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How to cultivate mental toughness
4 methods that will help you
6 min readNov 30, 2020
When you think of a mentally tough person, who comes to mind? For me, it’s Michael Jordan.
Some see Michael as a person whose success was based solely on his inborn talent. That’s not the case.
Some feel that he didn’t have to overcome anything on his path to victory. That’s not the case.
- As a sophomore, he didn't make his varsity team.
- In his first 7 trips to the playoffs, he didn’t make it to the Finals.
- He made it to the Eastern Conference Finals twice, only to be defeated by the Pistons.
- The media said he wasn’t a champion like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.
- When he came into the league many felt that he wouldn’t have much of an impact because at that time it was a “big man’s” league.
He overcame negative criticism from the media. Defeat on the cusp of victory. And victory in the face of difficult circumstances. How? Because he was mentally tough.
If you want to succeed, you have to be mentally tough. Period.
So the question is, how can you cultivate this kind of mental toughness?
