Feb 4, 2025 | Mental Toughness, Personal Development
As I wrote in a previous article (https://boblarcher.com/mental-toughness/mental-toughness-the-end-of-an-era), Mental Toughness is made up from four components, or pillars – Confidence, Challenge, Commitment and Control. Each of these pillars is built on two...
Feb 3, 2025 | Mental Toughness, Personal Development
Up until quite recently Mental Toughness was a kind of vague and intangible idea that people would talk about, but nobody could really define it; “the voice in the back of your head that tells you to keep going”, “ability to perform under pressure”, “the ability to...
Dec 22, 2024 | Mental Toughness
What is Mental Toughness? Mental Toughness is a personality trait that determines how well individuals cope with stress, pressure, and challenges, regardless of their circumstances. It’s not about physical strength or big muscles, but rather an internal attitude...
Dec 10, 2024 | Mental Toughness, Personal Development
Let’s imagine that you are an aircraft wing, not any old aircraft wing but a brand-new wing on an Airbus A350-1000; There you are, on the tarmac at Orly prior to a flight to La Réunion. The aircraft has been cleaned and is sitting empty on the tarmac – no pressure, no...
Sep 9, 2024 | Mental Toughness
J’écris et parle de l’importance de la Force Mentale depuis près de vingt ans maintenant. La Force Mentale est dans votre tête, pas dans vos muscles et elle n’est pas réservée aux athlètes d’élite ! Si vous n’avez pas entendu parler de la Force...
Aug 7, 2024 | Mental Toughness, Personal Development
Mental Toughness has very much been in the limelight the last couple of weeks. Novak Djokovic realising his dream of an Olympic gold medal, Léon Marchand winning two swimming gold medals in less than two hours, Katie Ledecky winning her 13th medal making her the most...
