How do I become mentally strong?

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.

Our lives are way too easy.

as a Navy SEAL.

How do you write a letter to your uncle who sent you money for your birthday outfit?

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

toughness is to wake up earlier.

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

Why are so many US conservatives in this day and age still against racial mixing? They won't say it in public, but they are still against the mixing between Blacks and whites? Why?

Plain and simple.

4. Meditate

I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

My religion teacher said that there are no atheists because in order to reject God, you must first have a concept of God, and if you have a concept of God, you are not an atheist. In what way is this true, if at all? Why?

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

Mental

And it’s exactly how it sounds.

Why is my Whirlpool fridge not cooling but the freezer works? What is the solution?

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

Here are a few ideas to get you started .

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.

For those who were actually old enough to have experienced the 1970s and not for those who were born in the 70s. What were the pros and cons of that era?

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

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

Before We Begin: The Principle of Progressive Overload

Why am I more attracted to black men?

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.

Start with only 12–24 hours.

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

Do humans know everything they need to know?

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

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.

What if Supergirl was a baby and not a teenager when she left Krypton? Who do you think will find her? What do you think things would be like?

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?)

Try it… You’ll see.

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

Why is my ex trying to provoke an argument with me?

I’m just better at handling the suck.

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.

Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

Have you ever had sex with your female cousin? How did it start?

strength isn’t rocket science.

Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

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

How do great movie moments influence how people handle real-life moral dilemmas?

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

toughness.

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

What does K mean in Vietnamese?

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).

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

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

What are some photos of female sexual organs?

toughness is to meditate.

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

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

What type of sex do women prefer, oral, anal, or vaginal?

The same way you get physically stronger…

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

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

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

Seriously.

It’s funny…

toughness by turning the AC off.

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

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

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.

3. Turn Off the AC

7. Go Through Hell Week

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

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

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.

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.

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

1. Cold Showers

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

Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

strength?

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

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.

5. Give Up a Vice

Start this off by doing it for one day.

6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

strength.

2. One More Rep

Another great way to boost your mental

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

One of the HARDEST thing you can do to build 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.

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

So how do you cultivate 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.

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

strength over time.

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.