress by removing threats from your life won’t bring happiness. It just reduces your capacity to tolerate stress and exposes you when a legitimate threat turns up, making your discomfort even worse. #stressrelief #resilience #GrowthMindset

The benefits of laughter: • 26% increase in killer cells •48% reduction in all cause mortality •73% reduced risk of heart disease •83% reduced risk of infection •Kids with parents that use humour as a coping resource in adversity are more resilient.

@CoolHandJakeGS I wonder if it’s not so much, a definitive max but more of a maximal range with a normal range of deviation and some days it just deviates outside the norm. Just thinking out loud.

@Grant_Jenkins Well said, I think that probably applies to any domain. The best leaders/mentors I ever had consistently worked hard to adapt faster than everyone else. The person leading the charge is often the first attacked, so they have also had a tonne of courage!

Strong leaders can create resilience as much as poor leaders can destroy it. Would you work hard for someone who didn’t give a shit about you?

Next short video on factors and concepts to improve resilience is now up.

@CoolHandJakeGS There is some interesting stats coming out of Sweden, who took a completely different approach. Each country obviously has its own considerations but their results are worth looking at.

If your still wondering what are the risks of pivoting on your path. Ask yourself, what are the risks of doing nothing?