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How To Stay Productive When You Are Consumed By Self Doubt
Sometimes self-doubt comes from nowhere, other times it lingers like a bad smell, threatening to overshadow all the good things you are doing. It can rock your self-belief, disable your creative thinking and cripple your productivity. Here are three simple steps you...
Marcus Aurelius and Mental Toughness Quotes
I am always interested in concepts and strategies to improve performance and wellbeing. I fully subscribe to the power of the MTQ48 mental toughness framework and therefore was incredibly interested to learn of the Stoic philosophy adopted by Roman Emperor Marcus...
Here Are The Two Magic Ingredients For Olympic Champions
It is of little surprise that mental toughness is one of the essential characteristics of Olympic champions and indeed champion athletes in any sport anywhere around the world. From the 1990s, when pioneer sports psychologist Dr Jim Loehr coined the phrase ‘mental...
Am I Lucky or just Mentally Tough.. or both?
It’s not unusual for luck to crop up in conversations when people seek to explain why they have prospered in an apparently unexpected way or they been the subject to some unpredicted misfortune. Some see themselves as lucky and other see the opposite. The questions...
Feeling Uncomfortable? That’s Awesome and Here’s Why
A fundamental component of mental toughness is stretching yourself to be the best you can be. Nestled within the MTQ48 4C of Challenge the concept of always seeking to extend your comfort zone means that over time you build your range of both competence and...
