From good to great

From good to great

There is a difference between a good performer and a great performer, and that difference is Mental Toughness. If you want to be good at anything you will need to learn and practice the associated competencies. If you want to be a good tennis player you will need to...
Mental Toughness – misconceptions

Mental Toughness – misconceptions

  There is still a misconception that Mental Toughness is all about biceps, triceps & testosterone and that doing one-finger press-ups, running up hills with a backpack and swimming across icy lakes will help you to develop it. In fact, it’s quite possibly...
Mental Roughness

Mental Roughness

  There is a thin line between Mental Toughness & Mental Roughness and the line is “awareness” When coaching those with particularly high Mental Toughness, typically scores of 8 to 10 on the MTQ suite of questionnaires, I always get them to investigate how...
Leadership – best practice

Leadership – best practice

  Be determined without being stubborn Be focused without being blinkered Be enthusiastic without being impulsive Be open to risks without being reckless Be disciplined without being dogmatic Be structured without being rigid Be accommodating without acquiescing...
Leadership – take it seriously

Leadership – take it seriously

  You can impact some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can’t impact all of the people all of the time Leadership is a serious business and is not to be taken lightly, it’s not something you “dabble” in or have a go at...