Doing Epic Stuff Podcast ep. 20 feat Paul Taylor: a lifelong fascination with resilience

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Can you remember the last time that, despite your best efforts, you TOTALLY LOST YOUR BANANA?!

Where you were SO MAD that it almost felt like you were being driven by some sort of dark force that refused to be sated until it had run its course?!

Well, it turns out you actually were, or more specifically; your brain was... 

A Self-professed pracademic and founder of the Mind Body Brain Performance institute; Paul Taylor is on a mission to empower individuals and organisations to become a better version of themselves. One of the ways in which he does this is by explaining, in practical terms, what’s actually going on upstairs when we experience these heavyweight emotions that we all fall victim to at some time or another.

Fear. Stress. Anger. The overwhelming desire for comfy trackies and canned whipped cream at the end of a particularly stressful day.

Paul sets himself apart by being deeply committed to practicing that which he preaches.

• Hunting submarines in helicopters as a former British Royal Navy Aircrew Officer
• Boxing professionally
• Undergoing rigorous military combat survival and resistance-to-interrogation training
• Accruing multiple Masters Degrees in the pursuit of his total understanding of human behaviour and how to wield it for good. 
• Succesfully rasing two kids (preach!)

We go deep into the process of setting goals you will actually keep, self-managing The Red Rage through simple techniques you can employ today and how I can avoid mentally scarring my niece’s U11 basketball team whom I’m coaching this season…

All this and more on this episode of the Doing Epic Stuff Podcast. 

Show notes

• Mind Body Brain Performance Institute - Paul teaches his resilience training techniques to individuals and corporations: https://www.mindbodybrain.com.au/
• Self-determination theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-determination_theory 
• S.M.A.R.T goals: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/smart-goals.htm
  • Note: Paul prefers ‘S.M.A.R.T.E.R’ goals – the added steps of Evaluation (of your progress) and Reward (mmmm, cookie…)

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