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Kittikhun

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What's your definition of mental toughness? What keeps you going when that pain or boredom just seems too much to continue to bear?

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Persistence and integrity.

What keeps me going during tough times is that it's all 'training' for some single unknown event in the future.

ie: When I have to work my 12+ hour days, I find comfort knowing that if in the future there is an emergency requiring me to work say 16 hours straight, I will be well prepared for it.
 

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i'd say its ones ability to resistance mind control by telepaths
 

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The ability to have your a hand stabbed at with a meat clever and not flinched

The strength to work 6+ hours on the same subject
 

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Mental toughness is basically the ability to believe in yourself even if your back is against the wall and it looks impossible.

Djokovic was 2 match-points down in the USO2010 semi-finals against Roger Federer.

He wins in the end.

Djokovic was 2 match-points down in the USO2011 semi-finals against Roger Federer, again.

Again, he wins in the end.

Answer to 2nd question is:

'Pain is temporary, victory is forever'
 

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The dream of one day becoming a great surgeon, and i know that i need to be mentally strong otherwise i won't get there. So that's what keeps me going.

This is actually an interesting thread haha
 
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Willpower.

The will to resist temptations, to fight onward, to persist, to endure, to be consistent.
 

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What keeps you going when that pain or boredom just seems too much to continue to bear?
Integrity and ego.

Mostly ego :haha:

Also the thought of swimming in the dollars and my future house.
 

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Basically if you are mentally strong and you don't feel any little bit emotions quickly so you can say you are mentally tough. Yoga meditation these things really helps to make your mind tough.
 

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