When you need an instant mood boost or a quick tip to get you through the week–or through the next 15 minutes–Resilience in Focus can help. This series of tools and infographics cover common challenges like how to make stress work for you (stress can be good, really), become more optimistic (it is possible!), cultivate mindfulness (what is that, exactly?) and stick to your goals (at last!). Start by exploring the topics below, and when you have time to learn more, reach out to your nearest R2 Performance Center to schedule an individual or group workshop.
Deliberate Attention Control
Attention control is a skill that allows us to shift our focus to successfully perform a task. Dr. Robert M. Nideffer and Roger C. Sharpe developed. a model of attention control that shows how individuals tend to shift attention during a performance.
Boost Your Confidence
Confidence is your belief in your ability to accomplish a given task. Being confident is associated with greater psychological well-being, increased motivation and prolonged persistence in tasks, as well as a greater likelihood of successful behavior change.
Practice Self-Regulation
A critical aspect of personal and professional growth is learning to control your thoughts, emotions and behaviors. This aspect of life is known as self-regulation, which is the regulation of impulses, emotions, physiology and behaviors.
Culture of Trust
Trust can be challenging to build yet easy to break, even unintentionally. While no one person determines a culture of trust, leaders have far-reaching influence with their decisions and behaviors.
Practice Mental Agility
Mental agility enhances the ways you respond to stress and helps you reason critically while keeping your mind open to multiple options. What’s more, mental agility allows you to make your thoughts and emotions work for you during challenging tactical, physical or work-related events.
Maintain and Sustain Optimism
Being optimistic is about being grounded in reality and realizing that there is good happening around you, separate from the bad. Optimism is a skill that takes deliberate practice to develop.
Goal Setting With WOOP
The WOOP strategy will help you on your journey. It stands for Wish, Outcome, Obstacle and Plan. This quick four-step technique contrasts people’s dreams with their challenges to move them forward toward their goal.