Mental Toughness - by Kevin Artos (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

In today's world, everyone needs mental toughness, and the people with the strongest minds have an advantage - an edge that you can benefit from if you want to get through life and accomplish your goals while feeling more confident, more resilient, healthier and happier. Mental toughness gives you the ability to set goals and formulate effective plans to achieve them.

It gives you the willpower and determination to stop procrastinating and staying focused. It is what allows you to face challenges and obstacles and gives you the follow through to achieve your goals.

Mental toughness can help you in every facet of your life. It can help you manage your emotions, take control of your negative thoughts, form goals that are in line with your current values and beliefs, and reduce and alleviate some stress.

• Did you know that one common trait of a person who has an unbeatable mind, a mind that is mentally tough, is possessing emotional intelligence? An intelligence which has the ability to understand own emotions as well as others'. The value of this form of intelligence is tremendous when building mental strength.

• Did you know that people with mental toughness all have common habits? Some of these habits include: staying calm under pressure, not wasting time on things that cannot be controlled, trying to change themselves not other people, not wasting time on jealousy, not spending time thinking about what others think of them, being thankful for what they have, avoiding criticizing others and situations, and living in the present and not in the past.

• Did you know that you should set SMART goals? SMART goals which are 1) Specific, 2) Measurable, 3) Attainable, 4) Relevant, and 5) Time-Bound. It is important that goals meet all of these criteria. You need to read this book to find out why!

• Did you know that you should workout and strengthen your mind in a similar manner that you train your body to be strong? This is done through practice, steadily increasing the amount of pressure as you become acclimated to it, surrounding yourself with people who are mentally strong and more.

Everyone would love to become mentally stronger, but most people never thought about why mental strength is necessary and how it should be developed. Mental strength can be developed from a variety of techniques, many of which are detailed throughout this book.

Furthermore, stress, fear, and mental toughness have a direct correlation to each other. Both stress and fear can lower our mental strength; however, a mind that is trained to withstand these powerful emotional forces can excel and go on to accomplish its set goals.