Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review · 2018
82/100
👍 Worth It
The HBR editorial filter is doing real work here — Seligman on post-traumatic growth, Bennis and Thomas on crucible experiences, Schwartz on energy management — these are genuinely foundational pieces that have shaped how performance psychology gets applied in organizations. The article-by-article format means some thematic repetition, but it also means you can read this in pieces and still absorb the most important ideas.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety92
Substance / usefulness88
Craft & writing80
Originality76
Evidence & accuracy85
Hype vs delivers82
Age-fit85
👁 Human-eye gut-check82
Penny’s verdict82
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