Managing Your Confidence LevelsWhat is confidence? Well we look at it in two ways: Confidence in Abilities – This describes an interesting relationship with abilities. It is possible to have a lot of ability and still feel under confident. This often means that these individuals do not perform as well as they might because they…
Commitment: Do you want to be an achiever?Commitment is a measure of how and why we set goals. It represents an aspect of mindset that determines what your default response is when asked to do something. People tend to respond in different ways: I’ll go for it. I will accept the challenge I’ll do what…
Mental Toughness and it’s OriginsThe concept of mental toughness is relatively new and has its origins in academic research and in sport. The origins of mental toughness in sport were pioneered through the work of the American sports psychologist Dr. Jim Loehr of the Human Performance Institute who assisted many champion athletes including the grand…
Is the 4C’s Mental Toughness Model Current? “Mental Toughness is a personality trait, which determines, in large part, how individuals deal with stressors, pressure and challenge…irrespective of the prevailing situation.” Douglas Strycharczyk & Prof Peter Clough. The definition above of Mental Toughness and the 4C’s framework highlighted in the image below fits in well with…
Why Mental Toughness Is Important?Mental Toughness is vitally important on 2 levels: 1 – Mental Toughness explains why people and organisations behave the way they do. Personality can be defined as an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting and one’s personality can explain individual differences and how individuals act in specific situations. Mental…
