Let’s be clear about one thing: Developing mental strength is a process, not a natural talent.
People we interact with on a daily basis put our emotional stability and mental fortitude to the test. Our responses to those circumstances are what make us who we are as people.
It’s normal to desire better friends, a better work, and better compensation for ourselves.
However, these goals are difficult to reach, particularly if you believe that you are powerless to alter your circumstances. It takes traits that the majority of strong individuals possess to deviate from the standard and alter your lifestyle in order to accomplish better things.
Instead than looking down on hardships, they view them as opportunities to develop their character and abilities. Positive thinking is impossible since negative forces in life often provide valuable teaching opportunities.
One of the routines that strong people regularly use to stay afloat is this one.
Additional character qualities that you (and any other strong person) may develop include the following:
1) They are upbeat
The majority of news sources would state that the world is a dreadful place. There are constant reports of crime, poverty, conflict, and grief from throughout the world.
It’s hard to have an optimistic attitude on life in the face of all these negative energy, but strong individuals know better than to allow unfavorable situations to have an impact on them.
Strong-willed people realize that while the world may be a poor place, getting caught up in these issues won’t instantly make all people into peace-loving beings.
Strong individuals divert their emphasis from worrying about the world to their particular goals instead of attempting to alter things they cannot control.
The good news is that research indicates that optimism is roughly 25% inherited, and that there are additional elements that influence our optimism.
The secret, according to Leah Weiss, Ph.D., a Stanford professor who specializes in mindfulness, is to find significance in one’s job and life. “Anyone can learn to be optimistic,” she adds. We feel more content and are better able to view the “glass half full” when we work or live with purpose.
2) They don’t require approval
A popular proverb states that “if you make enemies in your life, you’re doing something good.” Conflicts with people are essentially unavoidable because of the differences in how individuals are formed.
The truth is that no one can be pleased, so why even try to fit in with every single social group in the first place?
Social anxiety is one thing, but going above and above to win everyone’s respect is quite another. Holding onto these feelings causes tension and has detrimental effects on your overall health.
According to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, if you have high self-esteem, you won’t require affirmation.
Read this wise counsel from a spiritual teacher here to discover how to let go of what others think of you.
3) They recognize the need of rest.
Because of the way our culture has changed the way we see productivity, working longer hours now immediately equates to a task well done, we now correlate all-nighters with success.
Our bodies haven’t altered, though, and we still require enough effort to get by each day.
Numerous studies have repeatedly demonstrated that people who lack sleep are more prone to succumb to urges, lose attention, and make other dubious or unsafe decisions.
Literally, those who don’t get enough sleep are less cognitively tough than those who had an eight hours of sleep.
4) They don’t need to consume a lot of coffee to stay awake.
Your body immediately releases adrenaline when you consume too much coffee. You enter a state of fight-or-flight as a result of this and make decisions based more on speed and quickness than on reason.
Yes, coffee has some cognitive advantages, but too much of it might make it difficult to focus.
Your body will eventually reach a breaking point, and irritation will set in.
The Mayo Clinic states that most individuals who want to avoid adverse effects can consume up to 400 mg of caffeine (4 cups of coffee) without experiencing any negative effects.
5) They Don’t Need to Apologize to Take Action
Many individuals are preoccupied with holding grudges; who did what, how they were injured, what they deserve, and the suffering they endured.
However, doing so requires a lot of time and emotional turbulence, which depresses you and restricts your enjoyment. You don’t need this stress, and it might have negative effects on your mental and physical health. So don’t wait for an apology; just keep on.
6) They Keep in Good Shape
According to research, physical stress can reduce mental stress.
According to the Harvard Health Blog, aerobic activity is crucial for your brain just as it is for your heart.
Regular aerobic exercise will improve your body, metabolism, heart, and spirits in astonishing ways. It has a special ability to energize and quiet, to stimulate and pacify, to combat depression and reduce tension.
It’s a regular occurrence among endurance athletes, and clinical research that employed exercise to effectively treat clinical depression and anxiety problems have confirmed it. You can gain psychologically from exercise if athletes and patients can.
Exercise is effective because it lowers the body’s levels of stress chemicals like cortisol and adrenaline, according to Harvard Health.
Additionally, it increases endorphin production, which naturally reduces pain and improves mood.
7) They never stop someone from enjoying themselves.
You can only control your own happiness if you don’t give a damn about other people’s happiness or experiences.
