How do I become mentally strong?

5. Give Up a Vice

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

Our lives are way too easy.

Why is rap* a crime?

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.

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

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.

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

I’m just better at handling the suck.

toughness.

Is dating in college necessary? Why and why not?

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

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.

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

Why did you put a guy’s dick in your mouth the first time?

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.

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

1. Cold Showers

Why does my iPhone keep on saying I can’t upload photos to iCloud and say it doesn't have enough iCloud storage when it still has space?

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

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

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.

Am I the bitch for never wanting to talk to my sister again because of something she said while talking back to me?

Mental

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

toughness by turning the AC off.

Why is every human messed up in some way?

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

Start this off by doing it for one day.

Plain and simple.

In what ways does Islam oppress women?

toughness is to meditate.

6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

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

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It’s funny…

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

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.

What are you struggling with in your life? What would you like to have instead?

3. Turn Off the AC

strength.

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

How do I confess to my crush who had a traumatic past with his previous partner without losing the friendship?

So how do you cultivate mental

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

4. Meditate

Is crossdressing being a transvestite?

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?)

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

as a Navy SEAL.

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

Start with only 12–24 hours.

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

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

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

Here are a few ideas to get you started .

2. One More Rep

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

The same way you get physically stronger…

Another great way to boost your mental

And it’s exactly how it sounds.

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.

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.

Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

strength?

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

strength over time.

Try it… You’ll see.

I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

toughness is to wake up earlier.

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.

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

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

strength isn’t rocket science.

Before We Begin: The Principle of Progressive Overload

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

Seriously.

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).

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.

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.

Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

7. Go Through Hell Week

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