How do I become mentally strong?

as a Navy SEAL.

toughness, then add some temptation and make it harder to say “No”.

strength over time.

My boss called me on a Saturday to let me know he that due to financial reasons, I was no longer needed effective immediatley. 3 days later, he sends me a text asking about work issues. How do I respond?

Add 1–2 minutes each week and, overtime, not only will you be mentally tougher, but you’ll be more present, less stressed, and more productive in your everyday life.

But if you’re doing this SOLELY to test your mental

One of the HARDEST thing you can do to build your mental

Should parents force their kids to go to school when they are sick?

It’s simply learning to be comfortable doing things you don’t want to do.

And it’s exactly how it sounds.

6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

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Challenge yourself to do something seemingly impossible for a short amount of time and you will walk away with more mental toughness than you’ve ever had before.

Anytime you’re training in the gym, challenge yourself, once per workout, to do just “One more rep”.

strength.

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Plain and simple.

So how do you cultivate mental

Increase the amount of time you spend in the cold by only 10–30 seconds a week and, after a few months, you’ll be able to take 10 minute cold showers with ease.

It seems that I am cursed with bad luck. How do I break such a curse?

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

Then slowly work your way up until you can easily go 30–60 days without giving into the temptation.

But rather, turn off Netflix 15 minutes before you normally do, go to bed earlier, and then wake up earlier.

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One rep, one set, and one step at a time.

Mental

5. Give Up a Vice

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toughness.

So apply these strategies slowly. Take small steps and challenge yourself to get 1% tougher every day. After a year has gone by, you’ll be 365% tougher than you were the previous year.

7. Go Through Hell Week

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Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

If you are seriously wanting to give up a vice (like smoking or drinking), you’ll want to throw away anything that reminds you of it.

Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

Why am I so afraid that gun owners have set traps to kill me outside my house or my car?

I’m just better at handling the suck.

Here are a few ideas to get you started .

I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

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While I don’t recommend giving up sleep for a week and doing thousands of pushups (unless you have a thing for broken bones and screwed up joints), I challenge you to create your own Hell Week.

Challenge yourself and you’ll be amazed by the results.

Start out small with only 10–30 seconds after your normal shower.

How would you feel if your friend confided in you that she is cheating on her husband, knowing that he loves her deeply? What emotional and ethical considerations would you grapple with in response to her revelation?

When we get hot, we touch a button and voila! The room cools down to a chilly 68 degrees.

Whether it’s cigarettes, candy, pot, alcohol, or porn, pick a vice that you use everyday, and commit to giving it up for a short period of time.

Another great way to boost your mental

strength?

Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

Sitting down for 5–30 minutes and doing NOTHING is way harder than it sounds.

Our lives are way too easy.

Leave a bowl of candy on the table. Leave an open pack of cigarettes in your office. Go to an, *ahem* “gentlemanly” website and leave it open in a minimized browser.

Cold showers suck. I’ve taken them (almost) everyday for nearly 6 years and they don’t suck any less today than they did when I started.

Not only will you be saving the environment and helping retrain your body to internally regulate your temperature, but you’ll become stronger by saying “no” to ease, and “yes” to adversity.

toughness by turning the AC off.

Within a few months, you’ll be astounded by your levels of mental

And you’ll be amazed by the hidden strength your body has.

But anytime you’re doing an exercise where you can safely push yourself, go for just ONE more rep than you’re comfortable doing.

If you want to get mentally tougher, start by meditating for only 3 minutes a day.

Try it… You’ll see.

4. Meditate

It’s funny…

It just won’t happen. You have to work up to it and slowly build your mental

Try pushing yourself to see how long you can go and, eventually, you’ll wonder why you used climate control in the first place (maybe not… But you’ll still be mentally tougher).

It’s 7 days of almost no sleep, constant physical exercise, and psychological warfare.

In the Navy SEAL training program, there’s an event known as hell week.

It’s funny to me how often people ignore this principle in their lives.

Cold showers are bar none one of the FASTEST ways to build mental

Start now, start small, and work your way up.

This exercise will teach you to keep going even when things are hard and, if applied regularly, will help you become mentally tougher than any other person you know.

toughness is to meditate.

There’s nothing quite like intentionally subjecting yourself to frigid waters and saying “No” to the wonderful warmth of a hot shower when it’s only one twist of the handle away requires insane amounts of discipline and grit.

Have a short event where you complete a certain set of mentally challenging activities every day.

Start small in 10–15 minute increments and eventually, you’ll be waking up at 4:30 a.m. like a Navy SEAL.

The majority of recruits quit. Those who don’t leave the evolution knowing that they can do ANYTHING they set their minds to.

Start with only 12–24 hours.

DON’T do this on the bench press or squat rack if you don’t have a spotter (there’s nothing mentally tough about breaking your back or killing yourself ok?)

1. Cold Showers

strength isn’t rocket science.

Do just ONE more rep when you don’t think you can.

2. One More Rep

In the same way that you can’t go to the gym, deadlift 225 lbs. for 5 reps one week and then expect to lift 405 lbs. for 5 reps the next week, you can’t expect to just wake up one day and be as mentally strong

Sit in the car on a hot day without cranking up the AC.

Before We Begin: The Principle of Progressive Overload

Start this off by doing it for one day.

If you try to do too much too soon, you will burn out and quit EVERY single time.

The same way you get physically stronger…

Seriously.

3. Turn Off the AC

toughness is to wake up earlier.

Whether it’s total sobriety combined with waking up at 5 a.m., daily exercise, and no television for a week.Or simply one week of giving up your strongest addiction.