How do I become mentally strong?

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 this off by doing it for one day.

Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

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Our lives are way too easy.

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

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

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strength over time.

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5. Give Up a Vice

Another great way to boost your mental

Start with only 12–24 hours.

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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.

Try it… You’ll see.

I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

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

toughness is to meditate.

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

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

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.

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?)

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So how do you cultivate mental

7. Go Through Hell Week

It’s funny…

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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.

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

toughness is to wake up earlier.

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

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

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

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

6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

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

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Mental

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

2. One More Rep

How has your life changed for the past 10 years? Can you share your #10year challenge? Is your life better, worse, or still hopeful?

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.

3. Turn Off the AC

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 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.

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.

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

1. Cold Showers

strength.

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

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.

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

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Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

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

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.

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

And it’s exactly how it sounds.

The same way you get physically stronger…

4. Meditate

Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

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

toughness.

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.

strength?

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

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

toughness by turning the AC off.

I’m just better at handling the suck.

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

Here are a few ideas to get you started .

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.

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

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

Seriously.

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

Plain and simple.

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

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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.

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.

as a Navy SEAL.

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