心理韌性是你我面對逆境時所展現出的堅毅。

Mental toughness is the perseverance you and I show when facing adversity.

• 首先，心理韌性與你我面對壓力的反應息息相關。碰到壓力時，你是崩潰洩氣還是堅持不懈？是就此放棄還是堅持下去？

First, mental toughness is closely related to how you and I respond to stress. When you're under pressure, do you crumble or persevere? Give up or keep going?

• 第二，心理韌性包括了你我面對情緒的反應。意志消沉時我們會做些什麼？我們又是如何處理自己的憤怒和失望呢？

Second, mental toughness includes how you and I respond to emotions. What do we do when we're down? How do we deal with our anger and disappointment?

• 第三，心理韌性也包含我們的心理復原力。碰到錯誤之後，是選擇重新整裝出發、重振旗鼓，還是抱怨連連、把自己的困境都怪賴在別人身上？

Third, mental toughness also includes our mental resilience. After encountering a mistake, do you choose to regroup and start again, or to complain again and again and blame others for your predicament?

• 第四，心理韌性牽涉到你我的毅力。當我們在邁向目標的路上卡住了，是選擇勇往直前還是束手就擒？

Fourth, mental toughness involves perseverance. When we get stuck on the way to our goal, do we choose to move forward or just give up?

人們常以為毅力等於心理韌性，其實兩者並不相同，毅力是種特質，而且特質讓人面對困境時仍能堅持下去；心理韌性則是種心理狀態，當碰上逆境時，這概念比較像是堅毅不屈的特質，而非毅力。

People often think that perseverance equals mental toughness. In fact, the two are not the same. Perseverance is a trait that allows people to persevere in facing adversity; mental toughness is a mental state.