Grit is your will to persevere to accomplish your long-term goals. Developing grit requires developing and understanding your personal purpose, crafting a goal, and then developing your perseverance, resilience, courage, and motivation to achieve the goal. It isn’t easy; not everyone has grit.

Stability is a measure of an athlete’s ability to remain stable and balanced when faced with stressful situations. Athletes towards the low end of the scale are more prone to experiencing negative moods such as sadness and anxiety and are emotionally reactive to situation. Those high in this trait tend to be calm and emotionally resilient no matter what the situation.

Sociability is a measure of sociability assertiveness, and emotional expression, as well as where people receive their energy. The sociability scale ranges from low (introversion, or athletes that draw energy from being alone) to high (extroversion, or athletes that draw energy from being around people). Most athletes are a mix of extroversion and introversion. Introverts are reserved, introspective, and tend to listen more than speak. Extroverts are outgoing, emotionally and verbally expressive, and comfortable being at the center of attention.

Agreeableness is a measure of concern for social harmony. The agreeableness scale ranges from Agreeable (high) to Disagreeable (low). A person with a high level of agreeableness is usually warm, friendly, and tactful. A person who scores low on agreeableness tend to be competitive, less cooperative, anti-authority, and nonconformist. Your agreeableness may influence how well you are perceived as a team player or one that is out for yourself.

“New Experiences” is a trait that ranges from closed to new experiences on one end to open to new experiences at the other end of the scale. It is a measure of intellectual curiosity, emotion, sensitivity to beauty, imagination, and willingness to try new things.

Resilience is a measure of an athlete’s ability to advance in spite adversity. The key elements of resilience are those that help you not just to bounce back, but also to thrive in the face of any challenge. These include the ability to adapt to change, deal with what comes along, cope with stress, stay focused and think clearly, not get discouraged in the face of failure, and to handle unpleasant feelings such as anger, pain, or sadness.

Conscientiousness is a measure of responsibility, reliability, industriousness, organization, goal-orientation, and adherence to norms and rules. In other words, conscientiousness is about how a person controls, regulates, and directs their impulses. Athletes range from spontaneous (low) on one end of the scale to disciplined/dependable (high) at the other end of the scale.