There are two common fallacies about mental toughness. First, there is a belief that mental toughness is a character trait people are born with. If you think this, you must break this fixed mindset, and view mental toughness through the lens of the growth mindset. Mental toughness is a skill. Just like all skills, mental […]
Personality tests are not useless. But many people think personality tests are useless. These are the same people who take one or more personality assessments then think something magical is going to happen. Unquestionably, there is nothing magical about a personality test. However, just because there is no magic doesn’t mean that getting an honest […]
Competition Day as Judgement Day: Athletes who treat competition day as a day of judgement are prone to have both a fixed mindset as well as an ego oriented mindset. The outcome of the competition will either be a success or a failure. If the outcome is a success, then these athletes assume their process […]