In today's episode I chat with Jon Watkins a resilience and transformation coach and a former special forces soldier. Jon shares insights into some challenges that he overcame in the military and the importance of mindset. Goal setting is introduced, concepts such as self-leadership, natural resilience, adaptive resilience and psychological safety we also touch on and a lot more. Enjoy tuning in!

Key Learning Points:

• The selection process in the special forces produced likeminded mentally and physically robust individuals who shared collective goals and went on to create a fantastic environment to work in.
• Self-leadership was a huge part of the special forces.
• My comfort zone was pushed to its maximum.
• When considering goal setting, relating it back to your values is essential.
• Chunking down your goals is a skill that anyone can develop.
• Mental Toughness is built around that perseverance, never giving up element to it and being disciplined to live through your values.
• Resilience in general is about bouncing back.
• Natural resilience is the resilience that we're born with.
• Adaptive resilience is heavily influenced by our environment.

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