Today’s episode is a special, landmark episode as we enter the 200’s! As a result, I decided to clip out some bite-sized bits from previous episodes featuring 3 leading authorities in the mental toughness domain; Dr John Perry, Professor Peter Clough MBE and Doug Strycharczyk, who go onto share their thoughts about the importance of self-awareness whether you are a mentally tough or mentally sensitive individual. 

Their insights come from years of applied work and academic research across sport, education, business and health domains.  Enjoy!

Key Learning Points:

• Developing self-awareness is very difficult for some people.
• You can develop yourself through reflection, enhancing your self-awareness, whereby you then go on to try out new things, you learn from different situations, you understand why you felt that way and why you reacted why you did in certain situations.
• The key driver in the development of mental toughness is self-awareness.
• Learning about our mental toughness can enable us to understand more about our mental approach in specific situations. Self-awareness then allows us to make the necessary changes to our approach so that we can perform better or improve our psychological well-being.

Connect with Doug Strycharczyk and Dr John Perry

Doug Strycharczyk | LinkedIn

John Perry | LinkedIn

AQR International Website

Connect with David Charlton

Sign Up to The Mental Edge

Join David @ The Sports Psychology Hub

Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn

Handouts to compliment this episode:

Understand your Mental Toughness tendencies

To Listen to the Full Podcast Episodes

Ep001: Doug Strycharczyk – The Importance of Mental Toughness

Ep28: Prof Peter Clough – Why is Mental Toughness Important

Ep35: Dr John Perry – Thrive, Don’t Just Survive 2021

Ep050: Doug Strycharczyk, Peter Clough MBE & Dr John Perry – Mental Strength Does Not Guarantee Success 

Ep121: Doug Strycharczyk & Dr John Perry – What Is New? Developments in Mental Toughness Research and Practice