Mental Toughness: Master Your Mind, Tips and Strategies to Increase Your Mental Strength to Achieve Your Goals Easily and Confidently

By Hugh Covey

In this book, you will find how to:

• Identify limited thinking that holds you back
• Use the power of your mind to create better results
• Boost your confidence and courage
• Attract the people and opportunities that you crave
• Stop sabotaging your success and enjoy taking practical action steps toward your goals
• Find more time to do what you love with friends and family
• Find out how to tap into your own internal motivation to get what you want
• Develop unstoppable courage that will help you defeat fear
• Increase your talent for persuasion

Are you sick and tired of letting fear hold you back from the things you want? Do you feel like your mental fortitude and strength is severely lacking? Does the thought of change terrify you when you think about making the first step? Do you find your own thoughts working against you versus working for you?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hugh Covey
• Release date: Jun 24, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393571315

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MENTAL TOUGHNESS:

MASTER YOUR MIND, TIPS AND STRATEGIES TO INCREASE YOUR MENTAL STRENGTH TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS EASILY AND CONFIDENTLY

By Stephen Hugh Covey

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter1: What is Mental Toughness?

Qualities of People who are Mentally Tough

Chapter 2: How to be Emotionally Strong

Staying Positive

Saying No to the Critics

Tips to Develop Emotional Intelligence

Chapter 3: Grow Physically Tough to Grow Mentally

Envision your Goal

Building Consistency

Small Wins Pay Off!

Chapter 4: Unleashing Your Mind Power

Learn from Your Mistakes

Making the Commitment

Putting it All Together

Your Inner Eagle

Activate Now

Chapter 5: Mental Toughness in Action

Mental Toughness in Sports

Mental Toughness in the Workplace

Mental Toughness in Entrepreneurship

Mental Toughness in Education

Mental Toughness in the Military

Mental Toughness in Personal Matters

Chapter 6: Becoming Mentally Strong

Confidence

Neutralizing Toxic People’s Effects on You

Embracing Change

Overcoming Fear

Embracing Failure and Refraining from Dwelling

Optimism

Chapter7: Techniques to improve your mental toughness

Improving Focus with the Help of Meditation and Visualization

Giving Your Best When Under Pressure

Staying Motivated

Developing Self-Control

Taking on Challenges and Responsibilities

Embracing Positive Thinking

Determination to Succeed

Accepting that Competition is Inevitable

Bouncing Back from Setbacks

Developing Unshakable Self-belief in Your Abilities to Succeed

Acquiring the Necessary Skills Required to Accomplish Your Goal

Developing Your Cognitive Mind to Think Like a Winner

Developing Resilience

Commitment to Achieving Your Goals

Surrounding Yourself with Positive People

Chapter8: Myths about Mentally Strong People

Myth #1: They were all born strong

Myth #2: They are devoid of emotions

Myth #3: They are very aggressive

Myth #4: They don’t know what hardship is

Myth #5: They don’t ask for help

Myth #6: They don’t have any mental health problems

Myth #7: They take pride in ignoring pain

Chapter9: Difference Between Mentally Strong and Acting Tough

Tough people are of the opinion that failure isn’t an option

Faking toughness to mask insecurities

Acting tough usually involves a lot of pride

Tough people tend to ignore their emotions

They thrive on power

Acting tough = Tolerating pain

Chapter10: Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do

They don’t feel sorry for themselves

They never give their power away

Change doesn’t scare them

They don’t get scared of risks

They don’t feel that the world owes them

Don’t expect immediate results

Chapter11: Habits to Develop mental strength

Judicious use of their mental energy

Reframing all negative thoughts

Working towards established goals

Reflecting on their progress

They can tolerate discomfort

Being grateful

Balancing emotions and logic

Living according to their values

Chapter 12: Improving Your Emotional Intelligence

Step 1: Notice how you feel

Step 2: Pay attention to your behavior

Step 3: Start taking responsibility

Step 4: Responding instead of reacting

Step 5: Learn to empathize

Step 6: Creating a positive environment

Step 7: It is a continuous process

Chapter 13: Setting Goals to increase your mental strength

Always start with the ideal situation

Always write down your goals

Determine its importance

Your goals should add some meaning to your life

Prioritize and pursue your goal

Create a reward system

Less is more

Option to go public or staying private

Plan of action

Adjust and adapt

Chapter14: The essence of mental toughness

How mental toughness can help you to make better decisions

How mental toughness can help you to overcome loss

The value of controlling emotional responses

The impact of mental toughness on relationships

How mental toughness leads to self-improvement

How mental toughness helps to Improve your mental wellbeing

How mental toughness helps to Improve your physical wellbeing

How mental toughness helps to Build self-esteem

How mental toughness helps to Increase potential

How mental toughness helps to Overcome failure

Chapter 15: Building an unbeatable mind

Keep your emotions in check

Practice detachment

Accept what is beyond your control

Always be prepared

Take the time to embrace success

Be happy with what you have

Be happy with who you are

Chapter 16: Gaining Full Control (You Are Not What You Think)

The nature of thoughts

Learning to organize thoughts

The art of programming your mind

Living beyond your thoughts

Actions speak louder than words

Conclusion

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing this book. This book was created to help you achieve mental toughness, which is a crucial skill when it comes to successfully conquering any goals you set out to achieve in life. Mental toughness is both a strength and an asset, which you will learn more about shortly.

I hope this book helps you understand more about this powerful mental skill and how you can use it to have the best life possible.

Please, enjoy! 

I am sure you have decided to read this book because you want to become more mentally tough. Maybe you're tired of the same old lifestyle or giving up when you really want to reach your destiny. If you have picked up this book, then you have already decided you want to develop the mental toughness it takes to get there.

Many people are scared to admit they have to take the time to grow stronger in areas of weakness, and this is what holds them back in every area of life imaginable. If you never acknowledge your weak points, it will be nearly impossible to fix them. Understanding you need to grow stronger mentally is one of the hardest parts of the battle, and you have already overcome it.

Chapter1: What is Mental Toughness?

Mental toughness is an incredible skill that many successful people use to help them overcome adversity and lead their life with greater levels of success. This skill is one that takes time to master, but once you have developed it, it can help you out greatly when it comes to achieving your goals in life. Whether you want to try something brand new, get to greater heights with an existing skill, or otherwise achieve more in life, mental toughness can greatly help you get there.

Many people confuse mental toughness with other mental strengths, such as resilience and confidence. Although they are a part of mental toughness, they are not the same as mental toughness. Rather, mental toughness is more of a measurement of these skills. When someone is considered to be mentally tough, it is believed that they feature a variety of mental strengths that contribute to their overall mental toughness. People who are mentally tough learn to master their emotions through emotional intelligence, they have greater levels of confidence, and they are excellent at embracing change. They are not stopped by those with toxic beliefs, or those who try to stand in their path to greatness. It is easy for them to say no, and they even use it against their fears. They are not willing to let anything stop them from achieving what they have set out to achieve. Furthermore, mental toughness shows up in people who are capable of embracing their failures without dwelling on the mistakes they made that led them there. Instead, they see it as an opportunity to learn and use that information as a lesson to help them succeed in the future. A person who is mentally tough will let absolutely nothing stand in their path, regardless of whether that obstacle is showing up as a person, a circumstance, a situation, or even themselves. They will always work to overcome it so that they can achieve what they have set out to