Demystifying Mental Toughness16 Sep 2022

135 David Charlton Gets Grilled By Grant Henderson

In today's episode, I chat with Grant Henderson a former professional rugby player, Chief Operations Officer at The MCG Group and Co-Founder of i3profiling. Grant goes on to ask me many questions about the Demystifying Mental Toughness podcast, mental toughness, personality and environment. By listening to the episode you'll learn more about how I work as a Sports Psychologist, about the complexities that surround sport performance, reaching your potential and a whole lot more.

Key Learning Points:

Podcasting is a big commitment and has been challenging at times however I really enjoy recording the episodes and the feedback that we get highlights that it makes a positive difference to people's lives, which is my objective.
As a Mental Toughness license holder, where I qualified through AQR International's training. I sometimes use the MTQ Plus psychometric to measure clients Mental Toughness at the start and end of programs.
Incorporated into some programs are personality assessments too, where I find i3Profiling compliments the MTQ Plus.
An i3 profile presented in the right way can be a big confidence booster, I particularly like the environmental analysis which looks at task and social leadership styles. This can tell me a lot about how a person should train and mentally prepare themselves.
Both psychometric and profiling tools aid self-awareness and can be a quick way of finding out about a person's complexities and save an enormous amount of time in the consultancy process.
Without self-awareness you'll continue to make poor decisions and not be as successful and happy as you could be.
Mental toughness can be a good thing, however even the mentally tough fall into traps, again highlighting the need for self-awareness.

Connect with Grant Henderson

i3 Profiling Website

The MCG Group Website

Connect with David Charlton

Download THE FOCUSED ATHLETE CHECKLIST

Join David @ The Sports Psychology Hub

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Other Useful Podcast Episodes

Ep034 - David Charlton Gets Grilled By Nathan Sherratt

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

Ep084: Jim Afremow and Phil White – Mental Toughness and The Leaders Mind

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

Ep133: Christina Flach - Why Mental Toughness is Important: Lessons from Sport, Business and Loss

Other Useful Resources

Blog - 5 Ways to Create a Psychological Safe Sporting Environment

Blog - Mental Health Guidance for Coaches When Supporting Athletes

Blog – Mental Toughness is a Hugely Valuable Trait

Blog – Make Better Decisions to Help Your Sport Performance

Sport Psychology for Children and Parents

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308 Confidence In Ability: When Coaches and Athletes Think Differently

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306 Goal Orientation: When Coaches and Athletes Think Differently

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305 Emotional Control: When Coaches and Athletes Think Differently

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