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Is Spiderman Mentally Tough or Mentally Sensitive?
Why most of us are a bit of both and why that matters. Superhero stories are very popular. They can intrigue all of us. One reason is that they can reflect our lives or perhaps our wishes and yet the superhero is somehow not too unlike us for us not to identify with...
AQR INT · How Might My Mental Toughness Shape My Trustworthiness
Do We Have a Wellbeing Problem Here?
“We’re high performers here. We always deliver. So why does anyone here think we have a wellbeing problem?” Really! This is a comment we got from a senior manager in a large multinational with whom we were working as we came to the end of a diagnostic phase on a...
Mental Toughness – A Factor in Perceived Stress and Quality of Life in Mental Health Workers
An option for developing interventions that protect mental health workers. A new study (May 2023) carried out by researchers at Newcastle University and Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust has shed light on a major issue for mental health...
AQR INT · Is trusting myself a factor in trusting others
Is it purpose rather than goal setting that brings results?
How the 8-factor mental toughness concept brings this into focus We are often told that “goals and goal setting are the sources of drive”. Are they? Is this really enough? Our work on the mental toughness concept has perhaps enabled us to develop a more subtle, more...