Mick regularly delivers motivational talks designed to enhance the happiness and success of participants. Some of his most popular topics include “Empowering Self-beliefs”, “Building Resilience”, “Positive Relationships” and “Positive Psychology For Life”. His sessions, which are always thought-provoking, lively and entertaining, are customised for each group. Recent clients that availed of Mick’s motivational talks include AIB, DCU Ryan Academy, Educate Together, AON and Griffith College.

Mick Rock is a passionate speaker, trainer and personal coach. Last year he reached the final of the Toastmasters District International Speech Contest against the top 12 speakers in Ireland and the UK. This year he repeated this success in the online version of the competition and had previously reached this level in the Toastmaster’s Humorous Speech Contest. Through his talks and one to one coaching sessions Mick has helped hundreds of people to enhance their well-being, set up their own businesses, obtain greater work-life balance and achieve success in a wide variety of other goals. Mick is the co-author of a new positive mental health programme for Primary schools called Weaving Well-Being. He has an MSc. in Applied Positive Psychology (with distinction) and his motivational talks are grounded in evidence-based interventions from the field of Positive Psychology. Some of the topics covered by Mick in his sessions include how to develop empowering self-beliefs, building resilience and reducing stress, creating positive personal and work relationships and identifying and using your top character strengths. A brief description of his most popular topics is set out below.

As you can see from our Client Feedback pages Mick’s motivational talks consistently receive highly positive reviews. Here is a short video testimonial from Joanna Orlinska, who attended one of Mick’s talks delivered in the DCU Ryan Academy.

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Our beliefs have a very powerful impact on how we feel, the actions we take and the happiness and success we achieve in both life and business. In this session, Mick explores the origin of our self-beliefs and the role they play in our lives each day. He looks at common limiting self-beliefs that prevent people from achieving their true potential. He also introduces a variety of tools and positive psychology interventions that can transform the way people think and feel about themselves and the challenges they face.

Although the session is tailored for each group the main topics included are as follows:

Empowering Self-Beliefs

The beliefs we hold have a very powerful impact on our personal happiness and on whether we achieve our true potential. The session looks are what beliefs are, the origin of our beliefs and their impact on our happiness and success. We also look at examples of common limiting beliefs and how we can develop empowering beliefs

Growth v Fixed Mindsets

A person with a Fixed Mindset believes that their basic abilities, talents and intelligence are fixed traits. On the other hand, a person with a Growth Mindset understands that all of these areas can be developed and enhanced through effort, practice and persistence. Most people have elements of both but lean more towards one or the other. Developing a Growth Mindset in more areas of your life is shown to help you take more responsibility for your life, deal better with setbacks, develop greater confidence and even lower your risk of depression.

Change Your Focus

What we habitually focus on in our lives can have a significant impact on our well-being and on the successes we achieve throughout our lives. For example, a person who continually focuses on what is wrong in their lives and what they have done wrong in the past will have a very different experience of life compared to a person with similar experiences who is able to focus on what is good about their lives and what they do well. This session helps you understand the power of focus and gives you a specific tool that can transform the way you think about your life.

Self Efficacy

Self-Efficacy can be defined as the belief a person has that they can reach their goals or a desired outcome. The belief that you are capable of achieving your goals can significantly increase the chance of being successful. One of the key factors in the development of self-efficacy is through our own direct experiences of trying to master our environment. Self-efficacy beliefs are one of the core components of well-being. Research has shown that people with high self-efficacy show greater resilience and reduced vulnerability to depression. The session discusses tools that are very beneficial in building self-efficacy.

The ultimate objective of the Winning Attitudes and Beliefs session is to help participants to effectively enhance their confidence and self-efficacy and to increase their well-being and success. Research has also shown that developing empowering self-beliefs can lead to a wide range of other benefits such as more positive relationships in your lives. They can motivate and encourage individuals to take action, to persevere and to deal positively with failure.

Mick Rock presented an empowerment session to circa 50 staff in AIB. Over 80% of staff agreed it was the best session of the day. To sum up the feedback we received in five words; the session was described as Informative, Interesting, Energetic, Beneficial and Motivating. We look forward to working with Mick again in the future”.

