Leadership is about changing YOUR mind

By Karen Ellis and Mike Vessey

Whether we take our inspiration from the Olympics or the need to feel good on our upcoming summer holiday, we have, it seems, no problem with the idea of continuing our physical development.

But it’s hard to imagine an equivalent spur causing people to rush en masse to develop their mental capacity in adulthood. Mental development is often perceived as ending after our education.

Unlike physical fitness though, the good news about mental development is that our peak performance doesn’t decline with age: we can carry on improving our mental abilities into our seventies.