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Sisu: How to Develop Mental Toughness in the Face of Adversity
The mud consumed each man till there was nothing visible but our heads. The instructors told us we could leave the mud if only five men would quit — just five men — and we could get out of the oppressive cold. Looking around the mud flat it was apparent that some students were about to give up. It was still over eight hours till the sun came up — e... See more
William H. McRaven • "Make Your Bed"
fuelled by Welsh potato cakes, I was proving conventional wisdom wrong. Inspired by my Minke Mum and wrapped in whale-like work capacity, my body would not break and my mind would not quit, and all because I knew Fast Can Be Fragile and Slow Can Be Strong.
Ross Edgley • The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body
a tough-minded optimism is best. The future is not shaped by people who don't really believe in the future. Men and women of vitality have always been prepared to bet their futures, even their lives, on ventures of unknown outcome. If they had all looked before they leaped, we would still be crouched in caves sketching animal pictures on the wall,
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James Clear • "Personal Renewal"
The mental game has to change as you progress through the stages. Some stages are easy and invigorating. Some stages are devastating and crushing. Some hurt emotionally more than physically. At each step in the process you have to develop a new toolset to overcome them. This is what I had been doing on this run. I overcame the early hurdle of not b
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