What Is Mental Toughness, and Where Can I Get Some?

Research into athletes’ mindsets can help every person become psychologically stronger.
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  • @unleashingpotential-psycho9433
    @unleashingpotential-psycho94334 жыл бұрын

    Mental toughness comes from practice and everyone can get it 🔥

  • @roamingthereal4060

    @roamingthereal4060

    4 жыл бұрын

    Everything comes from thoughtful practice.

  • @Mensmentalwealth911

    @Mensmentalwealth911

    4 жыл бұрын

    Practice and skills training. Sometimes people don't have the technical skills (athletic or social skills) and need to learn them. But, once they do, practice is essential until it becomes habit.

  • @alexscofield1198
    @alexscofield11984 жыл бұрын

    David Goggins for mental toughness. I really recommend his book "Can't Hurt Me"

  • @introvertedleaders3356

    @introvertedleaders3356

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the recommendation. Gotta look into it.

  • @ProTroll69

    @ProTroll69

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hard to listen to military types after you watch them get smoked by hippies on "Naked and Afraid". I myself did 4 years in the Marines and never felt mentally tough.

  • @rafadydkiemmacha7543
    @rafadydkiemmacha75434 жыл бұрын

    Doubt in yourself is waste of time and energy if you think about it.

  • @whatisdisshit

    @whatisdisshit

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly.. And yet most of us give into it.

  • @rafadydkiemmacha7543

    @rafadydkiemmacha7543

    4 жыл бұрын

    Marauder Shields sadly.

  • @Mensmentalwealth911
    @Mensmentalwealth9114 жыл бұрын

    Improving your mental toughness by positive self talk, visualization, focus and goals is terrific advice regardless of your reasons. Cognitive-behavior therapy emphasizes how thoughts impacts feelings and behaviors, however there are so many variables to consider. Recently, Jack Hatton, a 24 year old Judo Olympic hopeful, died. Although the cause of death has not been released there are reports that his last search was for mental health services. I would be very reluctant to say he wasn't "mentally tough." He was a successful, high level athlete. Many highly successful people have committed suicide. Mental toughness was not their problem. Sometimes, things happen in life and that does not mean that a person is not mentally tough. So although the advice given in this video is excellent, it doesn't mean a person is or is not mentally tough.

  • @wayneessar7489
    @wayneessar74894 жыл бұрын

    You can be mentally tough and thrive in cooperation and collaboration, not just competition.

  • @introvertedleaders3356

    @introvertedleaders3356

    4 жыл бұрын

    Totally agree!

  • @savagewarrior5343
    @savagewarrior53434 жыл бұрын

    Brother you continue in every video to inspire me to fight for my channel. Thanks.

  • @houssemgara1570
    @houssemgara15704 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Thank you

  • @TheFlyingReporters
    @TheFlyingReporters4 жыл бұрын

    I really love this channel. Great content!

  • @hungrypeople
    @hungrypeople4 жыл бұрын

    Love your video so inspiring!!

  • @BrianDonato
    @BrianDonato4 жыл бұрын

    It's so interesting how toughness is defined - awesome perspective! It's something I discuss in the latest video on my channel as well, & providing a blueprint for my child on how to be tough. Thank you for the content.

  • @StarlynsAgency
    @StarlynsAgency4 жыл бұрын

    This might be the best channel in youtube. I hope doesn't get demonitized

  • @lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385
    @lovepeaceisneverguaranteed73854 жыл бұрын

    This is absolutely true.

  • @carolineandtigger
    @carolineandtigger4 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate your videos. I learn a lot every time. Thank you.

  • @TheArtofImprovement

    @TheArtofImprovement

    4 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate that you watch them.

  • @Mah-LonCreativity
    @Mah-LonCreativity4 жыл бұрын

    I was mentally weak from high school all the way through college. These concepts I had to learn the hard way. I'm glad that there is a way to ensure I stay on the right track. Thanks for the video.

  • @introvertedleaders3356

    @introvertedleaders3356

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don't worry, I've been there too. But it's never too late to learn these concepts and be mentally tough.

  • @mdtaylor2274
    @mdtaylor22744 жыл бұрын

    I'll always be happy to help support your channel and quest for providing solutions for self improvement. You've hit 280k subscribers and I can see 500k coming soon 👍🏼

  • @TheArtofImprovement

    @TheArtofImprovement

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Michael. I've got a long road ahead of me but I will keep going

  • @mdtaylor2274

    @mdtaylor2274

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheArtofImprovement I really like were you went with this one for mental toughness. Throw a couple of mental health inspired videos and financial education in there and you're set. Be the next Napoleon Hill and teach the world what schools neglect 💯

  • @AyaMohamed-rf8jl
    @AyaMohamed-rf8jl4 жыл бұрын

    AMAZING

  • @theartofmastery3674
    @theartofmastery36744 жыл бұрын

    Why are you not monetizing your videos? You deserve it 🙏

  • @hankjones7054
    @hankjones70544 жыл бұрын

    Thing is tho, I can repeat positive thoughts until I feel capable, but when you're actually thrown into a stressful situation those thoughts are not useful. You can't just repeat thoughts to yourself when you have to be in the moment, respond and act and deal with everything it throws at you. The emotion comes through and the words you say to yourself are just words.

  • @ScottSwalwell

    @ScottSwalwell

    4 жыл бұрын

    I find practising meditation and awareness in combination to positice thoughts plus visualizations daily of you handling the stressful situations well works. When in the moment stop and take 10 deep breaths counting to 3 when breathing in and 3 when out.

