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…
Guess Who’s Coming To Our Mental Toughness Dinner Party?
Our Mental Toughness dinner parties feature a range of interesting people from history with their mental toughness profiled by Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness Expert and…
Adopting A No Exception Routine Helps You Build Your Tough Mind
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…
Failure is an Option and a Game Changing Mindset
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…
Does Older and Wiser Mean Greater Happiness?
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…
The 4C’s Mental Toughness Framework
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…
How Happiness Lights Up Your Whole Body
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…
The Power of a Mental Shift
Mental Toughness and Benjamin Hardy’s Excellent ‘Two Mental Shifts’ Article Every once in a while you read a thoroughly intelligent, thought provoking article and Benjamin…
Develop Your Own Happiness Habit
I used to think happiness was a range of positive emotions that could equally appear and disappear at the whim of someone else, only to…