Mental Toughness describes who you are and how you respond mentally to adversity, obstacles, challenges and opportunities.
A mentally tough person is not necessarily mentally strong. A mentally sensitive person is not weak. These labels confuse and interfere with development activity.
We might be told to “play to our strengths” but these can easily be our weaknesses. It is self-awareness about how we think when events occur that matters.
A mentally tough person might be proactive and tackle difficult tasks with real vigour. That’s an advantage for some tasks and situations.
What if the task is beyond you or you push others to engage when they struggle? Now your drive and proactivity is a disadvantage.
So is this your strength or weakness? Neither!! It’s the situation that decides this.
If you understand your mental responses, you can adjust to the situation.
The challenge with understanding mental responses is they are invisible. Behaviours you can observe. Mental toughness you cant.
A vast amount of serious academic research has established what mental toughness is. The 4Cs model provides a lens through which we can understand this thing some call mindset or attitude.
Ongoing research established it consists of 8 independent factors. Allowing us to understand how people respond to a remarkable degree of detail and enabling them to understand themselves to that same level.
MTQPlus psychometric measure converts the concept into a very practical notion for coaches, trainers, and consultants. Exceeding the highest standards for a quality measure, it provides the platform for self-awareness.
“Making the invisible, visible for clients and users.”
Fundamentally important for anyone helping people to be the best version of themselves that they can be.