{"id":4650,"date":"2015-02-26T21:02:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T20:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?p=4650"},"modified":"2015-03-02T13:26:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T12:26:51","slug":"what-mentally-strong-people-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/what-mentally-strong-people-know\/","title":{"rendered":"What Mentally Strong People Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We often hear advice like, &#8220;<em>Think positive and good things will happen<\/em>,&#8221; or &#8220;<em>Try your hardest and eventually things will work out.<\/em>&#8221; This works because most times, your success is directly linked to how you think.<\/p>\n<p>One major fact about successful people is that they manage their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors in ways that set them up for success in life.<\/p>\n<p>We can all learn from these mentally strong people and accordingly, we can become mentally strong(er) ourselves. And when we do that we enjoy more success, happiness and less distress.<\/p>\n<p>Mentally strong people do not:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Quit when things get tough<\/li>\n<li>Waste time feeling sorry for themselves<\/li>\n<li>Blame others for their problems<\/li>\n<li>Envy others<\/li>\n<li>Shy away from change<\/li>\n<li>Worry about pleasing others<\/li>\n<li>Waste energy on things they can\u2019t control<\/li>\n<li>Dwell on the past<\/li>\n<li>Go along with the crowd<\/li>\n<li>Procastinate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mentally strong people do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They know failure is part of success<\/li>\n<li>They believe in themselves<\/li>\n<li>They celebrate the success and happiness of others<\/li>\n<li>They train their minds to see the good in everything<\/li>\n<li>They use their fear to motivate action<\/li>\n<li>They learn from their mistakes<\/li>\n<li>They take calculated risks<\/li>\n<li>They are tenacious with their goals<\/li>\n<li>They are not too proud to learn from others<\/li>\n<li>They spend quality time alone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So SL Fabz, which side are you on? Have you been doing the things mentally strong people do or don&#8217;t?<\/p>\n<p>I encourage us all to join the train and build ourselves up mentally.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to hear from you. Look through the list. What is the most difficult thing you feel you shouldn&#8217;t be doing but can&#8217;t help yourself. Or the most difficult thing you feel you should be doing but aren&#8217;t. Let&#8217;s learn from each other.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This article is inspired by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amymorinlcsw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Morin<\/a>&#8216;s bestselling book, 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don&#8217;t Do<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We often hear advice like, &#8220;Think positive and good things will happen,&#8221; or &#8220;Try your hardest and eventually things will work out.&#8221; This works [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[535,309,59,534,536],"class_list":["post-4650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-make-me-fabulous","tag-encouragement","tag-happiness","tag-inspiration","tag-mentally-strong","tag-success"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4650"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4726,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4650\/revisions\/4726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}