Executive Toughness

Question 1

What are the three characteristics of Mental Toughness?

Answer 1

1. Accountable - consistently do what needs to be done
2. Focus - selectively concentrate on one aspect of your environment while ignoring everything else
3. Optimism - hopefulness about the successful outcome of something; take a favorable or hopeful view.

Question 2

What is the 1st fundamental of Mental Toughness?

Answer 2

1. Define your Win

Question 3

What is the 2nd fundamental of Mental Toughness?

Answer 3

2. Create your vision of self-image.

Question 4

What is the 3rd fundamental of Mental Toughness?

Answer 4

3. Set product goals, but emphasize process goals

Question 5

What is the 4th fundamental of Mental Toughness?

Answer 5

4. Prioritize the priorities

Question 6

What is the 5th fundamental of Mental Toughness?

Answer 6

5. Complete daily performance evaluations.

Question 7

What is the 6th fundamental of Mental Toughness?

Answer 7

6. Control your arousal state.

Question 8

What is the 7th fundamental of Mental Toughness?

Answer 8

7. Know your “scripts”

Question 9

What is the 8th fundamental of Mental Toughness?

Answer 9

8. Prepare mentally every day.

Question 10

What is the 9th fundamental of Mental Toughness?

Answer 10

9. Develop a “Relentless Solution Focus”

Question 11

What is the 10th fundamental of Mental Toughness?

Answer 11

10. Adopt “Gable discipline”

Question 12

What is the definition of a “Relentless Solutions Focus”?

Answer 12

Within 60 seconds of having any negative or self-doubting thought, replace the negative thinking with solution-focused thought.

Question 13

What should you do when you find yourself focusing on a problem, negativity, or self-doubt?

Answer 13

Ask yourself this question: “What is one thing I can do differently that could make this better?”

Question 14

What is a “+1 Solution”?

Answer 14

It is any improvement to the current solution. Keep executing +1 Solutions relentlessly.

Question 15

What are the 3 core components of “Gable Discipline”?

Answer 15

1. Prioritize discipline - because self-discipline is a limited resource, use it on the process goals most necessary for your success. “With practice, self-discipline becomes a habit.”
2. Finish what you start - discipline your mind to focus on getting started on your commitments and then use discipline to finish those tasks completely.
3. Try, try again - if you come up short on discipline, find the nearest mirror and look yourself in the eye while you tell yourself, “There is no excuse, and this will not happen again.”

Question 16

Define “focus”

Answer 16

Selectively concentrating on one part of your environment and ignoring all other elements of your environment.