13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success

by Amy Morin

When you take a compassionate approach to your own weaknesses, you’ll be more likely to recognize there is room to grow and improve.

Learning how to persevere despite failure increases your mental strength over time as you recognize how failure can improve your performance.

Loneliness is about perceiving that no one is there for you. But solitude is about making a choice to be alone with your thoughts.

No matter whether you’re the smartest person on the planet or you’ve persevered through life’s roughest circumstances, you don’t become more deserving of good fortune than anyone else.