Developing your Mental Toughness

Developing your Mental Toughness

  Mental Toughness is a “A personality trait which determines, in a large part, how people respond to challenge, stress and pressure, irrespective of their circumstances” People often ask me, “Where should I start?”, “Do I need to take on more challenging...
Collective Mental Toughness

Collective Mental Toughness

  Having mentally tough individuals in the team is one thing, having a mentally tough team is something else. We all bring strengths to a team, some of us are heads down and focussed on achieving the team’s objectives, some of us are questioning the team’s...
The importance of feeling Mentally Tough

The importance of feeling Mentally Tough

  Mental Toughness is not something you can see; it is a psychological concept made up from “constructs” – none of which you can actually see. Mental Toughness is, in essence, an attitude; it is something internal, something that is in our thoughts. The...
La Force Mentale

La Force Mentale

  “Vous avez le pouvoir sur votre esprit, pas sur les événements extérieurs. Réalisez cela, et vous trouverez la force.” Marcus Aurelius En incluant plusieurs notions comme la résilience, la persévérance et le locus de contrôle, la Force Mentale...
Developing your Mental Toughness

Developing your Mental Toughness

  If you want to develop your Mental Toughness, you need to “get below the surface” and understand what Mental Toughness is and what makes up Mental Toughness. In the benchmark Clough and Strycharcyk model of Mental Toughness, it is defined as “A narrow, plastic...
Where is your Achilles Tendon?

Where is your Achilles Tendon?

  I come across a lot of people who are “globally” mentally tough but with “specific” issues or weaknesses; and it’s often the weakness that “let’s them down” in difficult situations. Mental Toughness is a “A personality trait which determines, in a large part,...