“The Four Pillars of Mental Toughness.”

Goal setting — eat the elephant one bite at a time.

Mental visualization: visualize yourself achieving that goal. Trick your mind into believing that you’ve already finished a run.

Third pillar, positive self talk. It’s just that consistent positive self talk throughout the training day. That helps tremendously, and something they taught us to keep us from breaking.

Arousal control is just figuring out a way to calm yourself down. For everybody it’s different. For some people, it’s a mantra, for some people it’s a breathing technique. For some people it’s listening to music or humming music to themselves. For some people it’s closing their eyes and meditating. I calm myself down by praying. Prayer helps me tremendously.

Remi Adeleke, Navy SEAL

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Chuck Lucas

I am the Editor and Founder of https://principlesneverfail.us/ a blog dedicated to principle centered personal development. The social, intellectual, physical, and spirtual challenges facing individuals and the communities in which we live in 2020 and beyond will require the best that is within us. True principles anchor us to the truths previously discovered. We can move forward into the future with confidence on the correct path if we do not forsake the truths we already know. My over 50 year quest has been to discover true principles and seek to understand and strive to apply them in my life. My hope is that some of what I have found may be of value to my family, friends, and to you.

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