tough-mindedness

See also: toughmindedness

English

Etymology

tough-minded +‎ -ness

Noun

tough-mindedness (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic of being tough-minded; lack of sentimentality and unswerving conviction.
    • 2008, Mihnea C. Moldoveanu, Roger L. Martin, The Future of the MBA: Designing the Thinker of the Future, →ISBN, page 53:
      Subsequently turning the new insight into action—embodying the idea, producing the revolutionary behavior—requires tough-mindedness, the willingness to try out behavior and allow his or her ideas to die in his or her stead...
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