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5 Lessons to Learn Whenever You “Fail”
#1 - Success often comes after multiple failures.
#2 - Each failure provides valuable experience.
#3 - Persistence trumps everything.
refusal to give up is more important than intelligence, talent, and education.
#4 - Fear is unnecessary and unproductive.
#5 - YOU decide how to feel about failure.
5 Tactics Used by Navy Seals to Deal with Adversity
#1 - Practice positive self-talk.
Whenever you feel overwhelmed, whether at your job or at home, remind yourself that your skills, abilities, and knowledge will help you to prevail. Tell yourself to remain calm and relaxed. Tell yourself that your current circumstances are temporary, and will dissipate when you give them attention.
#2 - Continue training after you master something.
Keep practicing skills that are essential to your long-term success, even if you feel you’ve mastered them. Try to use them each day to ensure they stay sharp.
#3 - Focus on small wins.
Break down intimidating projects into small steps. Ideally, these steps can be completed within a single day.
#4 - Visualize your desired outcome.
If you’re worried about something you need to do, visualize doing it successfully.
#5 - Anticipate everything that might go wrong.
If you’re working on a project and worried that something might go wrong, ponder the difficulties you might experience.
A 10-Step Training Program for Toughening Your Mind
Step 1: Contemplate how you can apply mental toughness in your life.
Step 2: Segment your goals.
it’s difficult to improve yourself without goals.
Step 3: Reframe difficult situations as opportunities to improve.
Step 4: Practice controlling negative emotions.
Step 5: Visualize your performance.
Step 6: Manage your inner critic.
Step 7: Get rid of “emotional icebergs.”
Step 8: Practice recovering after setbacks and failure.
Step 9: Build habits that encourage discipline and grit.
our habits are more reliable than willpower and motivation when we need to overcome obstacles.
Our habits make it easier to persevere when we encounter challenges and complications. Adopt good habits, and you’ll be less inclined to give up when you feel uncomfortable or under pressure.
Step 10: Celebrate the small victories.
8 Exercises to Maintain and Reinforce Your Mental Toughness
#1 - Practice simple meditation.
#2 - Ask yourself “What’s the worst that can happen?”
mistakes are rarely disastrous.
#3 - Get comfortable with taking risks.
failure is nothing to fear.
Take small risks throughout the day.
The practice of taking small risks exposes you to failure without major consequence.
#4 - Practice ignoring things that are beyond your control.
Spending time and attention on things we’re unable to control or influence is a waste of energy. Ignoring such things only benefits us. It frees our mind space so we can focus on things that we can actually change.
The next time you read something online - e.g. anything regarding politics or dismal current events - ask yourself “How much control do I have over this?” If the answer is “none,” ignore it and move on.
#5 - When your willpower wanes, focus on your purpose.
#6 - Replace your inner critic with an inner optimist.
#7 - Regularly venture outside your comfort zone.
#8 - Test your ability to master new skills.
nothing is beyond your capacity to learn, and even master with time.
