The Not So Breakfast Show
Listen, laugh and learn as we share our latest thoughts about staying relevant, contemporary leadership and doing life right. Ish Cheyne is the Head of Fitness in New Zealand for global fitness juggernaut Les Mills. Sacha Coburn is the COO of Coffee Culture, a leading group of boutique coffee shops, and the co-founder of The Company You Keep.co.nz.
The Not So Breakfast Show
MWM: Mental Vaccination
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Midweek Mini – Mental Vaccination
What’s the worst that could happen?
No really. Write it down.
This Midweek Mini explores a concept used by high-performance athletes, military teams, and leadership groups: mental vaccination.
The idea is simple.
You deliberately imagine the worst-case scenarios so that if they happen, you’re already prepared.
- What if the market crashes?
- What if there’s a cyber attack?
- What if the plan fails?
Elite teams rehearse these possibilities so they aren’t shocked when pressure arrives.
But there’s a catch.
For some people, this builds resilience.
For others… it just creates anxiety.
So the real skill is knowing when scenario planning builds confidence — and when it just becomes a list of things to worry about.
And sometimes the worst-case scenario isn’t war, business collapse, or global pandemics.
Sometimes it’s just dropping your headphones in a moat.