How do I become mentally strong?

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.

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.

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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 with only 12–24 hours.

Seriously.

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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?)

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.

It’s funny…

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

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

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

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

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.

3. Turn Off the AC

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

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Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

1. Cold Showers

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

as a Navy SEAL.

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

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

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2. One More Rep

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

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Another great way to boost your mental

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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.

I’m just better at handling the suck.

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

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toughness is to meditate.

Here are a few ideas to get you started .

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).

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strength isn’t rocket science.

Plain and simple.

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.

The same way you get physically stronger…

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

toughness by turning the AC off.

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

Try it… You’ll see.

So how do you cultivate mental

strength?

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

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.

And it’s exactly how it sounds.

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

5. Give Up a Vice

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

strength over time.

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

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

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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.

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

4. Meditate

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

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

toughness.

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.

I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

7. Go Through Hell Week

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

Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

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.

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

Mental

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

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

Start this off by doing it for one day.

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.

Our lives are way too easy.

toughness is to wake up earlier.

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