Jul 5, 2023 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness, Social/Third Sector
An option for developing interventions that protect mental health workers. A new study (May 2023) carried out by researchers at Newcastle University and Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust has shed light on a major issue for mental health...
Jul 3, 2023 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
How the 8-factor mental toughness concept brings this into focus We are often told that “goals and goal setting are the sources of drive”. Are they? Is this really enough? Our work on the mental toughness concept has perhaps enabled us to develop a more subtle, more...
Jun 26, 2023 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” Franklin D Roosevelt A common misconception is that mental toughness means that you become fearless, treating setbacks and obstacles with disdain. They just bounce off you. That is simply not the case. As the research in...
Jun 19, 2023 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
The Dunning-Kruger effect is generally described as type of cognitive bias in which people overestimate their capabilities and can imagine they are smarter than they really are. Essentially, this suggests that low ability people do not possess the skills needed to...
Jun 5, 2023 | Coaching, Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
We talk about self-awareness as if it is something we have just understood. In fact, we have always known it to be important but we have not always been able to pin it down in a way that matters for our development. Perhaps we can now. But we are talking not just...
May 23, 2023 | Doug Strycharczyk, Education, Mental Toughness
Nottingham Business School Doug Strycharczyk recently had a really interesting and useful day, working with Peter Sewell and colleagues at Nottingham Business School, to help prepare Masters students for handling major projects and assignments. Although these are...
