HOW TO DEVELOP MENTAL TOUGHNESS? WHY SHOULD YOU? How often have you heard the phrase âmental toughnessâ applied to athletes and thought that it doesnât apply to you? If they need it to win a race, then how much more important is your entire life? If you want to get what you want and have a healthy and active life, youâve got to develop plenty of mental toughness. People go to the gym to develop physical strength, but pay scant attention to the mental strength. Just as repetition of exercise builds muscle, fitness, flexibility and stamina, repeated mental exercise buffs up your mental toughness. If you donât train your mind, youâll never control your life, reach your full potential, and have fun along the way. They only way to develop mental toughness is with maximum reps. HEREâS HOW: âDonât postpone happiness or the ability to effect changes until after you have reach your goals. You will be waiting a long time. âAs soon as I get that⊠I will do thisâŠâ âSet clear and detailed goals and break them down into long-term, short-term and daily goals. Motivation comes from having plenty of good reasons for doing something. If you canât come up with a good reason your wasting your time. âPace yourself. Being consistent, regardless of the context, produces better results than a quick burst of activity followed by burn out or a bender. âPut in good work. Whatever your goal, practice does not make perfect â only good practice does that. Give your full attention to the matter in hand. Concentrate on the process, not the outcome. If you work or train all day thinking about how good it will feel when youâve finished, you will slack off and open a can of beer too early â you know what we mean. âFocus on what you want to happen, not what your afraid will happen. âRecognize that negative thinking has absolutely no positive benefits (thatâs why it is called ânegativeâ) âBe willing to change tactics if you arenât achieving the desired results. Insanity is repeating the same action and expecting a different outcome. âAsk yourself: âWhat would I do in this situation if I couldnât fail?â âForce yourself to act positively â bodily and mentally. If it makes your feel like a fake, then itâs a clear sign that you really need to act positively. âForget about the past and concentrate on the present. The best way to repeat mistakes is to worry about repeating them. Learn from mistakes, then forget them and move on. âRespond to challenges with discipline rather than punching holes in your furniture. âAccept that results take time; they will come, but not immediately. That said, success doesnât have to be a hard, painful slog. Put in the work and commitment, and success has a habit of creeping up on us when we are least expecting it â donât reject opportunities for success because they feel too easy.
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