Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness

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Being honest with yourself is what will allow you to pursue your goals relentlessly, which will improve your endurance and performance over time. As one soldier put it, “When there’s a difference between what you project and what you are capable of, it all crumbles under stressful situations.

Magness even references Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in this section, and as someone who spent most of their career dealing with Maslow, it made this former teacher’s heart smile. And the surprising science of real toughness did not seem to have much rigorous science quoted and discussed at length, only select studies cherry picked and quoted which confirmed the author’s priors. I’m a huge Steve Magness fan so I knew I would like this, but there’s truly amazing nuggets of wisdom in here that I hope to use for myself and others in the future.I might be biased because as a runner and someone who works in mental health this book was somehow extremely relevant to both aspects of my life. In evaluating almost seven hundred players’ performance, those who played under a coach with an abusive leadership style saw a drop in performance, as measured by a player efficiency score. You can sign up for my weekly letters for software engineers on their path to greatness, here: swizec.

The topics range from capacity, training, focus, mindfulness, emotion, thoughts, feelings, framing, inner voices, etc. He spends time reminding the reader that there are dangers in setting your expectations too low or too high.Do Hard Things' by Steve Magness is a motivational book that challenges the notion of settling for mediocrity.

It shows how traditional markers of toughness, like putting on a brave face and pushing past pain, can actually hinder physical and mental performance outcomes in the long term. Throughout the book Magness discusses not only dealing with physical pain and barriers but with mental barriers to performance. I even joined their Patreon community to get early access to their content and of course, to support their work.Do Hard Things is a recent book from an author of my favorite book about burnout (Peak Performance). Really enjoyed the 3rd pillar, as i feel like i conquered being more present to my surrounding when i was in my college years, but have recently now have had more distractions and not embracing the feeling of the run.