BMR 29: A Roadmap To Resilience with Mal Winnie

Mal Winnie is a living representation of resilience. A catastrophic event left Mal dying under tonnes of concrete, his lung punctured, spine fractured in 5 places, leaving his body numb from the waist down and as he went through the death process and took his last breath a miracle occurred.. In this episode I talk… Continue reading BMR 29: A Roadmap To Resilience with Mal Winnie

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Mal Winnie is a living representation of resilience. A catastrophic event left Mal dying under tonnes of concrete, his lung punctured, spine fractured in 5 places, leaving his body numb from the waist down and as he went through the death process and took his last breath a miracle occurred..

In this episode I talk with Leadership Coach and former Outdoor Adventure Guide Mal Winnie about resilience. We explore what tools he picked to from the outdoors and some traumatic events in his life including a near death experience.  We explore the 4 different types of resilience and how we may assess these in our own lives and what we can do to make ourselves a more resilient being.

Episode breakdown:

Introducing Mal
Mal’s near death experience
Big learnings from near death
Finding reasons why vs reasons why not
Hardwired for negativity bias
What made Mal more resilient
Our relationship with failure
Seeking out adversity
Have we created too much safety
Defining resilience
What Mal learned from mountaineering – 3 steps forward 1 step back
The 4 types of resilience
1. Physical Resilience
2. Mental Resilience
3. Emotional Resilience
4. Social Resilience
5. Spiritual Resilience
The 2 most important days in your life
Resilience emphasis and overlaps
Finding voluntary challenge
How we can learn through adversity and challenging moments
The power of reflection
“Why does this always happen to me?”
The power of vulnerability
Overlaps and carry over effects of certain resilience practices
Resilience and distress in the workplace
Resilience in high performance sport
The difference between ‘good’ and ‘great’
Creating resilient children
The danger of staying within the comfort zone
Fostering a good relationship with failure
Post traumatic growth
Overcoming the negativity bias
Creating better internal dialogue with yourself
Effective bullying outcome and process
Learning to be optimistic
Common traits of resilient people
Protective factors
Correlation between resilience and workplace success
Correlation between resilience and longevity
Applicable tools and techniques
Self awareness
How do you do stress?
The bus that drives everything: Autonomic Nervous System
The power of breathing
Overriding negativity bias
Helping performance in the workplace – catch them doing it right
Gratitude
The danger of self comparison
The grass is always greener where you choose to water it
Mal one piece of advice to help someone start the journey to a more resilient self

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