September 2022 - Finding the Light Counselling & Coaching

Performing Under Pressure – Tenacity & Enthusiasm

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Sep 25, 2022 | General Counselling, Life Coaching, Self Esteem, Stress

Last article I shared with you from a book called Performing Under Pressure. The authors found people who perform under pressure harness what they call COTE: Confidence, Optimism, Tenacity and Enthusiasm. This week we will look at the last two: Tenacity & Enthusiasm. The authors suggest that tenacity is critical to our success, and that there are four parts to it: Goals, Focus, Hope and Coping. Goals – Tenacity requires working... read more

Performing Under Pressure – Confidence & Optimism

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Sep 18, 2022 | Employee Assistance Programme, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress

The book Performing Under Pressure found people who perform under pressure harness what they call COTE: Confidence, Optimism, Tenacity and Enthusiasm. Confidence Confidence for most of us is believing we have what it takes to succeed. It’s not ground-breaking to say that having confidence that you can perform is critical to performing under pressure. However, the people who do it best practice at building their confidence levels so that... read more

Performing Under Pressure

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Sep 11, 2022 | Depression, Employee Assistance Programme, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress

We all experience moments of pressure; where we must deliver the goods or suffer the consequences – it’s all on the line. These days we seem to face more and more of these situations on a daily, weekly and monthly basis than ever before. Everything seems like it’s do or die. The authors (Hendrie Weisinger & J.P. Pawliw-Fry) of the book Performing Under Pressure wrote this book for a very important reason – to give us... read more

10 Tips for Effective Time Management

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Sep 4, 2022 | General Counselling, Life Coaching

Have you ever thought to yourself that there aren’t enough hours in the day, or felt overwhelmed at the tasks facing you? If you have, the following could help you! 1. Clarify your goals and strategy Be very clear about your aims and ambitions, both short and long term. Write them down. Once you know what you really want to achieve (and why) it’s easier to make decisions about what needs doing, and to plan accordingly. 2. Focus on your top... read more