I am an earthling

I am an earthling

One planet, one world, one people! Like you, I’m an earthling; our planet belongs to us. I’m British, I was born in London in 1954. I didn’t have choice about being British, nor even in being born; both were thrust upon me, no one asked me if, when and where I wanted...
Don’t always believe what you see and hear

Don’t always believe what you see and hear

Why you shouldn’t “believe your own eyes”, or even “believe your own ears”, Our eyes are information collectors; each eye has millions of photoreceptors that capture information from our external world and transmit it to the visual cortex in the back of brain via the...
Comprendre la Force Mentale

Comprendre la Force Mentale

La première chose à comprendre est que la Force Mentale est invisible. Quand on dit qu’une personne a fait preuve d’une grande Force Mentale pour surmonter un défi, ce n’est pas la Force Mentale qui a été démontrée, mais le résultat de cette Force...
Understanding Mental Toughness

Understanding Mental Toughness

The first thing to understand is that Mental Toughness is invisible, it can’t be seen. When you hear someone saying that a certain person “showed great Mental Toughness to overcome a challenge”; it’s not Mental Toughness that was shown, but the result of Mental...
Understanding the foundations of Mental Toughness – Commitment

Understanding the foundations of Mental Toughness – Commitment

Understanding the foundations of Mental Toughness – Commitment As I wrote in a previous article (www.boblarcher.com/mental-toughness/mental-toughness-the-end-of-an-era/), Mental Toughness is made up from four components, or pillars – Confidence, Challenge, Commitment...