US Navy SEAL David Goggins on How to Strengthen Your Mind

“How you become a better person—how you gain mental toughness—how you become the person you want to be—is constantly facing the things you don’t want to face.

If you constantly run away from things that you don’t want to face, how is there growth? How is there mental toughness?

I can give you a class all day long about self-talk, visualization, eat an elephant one bite at a time…

but if you’re never putting yourself in a situation to actually practice these things, you’re never going to grow.”

How do you—or how could you—callus your mind?

How have you become comfortable?

How could you become comfortable being uncomfortable?

How could you start, or continue, to put yourself in situations where you can put into practice what David Goggins is talking about?

What action steps could you take right now to move you towards your goals by 1%?

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