How do I become mentally strong?

Seriously.

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.

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

What does it mean when we dream about demons, ghosts, monsters, etc.?

Our lives are way too easy.

6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

toughness is to wake up earlier.

Artists get better with age, e.g., painting. Yet when it comes to pop music, the famous work tends to be written when musicians are in their twenties. So, why aren't Bob Dylan or the Stones banging out amazing tunes now?

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

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

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.

Can you turn 150 pages into a 5 minute presentation before a meeting?

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).

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?)

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.

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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.

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

Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

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I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

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

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

Do you remember one day, you put a deep smile on someone's face and made them very happy?

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.

as a Navy SEAL.

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

The same way you get physically stronger…

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

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Try it… You’ll see.

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

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.

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Start this off by doing it for one day.

Here are a few ideas to get you started .

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

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

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.

strength?

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

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

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.

So how do you cultivate mental

Another great way to boost your 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.

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

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.

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

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

2. One More Rep

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

It’s funny…

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

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

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

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.

toughness by turning the AC off.

toughness is to meditate.

1. Cold Showers

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.

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

Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

strength over time.

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

3. Turn Off the AC

Plain and simple.

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

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

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

Mental

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.

4. Meditate

toughness.

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

I’m just better at handling the suck.

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

Start with only 12–24 hours.

Before We Begin: The Principle of Progressive Overload

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.

7. Go Through Hell Week

5. Give Up a Vice

strength.