Weak-minded people spend too much time worrying about whether others are enjoying better delights than they are.
According to research, those who do better than those who create objectives for themselves are those who are motivated by a desire to please or impress others.
People who have the mental fortitude to prioritize their own needs and strive to maximize their own experiences don’t give a damn about what others are doing.
Your personal sense of delight might be diminished by jealousy and bitterness. Why even waste your energy on these destructive feelings when they just serve to bring you down?
8) And They never allow anyone to stop them from enjoying themselves.
You should live your life as you see fit. Live each day to the fullest and make the most of your joy and happiness.
Mentally tough individuals let themselves to be the judge of how they feel and respond in situations rather than allowing the beliefs and opinions of others to shape how they perceive events.
According to an article by Laurence Gonzales, author of SURVIVING SURVIVAL: The Art and Science of Resilience:
The idea of what he terms “locus of control” was created by University of Connecticut psychology professor Julian Rotter. Some people, according to him, have an internal locus of control, which means they believe they are mostly in charge of the good and bad things in their lives.
Whatever other people may believe, it will never alter the truth of who you are.
9) They Accept Their Own Failure
Failure terrorizes some of us. To the extent that we can’t bear to participate at all because we don’t want to lose and we don’t want to be teased.
But those with strong mental faculties don’t worry about failing. In fact, they welcome it because they realize that every setback serves as a valuable lesson that strengthens their character as a whole.
10) They also don’t dwell on their errors.
Failure entails making mistakes. Everyone makes errors, but how we deal with them determines how we feel about them.
Some of us are inherently scared of making errors and failing, and we avoid trying at all costs out of dread.
But just like the rest of us, mentally tough individuals make errors; the difference is that they don’t allow those mistakes define who they are. They grow from them and continue.
The Art of Resilience, a Psychology Today article by journalist Hara Estroff Marano, stated the following:
The greatest skill of existence may be resilience. A belief in oneself as well as a belief in something bigger than oneself is at the core of resilience. Adversity does not characterize resilient individuals. They overcome sorrow and loss by working toward an objective that is greater than themselves and see difficult circumstances as a passing phase of life.
11) They Enjoy Change
The most enjoyable activity for the psychologically tough person is adapting. Instead of being terrified of change, they search for every chance to unravel it because they understand that it might restrict what you can do in life.
12) They’re Now Afraid To Say No.
You could already feel as though you can’t refuse your boss’s requests for assistance.
But psychologically tough individuals understand the value of “no.” Saying “no” demonstrates that you value your personal time and space and are aware when it is appropriate to defend your needs and goals rather than allowing them to be violated. Second, they are also adept at rejecting vices.
By saying no, they can be sure to accomplish their own job first and not overextend themselves,
Enough is enough for everybody, sometimes.
13) They Remove Toxic Conditions
Because of how toxic they are, toxic people serve as anchors in our life. If we aren’t careful, they may even make us into toxic individuals. This is something that mentally tough individuals are aware of, and they make every effort to avoid poisonous people.
They are able to distinguish between the poisonous behavior of others and their own genuine, healthy emotions, and they don’t let their rage or irritation cause internal instability.
In fact, an 80-year Harvard research found that the quality of our closest connections may have a big influence on how happy we are.
Last but not least….
They’re Always Confident
For some of us, confidence comes and goes depending on the day or the complement we receive.
Whether you think you can, or think you can’t… you’re right.
Henry Ford
However, those that are psychologically tough develop their own confidence, which they live with. Additionally, they give people confidence, which improves their leadership and role modeling abilities.
According to a recent research reported by Science Daily, those who are more confident than others tend to earn greater salaries and advance through the ranks more swiftly.
They Also Possess High Emotional Intelligence, which is
One of the most vital characteristics of a psychologically tough person is emotional intelligence. Controlling your own emotions begins with learning to comprehend and put up with the behaviors and ideas of others.
And EQ has the wonderful quality of being something you can build and learn. Sadly, not many individuals have strong EQ; a recent research indicated that only 36% of people can correctly recognize their own emotions while they are occurring.
Prioritizing oneself
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What is your current top priority?
Is it so you can purchase the automobile you have been saving for?
to finally begin that side business that will maybe one day enable you to quit your 9-to-5 job?
Or to eventually ask your lover to move in and accept the risk?
Whatever it is, if you don’t have a strategy, you won’t get there.
Even then, plans fall through.
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