Book excerpt: Want to become more mentally tough? This book will teach you how. Whether you are an athlete, coach, parent, dancer, musician, or any other performer, this book gives you strategies you can start using today that will help enhance your performances and ultimately, your life. Focusing on the 5 Cardinal Skills of Mental Toughness as taught by Dr. Keith Henschen for over 40 years, you will learn the same techniques used by elite athletes and performers around the world. Section 1 discusses the psychological factors that influence performance. Section 2 covers the cardinal psychological skills and teaches you how to develop them in yourself and in others Section 3 includes the "other factors to consider" such as burnout, the psychology of injury, kids and performance, coaching gems regarding performance, and the epilogue