Jan 20, 2026 | Doug Strycharczyk, South Korea
How self-awareness about mental toughness can make that difference. In adolescence, X was a promising young athlete. Sufficiently good for her coaches to believe that she could become an elite athlete in time. She also aspired to do well. However, over-ambitious...
Jan 13, 2026 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
At the back end of 2025 I noticed that a number of people in my wider network were really making something of their birthdays, posting pictures and messages on social media. Theres nothing wrong with that but it is not something that I do. Nor do most of the people in...
Sep 19, 2025 | Canada, Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
How mental toughness can be a significant factor in leading a longer and better life. Why is longevity rising on the agenda? The average age of a male born in my birth year, 1949, is 65.3 years – the same in North America. For a male born this year, 2025, life...
Sep 8, 2025 | Doug Strycharczyk, Education, Mental Toughness
Background The business school, based in mainland Europe, is an elite business school which was ranked in the top three schools worldwide in its field. The flagship programme was a Master’s programme which attracted academically elite students from around the...
May 26, 2025 | Coaching, Doug Strycharczyk, Psychometrics
Probably the most common response we get when speaking about the use of psychometrics is “I have my psychometric”. What they mean is they have one measure, often an ipsative measure, that they apply in every circumstance. People are complex. Each person is unique....
May 19, 2025 | Coaching, Doug Strycharczyk, Psychometrics
A few weeks ago, we were in discussion with a client about them considering using our mental toughness questionnaire – the MTQPlus – in their development programmes. The MTQPlus is a well-researched and very well-evidenced measure. The client seemed interested but...
