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...