Selene Conway, Internal Communications Co-ordinator, Allied Irish Banks

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Developing resilience and managing stress are key elements in positive mental health and well-being. All of us will encounter setbacks, failures and disappointments in life at some stage. Emotional resilience is being able to bounce back or recover from the various challenges that we face no matter how difficult they may appear at first.

Resilience is a skill which can be developed, rather than a specific inbuilt disposition. Although we may start off with different levels of resilience we can enhance these levels significantly through skill development and practise, and therefore learn to become more resilient.

The session can be tailored for each group. Some of the main topics covered are as follows:

Negative Self-Talk

The language we use to describe negative events in our lives can have a significant impact on how these events make us feel and the steps we might take to deal with these situations. This session looks at how we can change our negative self-talk to deal more effectively with challenges, both small and large, that can arise in our lives.

Developing Persistence

Very often we give up too quickly when trying to achieve our key goals or when looking to overcome challenges in life. When we develop persistence we will build our resilience, reduce our stress and deal more effectively with any difficulties that we may face. The more situations that we overcome with persistence the easier we will find it to persist in the future.

Learned Helplessness

Very often when we make a mistake or fail in a particular area of our lives we overlearn from this event and develop a negative belief about ourselves and our abilities, that are simply not true. This is known as “Learned Helplessness”. We explore the concept of Learned Helplessness and how to recognise when this is happening to us so that we can take action to overcome it in future.

The ABCD model

This model helps us understand that it is our beliefs about a challenge or adversity in our life that dictates how we feel rather than the adversity itself. We look at how we can significantly reduce the stress and other impacts of any challenges we face, by changing our thoughts and beliefs that we have about this particular challenge and explain how this can be done.

Mick Rock’s presentation was highly motivational and involved discussing several diverse situations where we could take the best approach for our work and personal lives The presentation was very clear and we were given great examples to assist us in learning different motivational skills and techniques. Mick had a wonderful rapport with the audience. Thank you so much for a very engaging presentation.

Freydee Karina Rondon, Senior Treasury Analyst, Aon

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Some people achieve phenomenal success in business while many equally talented, hard-working people, achieve mediocre results. Mick shares the secrets of highly successful people and explains his 5 golden rules for success. These rules are both easy to understand and simple to implement but can quite simply transform the results that you achieve in the future.
During this session participants will:

• learn when and how to persist in achieving their goals and dreams
• discover a simple tool which will enable them to tap into their incredible inner resources
• know how to identify and develop the key skills that can transform the results they achieve
• learn about the amazing power that self-belief can play in their lives and discover techniques to break through limiting beliefs and create empowering beliefs for success
• be motivated to take the actions required to create greater happiness and success in their personal and work lives

The ultimate result of the seminar will be to help participants feel much more confident that they can create a successful business or career and know the key steps required to start making this happen.

Mick, the “5 Golden Rules for Creating Business Success” seminar – what can I say, I’m buzzing! This seminar is a must for Business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs alike. These 5 Golden Rules are evident in every successful business out there. They are 5 rules which have given me clarity when trying to really understand how successful businesses survive and triumph! I’ve already start putting my seminar notes into practice and, let me tell you, I feel you’ve saved me more time and energy in more ways than one! I can focus on whats important in my own business mastery!

Craig Clarke
Seminar Participant

Positive Psychology is the science of well-being. This session introduces participants to a range of evidence-based positive psychology interventions. These interventions can both enhance their well-being and increase the level of success they can achieve in a wide variety of areas.

Positive Psychology is a relatively new branch of psychology often credited as being founded by Professor Martin Seligman in 1998. It is based on the concept of identifying and developing personal strengths, as opposed to the correcting deficits approach of traditional psychology. It uses evidence-based activities which help people not only to cope with everyday challenges and stresses, but to flourish, grow and engage with life on an optimal level whenever possible.

