S1: The Marathon of Mental Toughness in Leadership

In this weeks episode Rachael & John discuss what happened when Rachael set herself the challenge of running the Virtual London Marathon with minimal training. What motivated Rachael to do this? How did she prepare? What happened? And what developing mental toughness has to do with this and leadership?If you were inspired by this podcast please sponsor my friend Sarah. All money goes to Scope and kids like beautiful Stanley here. Rachaels Leadership Essentials (1:09:40) 1. Have a Clear Purpose2. Look into what #MentalToughness means and how you can improve your mental toughness3. Never underestimate the power of support in any peak performanceThere's lots of useful reminders of how to go about understanding your #MentalToughness throughout this podcast. Here are some of the tools Rachael references.Professor Peter Clough's 4 C’s model of Mental Toughness Control Commitment Confidence  Challenge If you want to read up on Holmes and Collins (2001)  PETTLEP model, this article is a good place to startPETTLEP stands for: PhysicalEnvironmentTaskTimeLearningEmotionPerspective Find out your mental toughness score: MTQ48 Here are a few podcasts and apps you might enjoy and find interesting  recommended by Rachael:  Lebron JamesRich Roll:https://bit.ly/3nwxE0c https://bit.ly/3nrW7nn