HOW TO BECOME A MENTALLY STRONG HUMAN BEING AND RETAIN YOUR PERSONAL POWER

In the world today, for a person become successful, he or she should be able to develop a strong mental ability to be able to resist all the bad things that can happen to him as he tries to achieve his goals and dreams in life.

 What makes a person become very powerful and radiate a lot of energy in situations that others will run away from is their personality and confidence that emerges within them. 

For people who are mentally strong, it is very easy for them to display their confidence and toughness very naturally. This will happen to them as if they are not even aware of what is actually happening to them.  

There are some things that people who are mentally strong do that make them look very powerful and leaders who can be trusted and relied on in tough times.

 Today, I will talk about how you can keep your personal power even when you are looked at as a failure in times of hardship. 

Here are things that mentally strong people do that keeps them always on top of their games.

1. Mentally strong people do not care about what other people are thinking

For a mentally strong person, the opinions of other people do not matter much because they do believe that the only person who can accomplish their dreams and goals for themselves is them and no one else. 

Mentally strong people may be able to gauge with others, listen to their opinions on certain things but one thing that they will not try to do is to try to please everyone that they do come across. 

You can try to understand people, get their opinions but the final decision that you do make should not only depend on the decisions that are made by other people. 

Mentally strong people will always make the decisions themselves and make sure that it is themselves that make what counts in their lives after all that others have said. Mentally strong people become powerful simply because they make their own decisions.

2. Mentally strong people do not wait for other people to solve their problems

One thing that mentally strong people are known for is that they are doers. These people love doing things themselves and they are very active. 

This makes them self-reliant and keeps other people away from taking their power. Mentally strong people will solve their problems and also they are able to jump on opportunities that are presented to them. 

Mentally strong people are very confident and sometimes they even do boast in terms of their achievements. 

These kinds of people are not afraid to make their hands dirty and they will even back up their claims with evidence of doing things.

3. Mentally strong people will admit their mistakes and keep improving themselves

When mentally strong people make mistakes, they will accept that they did make a mistake and they will do everything so that they can improve and become better versions of themselves.

 There are people who like to take short cuts and they will pump up their CVs with achievements that they actually did not attain but mentally strong people are very different. 

Most people hide their mistakes and end up deceiving others about the skills, knowledge and competence that they do posses simply because they are weak people.

 If you want to maintain a position of power, you should be able to admit your weaknesses and you should accept to work hard on becoming a human being that other people will admire and also respect.

4. People who are mentally strong do not always act based on their emotions

Mentally strong people do not do things depending on their emotions but they do make decisions after making some critical decisions about the things that they are doing. 

If you want to become a mentally strong person and be able to take control of situations, you cannot start throwing tantrums and showing off your anger during the time of arguments. 

In order to maintain control of such situations, you will need to keep your cool and analyse the situation that is taking place and unfolding around you.

 If you can learn to keep your cool during a heated argument, you will build a reputation of being a level headed human being and with time you will develop the ability to become a mentally strong human being.

5. Mentally strong people always put in the effort to remain positive and also stay relaxed

If you want to develop the ability to become mentally strong, you will need to learn how to build motivation within yourself and also be able to encourage yourself to chase your goals and dreams. 

The ability to stay calm and also relaxed takes some time to be built and cultivated and therefore it is not an easy thing since anyone can easily start worrying about the bad things that are happening to him or her. 

It takes a lot effort and positive mindset to accept the realities of life and still keep moving forward towards the world of success.

 It is the ability of mentally strong people to always remain calm and relaxed, positive that actually does make them stand out of the crowd.

6. Mentally strong people think very carefully before they can speak or even take action

There is one thing that the mentally strong people beat the rest of the people at and that is their ability to know when to open their mouths to speak and also to know when to actually take action when things get out of hand in their life or when they want something from other people.

 One thing that you can do if you want to retain your personal power in certain situations which I can call fail-safe situations is that you need to learn to keep your mouth shut until you do know when you actually open your mouth in order to turn things in your favour.

 Not everyone will want a situation to actually unfold in your favour and so you should be careful how you talk about certain things.

 This is one reason why it is very important for you to ensure you do take the time to first think about the things that you are going to say, also find the right approach to take, the tone and the words that you will actually be using while saying something.

7. Mentally strong people do value their self-worth and are also very assertive

If you do not know your self-worth or value, it will be very easy for other people to actually take your power away from you. 

This will happen if you cannot effectively set boundaries for yourself in different aspects in your life. 

You should never give other people power over you and you should also protect yourself from the attacks that may be aimed at eroding off your power and confidence altogether. 

You do not need to shout on top of your voice but instead you just need to become assertive and also unyielding when it comes to the values that you do hold core to yourself.

8. Mentally strong people do not do things based on their ego but instead find logical solutions

People who are mentally strong try to avoid making decisions based on their emotions and also they do not show off their erratic emotions in social gatherings.

 Many people lose their personal power simply because they display their erratic emotions to others out there. 

Emotions will make people end up into fist fights over trivial issues that could easily be solved between themselves. 

People who are mentally strong will never engage in fistfights or other similar acts since they do know how to control their emotions properly.

9. Mentally strong people design schedules that are realistic

You will not accomplish much in life if you do not know how to actually organise your life and your daily routines. You should make sure that you are honest to yourself and know that the time you do have will not be enough always. 

You should learn to allocate enough time to things that do add value to you and things that you can actually do. 

You can also delegate things that you are not good at and things that you do not love doing. 

Becoming a mentally strong person can be learnt and if you take your time, you will be able to develop a strong mental strength that will make you stand out of the crowd.