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

From beloved performance expert and bestselling author of Peak Performance comes a revolutionary science-based new definition of toughness--one that focuses on assessing a challenge on a physiological and psychological level.Toughness has long been held as a fundamental key to achieving peak performance.

For generations, we've been taught toughness means bulldozing through--pushing to the point of breakdown--and that showing any sign of weakness is failure.

This model of toughness has long been glorified and celebrated.

But the truth is, it doesn't work.Steve Magness, a performance scientist who coaches Olympic athletes, now offers a new kind of toughness--real toughness--that can help anyone navigate adversity and challenge.