How do I become mentally strong?

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

strength.

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.

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The same way you get physically stronger…

2. One More Rep

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

Can they start feeding only one meal to prisoners on death row or those doing a life sentence? Because only then will it be real punishment. If they want extra food they can work or pay from their own pocket.

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.

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.

Humans have evolved and become hairless and odor free. How do other races learn about evolution since evolution does not apply to them?

1. Cold Showers

Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

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

Why do many Hong Kong Chinese look different from the Han Chinese in mainland China?

3. Turn Off the AC

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

strength over time.

Why would a person always be so tired?

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

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

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

Why doesn't speeding significantly decrease one’s commute time? I've done a lot of road trips and driving and have experimented by increasing speed by 10–20%, but somehow this never equates to arriving 20% sooner, even on clear roads.

toughness.

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

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

Is dating in college necessary? Why and why not?

Seriously.

5. Give Up a Vice

Try it… You’ll see.

Why would a girl not want you to know she has a crush on you?

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.

7. Go Through Hell Week

toughness is to meditate.

What is the most unwatchable movie you have sat through?

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

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.

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.

What are the possible reasons for people feeling depressed after the holiday season? Why does being alone exacerbate these feelings?

Another great way to boost your mental

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

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).

What does it mean to dream about demons possessing people, and what can be done about this dream that keeps occurring for years?

Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

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”.

If there was only one man remaining on the Earth, would this be regarded as extinction?

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

toughness by turning the AC off.

Start this off by doing it for one day.

How can one justify in Sweden that total subsidies for public green energy initiatives being approximately 8.2 billion SEK per year? Electric cars at market price typically cost an average of 500,000 SEK which is above household budgets.

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

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?)

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.

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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.

strength isn’t rocket science.

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

Have you ever been forced into bestiality?

So how do you cultivate mental

And it’s exactly how it sounds.

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

I’m just better at handling the suck.

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.

strength?

6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

as a Navy SEAL.

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

I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

It’s funny…

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

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.

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

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

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

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.

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

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

Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

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

4. Meditate

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

Before We Begin: The Principle of Progressive Overload

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

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

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

Plain and simple.

Our lives are way too easy.

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

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.

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.

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

Start with only 12–24 hours.

toughness is to wake up earlier.