AQR International Blog

Original post from Mental Toughness Partners Reading the transcript of this recent stress interview between an experienced HR professional and a potential graduate trainee in Hong Kong reinforced that there IS a better way of testing a candidate’s ability to perform...

A characteristic of being mentally tough is that you spot and seize opportunities to make things happen. Your openness and flexibility to seeing and adopting new ideas means that you naturally find better ways quicker and faster. This is a feature of the Challenge C...

In a recent post, I wrote about the ‘Benefits of Failure’ in which the author JK Rowling explained the practical advantage of failing. She believes that failure is a part of success, not opposite to success. In this post Donald Latumahina, author of the outstanding...

OR ARE WE JUST MORE RISK AVERSE AND THANKFUL FOR ‘SMALL MERCIES’? Whilst there are some undoubtedly unpleasant aspects of growing older, a study reported by Psyblog suggests that aging changes what makes you happy and that you are more likely than younger people to...

I had a coaching session today, which reaffirmed the simplicity and power of the 4C’s mental toughness framework. It is so simple to understand, communicate and use for personal development across many different situations. I felt it was worth revisiting through a...

This study by a team of Finnish researchers mapping the links between bodily sensations and emotions of 701 participants found that happiness, more than any other emotion, activates the whole body. The researchers induced different emotions in the participants and...