How do I become mentally strong?

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.

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

Start this off by doing it for one day.

What is the best case of “You just picked a fight with the wrong person” that you've witnessed?

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

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

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

If babies could write, what questions would they ask on Quora?

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

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

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.

Has anyone liked being made a cocksucker?

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

strength?

toughness.

Are there any political parties or groups that have a mix of conservative and liberal beliefs? Why are they not as prominent in the media?

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.

5. Give Up a Vice

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.

Loneliness is bad for your health—but it may not be as deadly as once thought, new research finds - AOL.com

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.

Start with only 12–24 hours.

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

When writing a novel, how can a character be developed well, but QUICKLY?

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

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.

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.

Has anyone ever really waited that long and gotten a paper check mailed 20 days ago?

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.

Seriously.

4. Meditate

Pediatric flu deaths surge in Michigan: 'These are children' - The Detroit News

So how do you cultivate 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).

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

If white people had been slaves, would WLM be a thing right now?

Try it… You’ll see.

strength isn’t rocket science.

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

I see ugly guys dating gorgeous, "hot" women all the time. I, too, am not very attractive but I'm not doing well with the ladies. What's their secret?

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 21 pushups instead of 20.

I’m just better at handling the suck.

Where's the Civil War everyone on the left said would happen?

Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

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

Here are a few ideas to get you started .

According to Trump, Ukraine started the war. Why?

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

2. One More Rep

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

How do flat Earthers explain the existence of other spherical planets?

Before We Begin: The Principle of Progressive Overload

Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

Do people of NYC drive around Central Park all the time? Is there any subway tunnel to cross the park quickly? Is it annoying for people and does it cause traffic?

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

strength over time.

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.

Was Jesus Christ Jewish?

toughness is to wake up earlier.

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

Plain and simple.

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

3. Turn Off the AC

Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

1. Cold Showers

toughness is to meditate.

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

Mental

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

It’s funny…

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

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

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

And it’s exactly how it sounds.

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

toughness by turning the AC off.

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.

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

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

I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

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

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.

The same way you get physically stronger…

Our lives are way too easy.

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

strength.

7. Go Through Hell Week

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.

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

as a Navy SEAL.

Another great way to boost your mental