Resilience, Made Practical.

When the pressure spikes, you don’t need slogans, you need a system. How to Develop Mental Toughness shows you exactly how to stay calm and determined so you can perform when it counts, without burning out.

Executive mentor and research-translator Morgan Hale gives you friction-light tools that work in real life: busy weeks, high-stakes meetings, exams, parenting, and everything in between. No fluff. Clear subheads, checklists, and scripts you can use today.

Inside, you’ll learn:
• Calm-Then-Commit (CTC): a two-stage reset to steady your nerves, then execute the next best move.
• Attention drills (3–5 minutes): simple reps that actually build focus.
• Friction-light habits: environment design so the tough choice becomes the easy one.
• 90/9 Rhythm: a sustainable work/reset cadence that prevents cognitive crashes.
• SMSH floors: minimums for Sleep, Movement, Sunlight, Hydration to protect your baseline.
• Traffic-Light OS: Green/Yellow/Red rules to decide when to push, when to go lighter, and when to stop.
• Perform when it counts: pre-event priming, mid-event steadies, and a 10-minute post-event debrief.
• Consistency Scoreboard: make progress visible with a 70–85% weekly target, aim for reliability, not perfection.

The Core Model: CCC
Clarity (know your Top One Outcome), Capacity (power the system), Cadence (keep a steady tempo). Every chapter tags which dial you’re tuning and ends with a quick win plus a 24–48h checkpoint.

If you want operational tools, not theory, to perform under pressure and still have a life, this book is your runbook. Open to any page, grab a playbook, and get moving in under two minutes.

Quick win: Pick one drill to automate for 30 days and anchor it to a routine. Then watch your reliability climb.