I thought I would use my engineering competencies (I was a Chemical Engineer a long time ago) in terms of “strengths of materials” to look at why Mental Toughness is as important as Metal Toughness First some definitions from the world of strengths of materials...
If you are found guilty of deploying your leadership for a good cause; everything you say and do will be taken out of context, distorted and used against you! That photo of you in the same room as someone smoking a joint, your distant membership of some obscure...
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...
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...
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...
