The Game with Alex Hormozi Build a Mind So Strong It Scares People | Ep 971
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Nov 25, 2025 Explore the essence of mental toughness through resilience and behavior change. Discover the six-step behavioral response model that maps out how we react under pressure. Learn about the four key components: tolerance, fortitude, resilience, and adaptability that shape our mental strength. Alex shares insights on turning trauma into a tool for growth and discusses the importance of quick recovery. He encourages reframing adversity to fuel personal development, highlighting how guilt and shame can lead to constructive changes.
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Mental Toughness Is A Measurable Spectrum
- Mental toughness equals the chance a bad thing changes your actions against your goals.
- It is a spectrum, not a binary trait, and can be measured and trained.
Four Components Explain Responses To Hardship
- Mental toughness breaks into four components: tolerance, fortitude, resilience, and adaptability.
- Each component maps to a distinct part of how behavior changes after hardship.
Practice Extending Your Tolerance
- Increase tolerance by practicing maintaining intended behavior during prolonged discomfort.
- Notice how long you act normally before a disruption and extend that duration deliberately.
