How do I become mentally strong?

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

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

Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

Can you share a picture of your favorite outfit and explain why you love it?

2. One More Rep

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

Our lives are way too easy.

Why do women wear less clothes compared to men?

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

toughness.

And it’s exactly how it sounds.

What is a common thought that keeps people up at night? Why do some people experience this?

1. Cold Showers

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

strength.

What is a good habit and what is bad one?

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.

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

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.

If Jesus spoke against abortion and prioritized family values, how quickly would he be dismissed as a patriarchal figure by modern progressives?

Try it… You’ll see.

The same way you get physically stronger…

strength isn’t rocket science.

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

7. Go Through Hell Week

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.

Do you like wearing short skirts?

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

as a Navy SEAL.

strength?

How can I help my cat adjust to sleeping in its own room after allowing it to sleep with us as a kitten?

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.

Here are a few ideas to get you started .

4. Meditate

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I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

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

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

What do porn stars do when they get old?

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

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

5. Give Up a Vice

So I’m getting piano lessons and my teacher wants me to get an upright piano instead of a keyboard. An upright piano is way above my price range, so what do I do? And what’s the difference between an upright piano and a keyboard?

toughness is to meditate.

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.

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.

I gave him everything. He said he loved me. Why?

It’s funny…

Seriously.

toughness by turning the AC off.

What shocking family behavior did you read about in India?

Mental

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

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

What seemingly minor decision or moment in your past ended up having a massive impact on your entire life trajectory?

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.

Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

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

Why is Elon Musk so ugly?

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

Plain and simple.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

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?)

I’m just better at handling the suck.

3. Turn Off the AC

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

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

So how do you cultivate mental

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Before We Begin: The Principle of Progressive Overload

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.

Start this off by doing it for one day.

strength over time.

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

Start with only 12–24 hours.

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

toughness is to wake up earlier.

6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

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.

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

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.

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

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

Another great way to boost your mental