These days, we could do with all the mental strength we can muster.
Mental strength is the ability to productively regulate your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, even in the face of adversity. And adversity is in no short supply. If you want to overcome more challenges, achieve more success, experience more happiness and less stress — it takes mental strength.
After spending decades studying mental strength and interviewing and surveying thousands of people for my recent book, “The Mentally Strong Leader″, I have good news. The mentally strongest people tend to share certain habits we can learn from. There are patterns I’ve noticed when it comes to what they say (and don’t say) and what they do.
1. Manage emotions without minimizing them
2. Remember confidence isn’t the absence of doubt
3. Talk to yourself like a friend in need
4. Know your resilience needs and draw on resources accordingly
5. Don’t let the daily grind get you down
6. Unlearn as needed
7. Act like an epicenter of encouragement
8. Act like change is happening for you, not to you
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-- Scott Mautz