 Main Topics Covered

Our Positive Psychology for Life session can include a wide range of topics. It is tailored for each group of participants depending on their particular needs.The most popular topics included are as follows:

• The role of positive emotions and how we can cultivate positive emotions through Positive Psychology Interventions. Positive emotions not only make us happier but also enable us to broaden our minds and build physical and mental resources. This session looks at the role of both positive and negative emotions. It explores the different types of positive emotions and the different ways to generate these emotions.
• Identifying and using our character strengths. We all have different strengths. It has been found that understanding what our key character strengths are and then using these strengths in different ways can significantly enhance our effectiveness as well as our well-being. The concept of “Strengths” and the role strengths play in achieving higher levels of success and well-being are explained. The session also looks at ways of identifying our own strengths and how to use these strengths in different ways.
• The key role relationships play in our well-being and success and how they can be enhanced. We all have a variety of relationships in our lives, including family, friends colleagues and many more. The way we connect and interact with others can have a very significant impact on our lives in a wide range of areas.
• Tools available to build our resilience. Developing resilience and managing stress are key elements in positive mental health and well-being. Resilience is a skill which can be developed, rather than a specific inbuilt disposition. Although we may start off with different levels of resilience we can enhance these levels significantly through skill development and practise. Therefore everyone can learn to become more resilient.
• Developing empowering self-beliefs and enhancing self-efficacy. The beliefs we hold have a very powerful impact on our personal happiness and on whether we achieve our true potential. The session looks are what beliefs are, the origin of our beliefs and their impact on our happiness and success. We also look at examples of common limiting beliefs and how we can develop empowering self-beliefs

Benefits of Positive Psychology

Here is a terrific Ted Talk from Shawn Achor, a leading expert in the field of Positive Psychology. He discusses the many benefits of enhancing our happiness through the use of positive psychology interventions.

World Mental Health Day takes place on Thursday 10th of October 2019. Mental Health Ireland will be celebrating Mental Health Week from the 7th – 13th October.

This week is a great opportunity for employers to highlight the importance of employees’ mental health and to support them by organising activities and events that help them in this key area. Mick Rock will be presenting talks to different groups throughout this week. If you are interested in inviting Mick to talk to your employees during Mental Health Week please contact us at info@actnow.ie.  We can discuss your needs and design a session tailored to your employees. Some of the topics Mick normally covers include the following:

Building Resilience

Resilience is effective coping despite significant challenges or adversity in one’s personal and/or work life. Mick looks at the role our language plays in how we deal with challenging situations, how to develop greater persistence and understanding the concept of “Learned Helplessness”. He also explains how we have the power to choose our response to adversity and the ABCD model for dealing with adversity.

Empowering Self-Beliefs

The beliefs we hold have a very powerful impact on our personal happiness and on whether we achieve our true potential. Mick explains what beliefs are, the origin of our beliefs and their impact on our happiness and success. He explores examples of common limiting beliefs and how we can develop empowering beliefs

Developing Optimism

People with an “Optimistic Explanatory Style” achieve greater happiness and success and experience a lot less stress in their lives.
Mick discusses the benefits of optimism as well as its dangers. The “Optimistic Explanatory Style” is explained and he shows how we can develop “Flexible Optimism”.

Investing in Relationships

Relationships are key to happiness and success. Mick highlights the importance of relationships. He covers a variety of ways we can promote positive relationships in our lives such as building trust, expressing gratitude, active constructive responding (when others share good news) and acts of kindness. Being able to enhance the relationships you have with your colleagues, family and friends can significantly enhance your happiness and mental well-being.

Positive Emotions

Positive emotions not only make us happier but also enable us to broaden our minds and build physical and mental resources. Mick looks at the role of both positive and negative emotions. He explores the different types of positive emotions and the different ways to generate positive emotions. He also explains the impact of our “Positivity Ratio” on our happiness and well-being.

Signature Strengths

We all have different strengths. It has been found that understanding what our key character strengths are and then using these strengths in different ways can significantly enhance our effectiveness as well as our well-being. Mick explains the concept of “Strengths” and the role strengths play in achieving higher levels of success and well-being. It looks at ways of identifying our own strengths and how to use these strengths in different ways.

Positive Life Stages

The objective is to help us think positively about each stage of our lives and to tap into our potential to increase our happiness, success and even our energy levels, no matter what age we are. Mick initially explores our current attitude to the ageing process and the role of our mindset in how we feel as we grow older. He considers role models that can inspire us. He also looks at factors that predict healthy ageing and how we can take control by implementing actions now to achieve a happy and healthy future.

Mick Rock presented an empowerment session to 50 AIB staff. Over 80% agreed it was the best session of the day. To sum up the feedback we received in five words; the session was described as Informative, Interesting, Energetic, Beneficial and Motivating. We look forward to working with Mick again in the future.

Selene Conway
Internal Communications Co-ordinator
Allied Irish Banks

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