João da Silva
João da Silva
Specialist in resilience, human valorization and the creation of healthy, committed and happy work places. Journalist, chronicler at Jornal Público, writer and team’s mentor. Founder of the non-profit organization -Associação Vidas Reais Causas Reais (testicles cancer awareness)-, partner of the Portuguese Health Literacy Society.
«You can do it! You may not want to, but you can!» João da Silva
Bio
João da Silva is a reference in what concerns resilience, he uses his impressive life story to motivate those around him to achieve the best results by offering them practical commitment and self-improvement tools.
With more than 23 years of experience in journalism, chronicler at Público newspaper, writer and founder of the non-profit organization Associação Vidas Reais Causas Reais (partner of the Portuguese Health Literacy Society), João da Silva is a real science phenomenon and helps individuals and organizations to increase their productivity and happiness levels, and to transform adversity into resilience.
Author of “O Sofrimento Pode Esperar” (2016) e “Quantas Vidas Temos?” (2019), books that reflect on the human existence with first hand reports about extreme adversity situations, João da Silva is a born communicator gifted with an acute sense of humour. In his conferences and speeches, he invites the participants to dive into a deep personal reflexion in order to start building their transformation journey through the Power of Commitment - Transform Adversity into Resilience and Happiness .
João’s conferences are a self-knowledge journey, focusing on defining personal priorities as a way to strengthen or redesign each one’s life, leading to amazing results in relationships, career, education and personal development. He exposes the professionals to learning experiences that make them think, change and be part of the transformation process to reinforce teams’ cohesion, helping them to adopt a mutual support and tolerance mentality.
Having delt with major life struggles, made João discover in first-hand the tools needed to come out stronger of any complex situation, creating new opportunities and leaving problems to a secondary background.
Languages: Portuguese, Spanish and English
Conference Topics
Power of Commitment - Transform Adversity into Resilience and Happiness
Smiling Alone: discovering meaning and resilience
«Smiling alone is transcending loneliness. It's discovering richness in silence, joy in simplicity, it's being self-sufficient. It's never about whether it makes sense or not. But how we feel. »
Key topics:
The Art of Self-Love: Exploring the wealth found in inner peace and solitude, where self-love blossoms.
Navigating Storms: How to find purpose and direction even when facing great challenges.
Making a Difference: Committing to being more useful than important, strengthening bonds and fostering meaningful change through the power of commitment.
Mental Balance: Developing emotional resilience and practical skills to tackle stress and overcome obstacles.
Authentic Communication: Telling genuine stories that connect hearts and motivate positive actions.
Beyond Extremes - concrete strategies for practical balance
«We look for patterns, simplifications, answers and certainties to understand the chaos of the world. Classifying things into extreme opposites offers us a cosy sense of order and clarity: rational/emotional, right/wrong, inside/outside, empty/full, yes/no, ugly/beautiful, good/bad. Failing to achieve this, the relentless pursuit of dualities often traps us in a labyrinth of limited thinking. »
Key topics:
Recognizing Multidimensionality: Identifying nuances beyond simple dichotomies.
Tools for Flexible Thinking: Developing skills to deal with uncertainty.
Embracing an Integrative Approach: Utilizing diverse perspectives to gain more comprehensive insights.
Complex Problem Solving: Practical strategies for addressing challenging situations.
Cultivating Resilience: How to confront complexity with confidence and adaptability.
Application in Everyday Life: Concrete examples of applying these strategies in various areas of life.
The Illusion of Control – understanding the complexity of modern world
«We've created a world full of cute models, case studies and infallible methods that give us a sense of mastery over a complex and unpredictable world. Such fools. », João da Silva
Key topics:
The fallacy of simplified models: How reality overcomes theoretical simplifications.
The fragility of infallible methods: Unravelling the illusion of predictability in complex systems.
Embracing Diversity in Perspectives: Acknowledging the multifaceted nature of societal dynamics.
Navigating Uncertainty: Strategies for adapting to unpredictable environments.
Fostering Resilience in Complexity: Building adaptable systems and mindsets for a rapidly changing world.
Accepting uncertainty: Embracing complexity as an integral part of modern life.
LINKS TO SOCIAL MEDIA
Público: https://www.publico.pt/autor/joao-da-silva
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo%C3%A3odasilvaautor/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_joaodasilva_/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joaodasilvaautor
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