From Skiing to the South Pole to Yacht Racing round- the-world, Paula Reid has learned to develop the mindset to thrive and perform in the toughest of conditions. Paula draws on her extreme adventuring experience, extensive business acumen and Masters in Applied Positive Psychology to help individuals and organisations survive, cope, and thrive in uncertain and challenging conditions.
Her 120 adventures include skiing
1000 km to the South Pole; being a core crew member of the Global Challenge
World’s Toughest Yacht Race
and paddling 600 miles down the Mekong in a dugout canoe.
She is the founder of Adventure Psychology, a performance and well-being business bringing programmes teaching the mindset of adventuring, building flexibility, resilience and enduring performance.
Paula is the author of five books including
BOAT to BOARDROOM
which uses the Global Challenge as an extreme case study and
The 7 Racing Rules – Lessons for Winning in Business and in Life
contains her top seven performance principles.