Charitable Trust Fund 50th Anniversary Lunch with Guest Speaker Derrick McManus, Founder of the Australian Centre for Human Durability

Charitable Trust Fund 50th Anniversary Lunch with

Guest Speaker: Derrick McManus, Founder of the Australian Centre for Human Durability

Human Durability - going beyond resilience to sustaining optimum performance

 

Derrick is in research collaboration with the UniSA School of Psychology and is taking the concept of resilience to the next level under the title of Human Durability.  Durability is something we look for in new technology, cars, phones, watches, bridges, buildings etc.  It is certainly what we have wanted for the Rotary Charitable Trust Fund too.  However, it’s amazing what can be achieved when durability is applied to individuals, leaders and organisations. 

 

Derrick’s history epitomises durability.  He was a sniper, diver and counter-terrorist operative with the SA Police elite Special Task And Rescue (STAR) Group when he was shot 14 times in less than 5 seconds with a high-powered rifle and lay on the ground for three3 hours before rescue.  Doctors believe he should have died and don’t know how he survived with the massive injuries he suffered.  It’s not the shooting that defined human durability, it is the physical, mental and emotional training he did beforehand that allowed him to deal with the shooting in the way he did - sustaining optimum performance beyond anyone’s expectations or understanding. 

 

Derrick’s story alone is fascinating and inspiring but he has built the human durability program with a passion to take anyone and everyone beyond resilience to sustaining optimum performance.

 

 

 

 

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