MindSummit

Build your mental toughness and thrive in an ever-changing world.

Our mental approach to events is a significant factor in determining our overall mental health and wellbeing.

Mental Toughness is a personality trait describing mental responses to stress, pressure, and challenge. These range from Mental Toughness at one end of a spectrum and Mental Sensitivity at the other.

Mental toughness can be measured and, importantly, it can be developed. This app questionnaire-based that assesses overall level of Mental Toughness across four elements and eight factors.

Mental Toughness Element

What does MTQPlus assess … the 8 Factors

CONTROL
Life Control – I believe I can do it, I have sense of self worth

Emotional Control – I think I can manage my and others emotions
COMMITMENT
Goal Orientation – I set goals – I like the idea of working toward goals

Achievement Orientation – I’ll do what it takes to achieve my goals
CHALLENGE
Risk Orientation – I welcome new experiences – I stretch myself

Learning Orientation – I learn from all that happens - including setbacks
CONFIDENCE
In Abilities – I believe I have the ability to do what’s needed

Interpersonal Confidence – I believe I influence and engage with others


Meaasures of Mental Toughness were developed by Doug Strycharczyk, CEO, AQR International in collaboration with Professor Peter Clough and Dr John Perry. Often these types of proven assessments are not easily accessible to the general public, used mainly by researchers, or corporations to assess and develop their staff.

MindSummit is a new app that allows anyone to gain an insight into assessing, understanding and developing their Mental Toughness. It uses the proven science behind the MTQPlus and puts it in a user-friendly app available on the Apple Store.

The free version contains 15 questions designed to provide the user with an overall Mental Toughness score. There are also a number of exercises and articles designed to help improve Mental Toughness. The premium version contains a more detailed assessment questionnaire and provides an analysis of the user’s Mental Toughness across the key elements of Control, Commitment, Challenge and Confidence. It also contains further tools, exercises and relevant articles.