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The Importance of a Rest Day
Why You Must Make ‘Care and Repair’ Part Of Your Day As a mental toughness practitioner I’m passionate about the MTQ48 4C’s definition as a framework to improve performance and well-being. Being mentally tough one tends to be more structured and disciplined about...
The Dark Triad and Mental Toughness
The Dark Triad is a concept which is growing in importance in business and in society. In recent years researchers have variously suggested that these characteristics are linked to some form of success for people – often those who get to the top of the business or...
How To Push Through Mental Obstacles and Achieve Your Success
Most of us, at some time or another, impose mental obstacles and limitations upon ourselves. We often unwittingly build mental obstacles and then find them too difficult to push past in order to achieve our goals or realise our dreams. We let fear, self-doubt and...
Monday Motivation
“Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.” — Ray Bradbury
What Should You Do When Someone Is Shouting At You?
One of the most difficult personal situations to handle is when someone is shouting at you. They are being abusive and aggressive and you are feeling threatened. It is all too common in domestic or social situations but it happens in the workplace too. One of the more...
J.K. Rowling – A Model of Mental Toughness
This is the fourth in the series of Mental Toughness role models. It can’t have escaped anyone’s attention that the Harry Potter stories, whilst” a rattling good read”, also convey some important subliminal and not so subliminal messages to the reader. And these...