Contents
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR Quiet Perseverance 1
Preface. 8
Introduction. 10
Part 1 - From the Beginning. 11
Chapter 1 - Patience. 12
Chapter 2 - Intuition. 14
Chapter 3 - Shame. 16
Chapter 4 - Presence. 18
Chapter 5 - Accountability. 19
Chapter 6 - Competition. 21
Chapter 7 - Paper Swords. 22
Chapter 8 - Expertise. 24
Chapter 9 - Standing Out, Standing Tall 26
Chapter 10 - Fairness. 27
Part 2 - Our New Home. 28
Chapter 11 - Creativity. 29
Chapter 12 - Discipline. 31
Chapter 13 - Blood Sweat and Tears. 33
Chapter 14 - The Power of Visualisation. 34
Chapter 15 - Being Invisible. 35
Chapter 16 - Observe and Share Your Knowledge. 37
Chapter 17 - Pivot Pivot Pivot 38
Chapter 18 - The Art of War 40
Chapter 19 - Reinvention. 42
Chapter 20 - There Is No Vice. It's About Building Your Tolerance. 44
Part 3 - Leaving the Nest 46
Chapter 21 - Companionship. 47
Chapter 22 - Ask And It Shall be Given. 49
Chapter 23 - Be Like Water 51
Chapter 24 - Sandbags. 53
Chapter 25 - The Corporate Game of Snakes and Ladders. 55
Chapter 26 - Swan Lake. 58
Chapter 27 - Beyond Corporate. 60
Chapter 28 - The Road to Healing. 63
Chapter 29 - Festina Lente. 66
Chapter 30 - Net Worth. 69
Epilogue - The Burgundy Briefcase. 70
Part 4 - Further Reading and Tools. 72
Asking for Help and Accepting Help. 72
Being a Boundary Boss/Saying No With Kindness. 72
Creating Your Communities. 72
Creativity/Time to Play. 73
Desire Map & Heart-Centred Leadership. 73
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) or Tapping. 73
Enneagram.. 73
Family/Systemic Constellation Therapy. 74
Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts/Internal Family Systems (IFS) 74
Grief Counselling and Finding Meaning. 74
Healing Trauma in Body and Mind. 74
High-Performance Habits. 75
Listening to Your Intuition. 76
Money Belief and Mindset 76
Morning Rituals & Evening Rituals. 76
Positive Intelligence Research
Positive Neuroplasticity
Self-care Practices
Self-compassion/Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Shame
The Drama Triangle by Stephen Karpman
Women's Health & Wellbeing
About the Author
Acknowledgements