The Zoom-Out Blog
The Zoom-Out Path – Training Course
Step back. See clearly. Live fluidly. Course Description The Zoom-Out Path is a transformative training experience that helps individuals reclaim …
“Stretch Zone” Zoom-Out
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“Inverted U” Zoom-Out
Seeing the relationship between pressure and performance. The Yerkes-Dodson Law of Arousal and Performance Screenshot …
“Stress Bucket” Zoom-Out
Seeing how to balance levels of stress using a bucket metaphor …
“Adversity Adventure” Zoom-Out
Seeing adversity as a potential adventure. Let’s face it, life can be pretty hard. Everyone experiences adversity in their lives …
Lazarus’ transactional model of stress
In 1976 Richard Lazarus developed what was to become a highly influential model of stress …
“Evolutionary Distortions” Zoom-Out
Drafting… Evolution did not design our minds to see clearly …
The Odds of Being Alive
Neil deGrasse Tyson and cohosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly learn about the probabilities all around us, the idea of …
Zoom-Out Foundations
The foundational ideas and tools of Zoom-Out …
“Behaviour Equation” Zoom-Out
Seeing that bad behaviour does not equate to a bad person …
Embracing Change
How to embrace and leverage change rather than resisting it …
All perspectives are wrong but some are helpful
Seeing how a human perspective is an imperfect and partial representation of reality. And yet we often treat is as …
“Time is Change” Zoom-Out
Seeing that without time, nothing can change. And as time passes, everything changes — nothing ever stays the same …
“Future Hindsight” Zoom-Out
Seeing how this will look differently when you look back in the future …
“Intentional Breathing” Zoom-Out
Seeing how intentional, mindful breathing helps us take control of our state and stress response and helps us “see” better …
Acute Stress
Dealing with acute stress in the moment and taking control of our stress response …
Chronic Stress
Dealing with an ongoing source of stress …
“Focusing Illusion” Zoom-Out
Seeing how merely thinking about something will exaggerate its importance …
Zoom-Out on Stress
Seeing the nature of stress itself and how we can zoom-out on stressors and our stress response …
Stress and perspective
Let’s explore how Zooming-Out can help us view, think about and act upon stress in the most optimal way …
Zoom-Out on Teamwork
“Seeing and acting on what makes teamwork, work” …
3 Powerful Reasons to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others — and why it matters!
Every minute spent comparing yourself to someone else is a minute stolen from building your best life …
“Conflicting Truths” Zoom-Out
Seeing that statements that contradict each other could both be true …
“Learn-Celebrate-Trust” Zoom-Out
Seeing a formula for happiness from a wise monk …
“Realistic Optimism” Zoom-Out
Seeing negativity and also that another side exists …
“Perspective is everything” by Rory Sutherland
Rory Sutherland highlights our neglect of psychological solutions in favour of purely technical solutions …
“Emotional Reappraisal” Zoom-Out
Seeing how not to suppress our emotions and reappraise them instead …
“Golden-eyed Monster” Zoom-Out
Seeing how our imagination controls us or we can choose to control it …
“SCARF Model” Zoom-Out
David Rock highlights five key social factors that drive people towards or away from something …
The Zoom-Out Compass
The zoom-out compass is a “personal reality” navigation device and a visual summary of the zoom-out dimensions and signposts …
“Wasp Sting” Zoom-Out
Seeing how an insect sting can put everyday stress and suffering into perspective …
An introduction to Zoom-Out and Planet Zoom
Finding broader and more helpful perspectives to boost wellbeing and performance. In this increasingly connected, collaborative, dynamic and rapidly changing …