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10 Quick Facts About Your Brain
Here are 10 quick facts about the human brain which is still the most powerful super computer known to man: The brain processes 70,000 thoughts and feelings daily. When you learn something new the brain’s structure changes and forms new connections with each new...
Bounce Back By Being Resilient
Being resilient gives you the ability to push through and keep going. Resilience is about bouncing back from setbacks and failures and along with Confidence creates the definition of mental toughness, according to the MTQ48 definition. But, HOW do you become resilient...
Why ‘Survival Of The Fittest’ Means Getting Off The Couch
Whilst being physically fit is important for mental wellbeing it is also crucial for living longer. I know that’s obvious but the majority of us, me included, still don’t get it. Here Professor Merlin Thomas of the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute who works...
Having Purpose Will Keep You In Good Physical and Mental Shape
Mentally tough people are successful because they have a clear purpose and a structured plan as to how to achieve their goals and fulfill that purpose. They are focused and in control of their emotions and rarely become distracted from their goals. I haven’t tested...
Monday Motivation
"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." - Herman Melville
Introducing the MTQPlus
We are very pleased to announce that more than two years of research and development has enabled us take the Mental Toughness concept to the next level came to a successful conclusion this month. This means that the MTQ48 framework will emerge as an 8 factor MTQ...