Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness Hardcover | 320 pages Business & Economics / Personal Success 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. “Steve Magness is one of the giants of modern thinking about high performance across domains. . . . Real Toughness is a crucial read for anyone who cares about delivering their best when the stakes are highest.”—Alex Hutchinson, New York Times bestselling author of Endure 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.