“The mind is the first to quit.” Unknown If you’re struggling to keep you new year resolutions going, or just finding things difficult, then maybe you might find some solace in the Royal Marines Poem. DON`T QUIT When things go wrong as they sometimes will When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill When the… Read More
Happy New Year. OK, so today is the day when people make symbolic gestures to make a difference in their lives; aka New Year’s Resolutions. One of these gestures typically involves ‘improving my fitness’, and as a result there is a surge of ‘new members’ to the myriad of fitness providers during the month of… Read More
Research Paper Title Human Behaviour in Military Contexts. Outline of Report People are the heart of all military efforts. People operate the available weaponry and technology, and they constitute a complex military system composed of teams and groups at multiple levels. Scientific research on human behaviour is crucial to the military because it provides knowledge about how people… Read More
Research Paper Title Being in one’s chosen job determines pre-training attitudes and training outcomes. Background The present study introduces a new important variable into a model of training motivation, namely that of being in one’s chosen job. Evidence exists that having some control and choice over aspects of training have positive effects on training motivation. The researchers propose that… Read More
I recently read an article by David Amodio (2015), a professor of psychology and neural science at New York University, in the New Scientist writing about prejudices which made for fascinating reading. Although the ‘case study’ material is not immediately relevant to the world of recruitment and training (white US police officers shooting black US… Read More
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