Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet

by Jesse Itzler

Every day do something that makes you uncomfortable.

“Control your mind,

“When you think you’re done, you’re only at forty percent of what your body is capable of doing. That’s just the limit that we put on ourselves.”

I think some people wished they could do it but they never would. The will to keep doing this and the will to put myself through this is what people think is crazy, and I’m paying for this, literally and metaphorically.

“If you want to be pushed to your limits, you have to train to your limits. If you get hurt, you will recover.

“No matter what, you can never let them ‘boo’ you. You have to control the situation.”

However, with SEAL around, I am learning how to be more present. It’s primarily because I have to. If I don’t, there is no way I will be able to finish the tasks at hand. I just go one step at a time. One rep at a time. And when I’m done, I worry about the next step or rep. I’m finding that there’s some crossover to my life as well. Now I finish the first thing on my list with 100 percent focus and then attack the next. Thanks, SEAL.

This proves to me that if you push the body, the body will respond.

that repetition and consistency equal results.

I learned that by constantly doing things that are hard and making myself uncomfortable, I improve my ability to handle obstacles. I get comfortable being uncomfortable—and that’s real mental toughness.