Read the Stoics. Take up an endurance sport.
What is mental toughness? It is perspective and belief to step back and realise that the suffering is only temporary and will ultimately be worth having endured.
Ask HN: How do you guys develop mental toughness?
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#12grow up in a third world country
On that i do have a head start I'm Indian
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#13Practice identifying the ego underlying your rationale and the way you interact with people. The more you’re able to confront and abandon, the mentally-tougher you’ll be.
Thanks for the advice man! Means a lot!
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#14Sorry for the bit unedited/rough comment but I don't have too much time so I'm typing pretty fast. (1) Learning how to program (2) Hacking hardware (3) Learning Andy McKee Rylynn on guitar while only knowing Wonderwall (there's a YouTube tutorial). (4) Breathing/anapana/'basic'/the-first-meditation-beginners learn meditation and Tonglen (see the book search inside yourself for instructions) meditation [1]. (5) In gen…
Thanks a ton for the reply! I was definitely thinking along the lines of a bootstrap workshop!
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#15Exposure to uncomfortable situations works, but you need to do it properly.
Some people find a cognitive behaviour therapy model useful.
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#16In my experience, learning to tolerate physical discomfort translates pretty well to mental resilience as well.
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#17Learn and practice meditation. It’s the only way. I can highly recommend the book Mental Resilience: The Power of Clarity [1] by Kamal Sarma It comes with a CD (yes they still make those) to help you early on with some guided meditations while you build up.
[1]: https://www.amazon.com/Mental-Resilience-Clarity-Develop-War...
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#18Mediation can teach you this.
Re: Ask HN: How do you guys develop mental toughness?
#19Learn and practice meditation. It’s the only way. I can highly recommend the book Mental Resilience: The Power of Clarity [1] by Kamal Sarma It comes with a CD (yes they still make those) to help you early on with some guided meditations while you build up. [1]: https://www.amazon.com/Mental-Resilience-Clarity-Develop-War...
+1 for your post. I DID do a double take on the author's name though. I read it Kama Sutra at first..
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#20I wonder how much difference physical stress Vs mental stress it makes. Stress is stress. Anxiety (mental stress) causes physical symptoms. The will to continue in physical endeavours is through changing the mind and being determined to continue. Mind over matter. This want to stop doing physical stuff comes from the mind. So improving the mental toughness comes from repetitively attempting to breach this barrier.
Goggins even says stuff in his interviews with Joe Rogan that indicate that he would agree. Most people stop physical activity not when the body is exhausted but when the brain thinks the body is done. When Jesse Itzler interviewed with Joe Rogan about Goggins, he said Goggins thought people only did 40% of what they were capable of until they changed their mind.