Want to Develop Incredible Willpower and Mental Toughness? A Navy SEAL Says Always Do This

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Success is based on a number of factors. Intelligence, experience, talent, education all play their part...but often what separates success from failure is perseverance. Keep going and you still have a chance to succeed; quit, and all hope of success is lost.

So when the going gets tough and the odds seem long, how do you deal with the sense of doubt that starts to chip away at your motivation and willpower?

Start by accepting that doubt is a natural part of the process.

If you're even a semi-regular reader of mine, by now you know I love the reality series The Selection: Special Operations Experiment, which airs Thursday nights at 10 p.m. EST on History. (Or you can catch up on the show's site.) Thirty people with no military background undertake extreme physical and mental challenges; their instructors are combat veterans from various U.S. Special Operations units including Navy SEALs, Special Forces Green Berets, and Army Rangers.

Recently I had the honor of talking with one of the instructors, Navy SEAL Ray Care, about perseverance, developing the right mindset, and how the only limits we really have are self-imposed. Then I talked with another instructor, Army Ranger Tyler Grey, about adaptability, attitude, mental toughness, and how in life there is no finish line.

And because too much advice from incredibly smart people is never enough, this time I talked with another instructor, Navy SEAL Sean Haggerty, about pushing through doubt -- and how that ability is so important in business and in life.

You said during your BUD/S (SEAL training) you were constantly doubting yourself. How did you push through those moments?

Don't confuse doubting yourself with accepting failure.

Everyone questions whether they can actually accomplish something difficult while they're doing it. That's normal.

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