Comments on: Building Mental Toughness: Simple, But Not Easy

By: Sudhar

Sudhar — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:38:25 +0000

Awesome post.

By: Bruno

Bruno — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:12:23 +0000

I think there are a couple of other attributes needed that will help with building mental toughness and they are; a strong desire to do what you are trying to do and confidence to compete.
When I was growing up I used to get screamed at if I failed at anything or even if I got an answer wrong in my homework. All this succeeded in doing was to instil in me a feeling of self-loathing that I have battled ever since. I cannot take losing at anything because this will only confirm that I am indeed useless. Therefore I cannot compete because then I won’t lose etc.
Now that is not the case for everything in my life. I enjoy writing and I have a decent amount of confidence in my ability. So, I get a bit nervous before I submit freelance articles to local newspapers or pitching script/story ideas to others. But I do it anyway because I’m confident with what I have created.
Sports on the other hand is a very different beast. My main sport would be Darts but I cannot get rid of that little voice in my head that tells me I’m going to fail. I have the desire to play but not the confidence and when I lose, I prove the voice right. I play with a team and a few other members lose as much as I do but they don’t seem to let it affect them. They can look forward not back.
Mental toughness may get an extra 20 press-ups, but it won’t help if you’ve already lost.

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By: mark hurd ncr

mark hurd ncr — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:08:41 +0000

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By: daniel

daniel — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:39:46 +0000

wow no i know what pro’s like kobe bryant are going through when they take the field. But I guess that is what makes hime so mentally tough in this video.
http://yovia.com/blogs/worldclass/2010/03/29/mental-toughness-conquers-all/?utm_source=1677&utm_medium=yovia&utm_campaign=yovia

By: dave

dave — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:00:16 +0000

I believe this is a great post and really inspiring. It seems to me though that i cant get any major improvements that i notice. I can push past physical pain when doing push ups but i just get stuck halfway up eventually and i can’t finish it. Are there any other ways to become like boderline psychotic when it comes to working out and sports. (i am a highschool linebacker)

By: Senta

Senta — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:00:55 +0000

Great post. For me the essence of mental toughness is Mohandas Gandhi who inspired an enslaved country defeated the mighty british empire without firing a bullet or Nelson Mandela who spent a third of his lifetime in prison and defeated apartheid through the force of his personality.

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By: Man Overboard

Man Overboard — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:24:26 +0000

Perhaps Cameron Schaefer might have shown Private Pile the proper motivation.

By: Isidore Chin-kit

Isidore Chin-kit — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:31:21 +0000

All these statemnts are entirely true because nothing good in life comes easy you have to sacrifice in order to achieve great things in life and in order to do that you need the ability to motivate yourself when your most tired physically such as lance armstrong the best cyclist in the world who had cancer and is still able to win the tour de france because of his mental strenghth which alot of people seek for as life is tough and the easiest thing to do is quit and hardest thing to do is go on achive your potential goals.