Tough as Nails: Developing Greater Resilience, Persistence and Mental Toughness
	"Anything worth doing, is going to be difficult."
	“I think I can, I think I can.” American Children Story, The Little Train That Could The next 4-week online class will be availble in February Questions? Send an Email Learn Mental Toughness On-Line It focuses on mental processes that increase performance. To enroll
	“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Kennedy Family Motto

Description

Underlying all success is the mental toughness to overcome defeats, losses, problems, obstacles, mistakes, the critics, the naysayers, the pessimists, the complainers, and those who say it can’t be done. The fundamental truth: nothing rolls down the hill until after it has been pushed up the hill.

Once you realize it’s not going to be easy, you begin to take the steps required to get mentally tough and program yourself for journey toward success. Learn the insights sports psychologists are unlocking about the mental secrets of the champion— characteristics that can be applied to the world of business.

The Six Pillars Supporting Mental Toughness

•Turning goal setting into Goal Driven: Making Goals More Compelling

• Accessing More Resourceful States of Mind: The implications of locus of control, learned helplessness and optimism

• Overcoming the “Monkey Mind:” The importance of Mindfulness to focused attention and concentration

• Enhancing Resilience: Rebounding in the face of adversity by not playing the role of the victim

• Employing Self-Talk to stay positive and stay motivated

• Stress Control: Options for dealing with anxiety and the stressors in life

Learn The Knowledge

This online meditation class is designed as an introductory class, presenting a fundamental understanding of why it is important to learn meditation and relaxation.

The class presents knowledge about:

• Stress affects on the mind and body,

• The use the breath as a means of relaxation,

• How to relax the voluntary muscles, and

• The impact of meditation on mind and body

Practice the Skill

Inside the class there are a number of audios and videos that provides samples for how one should practice. Each week, there are also exercises to go through and assignments to complete. The class also contains discussion forums and methods to get feedback from the instructor