How do I become mentally strong?

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

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.

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

Why is the internet so restrictive? Why is it impossible to find a place where you can express yourself fully?

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.

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.

Why am I peeing so much without drinking a lot of water? I checked my blood sugar and it is normal. Could it be something else?

Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

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

What is the estimated number of people with an extra X chromosome?

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.

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

Is the Chinese economy currently collapsing? If not, what could potentially cause it to collapse?

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.

Seriously.

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

Why do ugly men flirt with girls that are really hot?

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

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.

What is your review of X-Men '97 season 1?

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

Plain and simple.

Mental

Has anyone liked being made a cocksucker?

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.

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

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

Can you explain the difference between being a conservative Republican and a liberal Democrat? Can you provide some examples of their ideologies?

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.

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

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

Why do people who were very kind and loving once become cold-hearted?

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

as a Navy SEAL.

Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

What is the STAR interview method?

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

7. Go Through Hell Week

Start with only 12–24 hours.

Why does Islam give a bad vibe?

toughness is to wake up earlier.

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

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

I just cannot wake up early, even if I sleep on time. What should I do?

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

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

4. Meditate

toughness is to meditate.

strength?

toughness by turning the AC off.

Another great way to boost your mental

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

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.

strength isn’t rocket science.

Here are a few ideas to get you started .

toughness.

6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

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

Start this off by doing it for one day.

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.

And it’s exactly how it sounds.

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.

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).

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

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

2. One More Rep

Try it… You’ll see.

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

Our lives are way too easy.

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.

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

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

strength over time.

3. Turn Off the AC

I’m just better at handling the suck.

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

It’s funny…

strength.

5. Give Up a Vice

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

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

I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

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.

The same way you get physically stronger…

Before We Begin: The Principle of Progressive Overload

1. Cold Showers

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?)

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