Mar 14, 2022 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
Optimising Creativity in organisations and in society. In 2016, the World Economic Forum identified creativity as one of the most important skills that a person could develop for success in the 21st Century. It is suggested that it’s the key to unlocking the potential...
Mar 10, 2022 | Mental Toughness
Mental Toughness is that aspect of your personality which describes how you think. Sometimes described as “attitude” or “mindset” this describes our mental responses when things happen to us or happen around us. Mental Toughness is important in...
Mar 7, 2022 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness, Uncategorized
Why mental toughness influences your ability to innovate. Creating a Culture of Innovation. As we saw in the article on creativity, the terms “creativity” and “innovation” are often used interchangeably. However, they both express different, albeit connected,...
Mar 3, 2022 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness, Models of Mental Toughness
Gary Neville, former Manchester United soccer star now sports pundit, once stated “For 20 years, I played in a club that was totally mentally secure, with a manager who was completely sure of himself. I understand what mental toughness is. We didn’t have a...
Feb 28, 2022 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
Creativity and Innovation are two terms that are often used interchangeably. They are related but they are different. In this article, we will look at the first – Creativity – and its relationship with mental toughness – the way we think about situations and events. A...
Feb 24, 2022 | Mental Toughness, Resilient Hedgehog, Update
AQR is currently developing a range of resources and materials for use by parents and teachers to develop mental toughness in children and young people. To support these resources, we have gathered a group of people to write a book that sets context and guides...
Feb 22, 2022 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
“I am neither clever nor especially gifted talents. I am only very, very curious.” Albert Einstein An outcome of my mental toughness We admire curiosity in young people and in adults. It is increasingly being spoken about as a valuable, even important quality, in...
Feb 14, 2022 | Mental Toughness, Social/Third Sector
The role of the 4Cs Mental Toughness concept & the MTQ measure. Dec 2021 This article describes a major project initiated in 2019 and scheduled to run from April 2019 to March 2022. The programme has some important socio-economic goals. A key component of the...
