How do I become mentally strong?

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

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

strength.

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

The same way you get physically stronger…

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

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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.

And it’s exactly how it sounds.

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

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toughness.

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.

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

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Another great way to boost your mental

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.

Plain and simple.

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Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

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

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.

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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

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

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

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Try it… You’ll see.

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?)

3. Turn Off the AC

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Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

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1. Cold Showers

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

Start with only 12–24 hours.

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I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

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

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

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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.

Mental

Our lives are way too easy.

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I’m just better at handling the suck.

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

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

If my boyfriend watches porn, does it mean he doesn’t think I’m good enough? If I am good enough, why does he still watch? Am I not beautiful enough?

toughness by turning the AC off.

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).

Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

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

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

6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

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5. Give Up a Vice

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

toughness is to meditate.

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

Seriously.

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

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strength over time.

It’s funny…

2. One More Rep

strength isn’t rocket science.

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

Here are a few ideas to get you started .

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Before We Begin: The Principle of Progressive Overload

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

strength?

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.

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.

Start this off by doing it for one day.

7. Go Through Hell Week

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

4. Meditate

So how do you cultivate mental

toughness is to wake up earlier.