  • @Mensmentalwealth911

    @Mensmentalwealth911

    4 жыл бұрын

    You need to practice until the new thoughts become automatic. Old thoughts need to be replaced by learning more effective and rational ways of thinking. Otherwise, you are right, they will just be pretty words that will be useless when they are needed. Changing your thoughts at a deeper level is essential. Cognitive-behavior therapy is designed to change core beliefs from irrational and unhelpful to rational and realistic and have them become automatic and habitual.

  • @holycrapfreakinsweet

    @holycrapfreakinsweet

    4 жыл бұрын

    the thing here is, when you find yourself in those precarious and stressful moments you mentioned, how you respond is the measure your mental toughness. in short, if you shrink, just goes to show how weak your mental toughness is. honestly, there is no way around it other than that. or in laymans term, an excuse.

  • @hankjones7054

    @hankjones7054

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@holycrapfreakinsweet Yeah but the point of this video is how to develop this mental toughness. Obviously a lot of people watching this consider themselves weak in stressful moments. It's no good saying to them 'well you must be weak' when the whole philosophy of the video is that you can become stronger. It feels like all you're saying is 'tough you've got to deal with it or you're weak' which is not very helpful.

  • @Mensmentalwealth911

    @Mensmentalwealth911

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@holycrapfreakinsweet Is mental toughness all-or-nothing? Is it on a continuum? Can it be situational? An executive can be very tough at work but less so with family issues. An athlete can be focused and mentally during the game but be a follower and give in to peer pressure off the field. Can a person be emotionally tough for 5 years and then for one game lose focus but then return to mental toughness the following game? I think flexibility, adaptability and an expansive view of mental toughness or any other issue is a sign of mental strength. But, I agree that sometimes it can also be used as an excuse. It depends on so many different factors.

  • @azemzejnilovic2893
    @azemzejnilovic28934 жыл бұрын

    I love this ending music. Does it have a name ?

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    Use the body to train the mind. If you want to develop mental toughness, start making use of ice baths and saunas. Be safe with the practice and design it with purpose but both will increase your mental toughness far more than talking gibberish to yourself. Plus you can train it through progressive, measureable overload. On the same line training with weights, doing martial arts, especially grappling arts can develop toughness.

  • @MastaInferno

    @MastaInferno

    4 жыл бұрын

    I Agree add Meditation in the Mix & You're Golden!!!

  • @KuHnSniping
    @KuHnSniping4 жыл бұрын

    Hello, Nice video With what programm do you make your animations?

  • @TheArtofImprovement

    @TheArtofImprovement

    4 жыл бұрын

    There's a link in the description

  • @elysabethmuliawan9961
    @elysabethmuliawan99614 жыл бұрын

    What?? That's mental toughness? It should be stay sane in this insane world and stay kind to those unkind. Ask the victim of wars and abuse who choose to stay alive instead of ending it. There are other 2 Cs for that: courage and compassion. Staying ahead in a competition is not mental toughness is ambitious.

  • @politereminder6284

    @politereminder6284

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I agree. I kind of found this video weird. It's good advice and all, but it's great for people who are already in a good place. The sports metaphors threw me off because I am struggling with disability. It felt more like he was talking about physical endurance than about mental toughness.

  • @danadowning2065

    @danadowning2065

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@politereminder6284 Sports metaphors are way overused. I'll go With Mental Toughness as a personality trait that can be learned. For myself, I can trace it to when I was three, four years old (1963, 1964... a whole different world). The things we did and explored on our own.... But there also has to be something in the person. It has been said that many who survived the death camps of World War II had better mental toughness. How can surviving THAT be learned? And I don't know how mental toughness can be separated from self reliance. Since we all have limitations, self reliance is relative. So even with a disability, it is about maximization. And Mental Toughness is far more than physicality. Because of ADHD (years before there was such a thing) I got through high school, college, and grad school without being able to read more than a couple of pages at a time. I attribute that to Mental Toughness. I wasn't going to give up.

  • @vanimaduray5473

    @vanimaduray5473

    4 жыл бұрын

    Love your comment - compassion for yourself is just as critical as showing it for others and is frequently the missing element in so many of our responses to stressful situations.

  • @timjordanLA
    @timjordanLA4 жыл бұрын

    Where are you from? I like your voice but I don't know where

  • @SandyRegion
    @SandyRegion4 жыл бұрын

    Ask David Goggins what mental toughness is.

  • @severusfloki5778

    @severusfloki5778

    4 жыл бұрын

    He just runs lmao

  • @atmshuvo44
    @atmshuvo444 жыл бұрын

    Add some music pls..

  • @xaviusamericus9561
    @xaviusamericus95614 жыл бұрын

    Mental Toughness, otherwise known as High Pain Tolerance.

  • @PcCAvioN
    @PcCAvioN4 жыл бұрын

    You're gonna ask dudes that play with balls all day what it means to be tough, but not fighters? Tell me something more mentally tough than wrestling, boxing, Muay Thai, etc

  • @danimonyo2296

    @danimonyo2296

    4 жыл бұрын

    Navy seal training

  • @PcCAvioN

    @PcCAvioN

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@danimonyo2296 you aren't mentally tough if you cry yourself to sleep every night :p

  • @danimonyo2296

    @danimonyo2296

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@PcCAvioN did you watch David goggins? If not please listen to his story. Have a nice day, peace.: )

  • @PcCAvioN

    @PcCAvioN

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@danimonyo2296 yes, one shining example in a sea of suicides and counseling :p I know I'm being an asshole, and in being facetious. If I don't do this on the internet then I do it in real life 🙄

  • @danimonyo2296

    @danimonyo2296

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@PcCAvioN I suppose you should listen to Carl Jung's shadow there are several videos about it in video