To become a truly strong person in the face of a serious and difficult crisis
A profound reflection on what it means to be truly qualified! _ Adam Grant

New scientific facts about inner strength and how to cultivate it for success.

What does resilience mean to us, redefining it with scientific evidence? Steve Magness, renowned performance expert, executive coach, and co-author of Peak Performance, challenges us to fundamentally rethink how we perceive character and what it means to achieve high ambitions in the face of challenging circumstances.


For a long time, resilience has been considered essential for achieving peak performance.
The image of strength, pushing forward like a bulldozer, was dominant.
Within this perception, people glorified and encouraged pushing themselves to the brink of collapse, and any sign of weakness was seen as a complete failure.
The problem with this strength is that it is ineffective.

The author, a behavioral scientist, Olympic athlete coach, and author, re-proposes a model of resilience grounded in the latest sports science and psychology.
In other words, it prescribes a new kind of resilience—true resilience—that will help readers overcome adversity and challenges.
His science-backed model of authentic resilience focuses on paying attention to our physiological, emotional, and psychological responses, such as pain and anger, and using those responses to overcome challenges.
True resilience has biological and psychological aspects, but fake resilience does not.
The author offers four core principles of true resilience to cultivate true inner strength:

First, let go of illusions and accept reality.
Second, listen to your body's signals and communicate with your problems.
Third, don't react, react.
Fourth, overcome obstacles.

The author challenges conventional wisdom about what resilience is.
Resilience isn't something you develop by ignoring challenges.
Drawing on mindfulness, military case studies, sports psychology, neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, it offers a roadmap for navigating life's challenges, achieving high performance, and ultimately becoming a happier, more successful, and ultimately better person.