What is motivation? What is resilience? How do we beat procrastination when it rears its ugly head? And why was Steven Gerrard's half-time team talk a pivotal moment in an astonishing European Cup final win for Liverpool Football Club against AC Milan that became known as the Miracle of Istanbul? Mervin Straughan explores what's needed to create a success mindset. He covers motivation and how it might be influenced and why resilience is crucial for achieving goals. And he puts forward his P-I-P-P strategy for tackling procrastination.

Mervin Straughan explores grit as the essential ingredient for success. What is grit and why is it regarded as the best early predictor for how well an individual will fare in school, work and relationships? Some people believe that IQ and talent matter most but, according to experts, grit is the one that will most likely determine our success.