The term mental toughness typically conjures up images of teeth-gnashing, resistance-thrashing willpower in response to a difficult challenge.

But in business and in life, mental toughness is more about seeing opportunities where others see barriers and successfully adapting to circumstances to come out ahead.

Making decisions

Most successful business leaders have hundreds of decisions to make daily or weekly, and most of them are important.

Mentally tough leaders make decisions very quickly, relying on intuition and clear-minded purpose. Then they stick to those decisions, rarely changing them even when a positive result is not immediately forthcoming.

Faith in sound decision-making gives these leaders confidence that the seeds they plant will eventually bear fruit. They don’t uproot those seeds and replant again and again.

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