Jason Selk's Executive Toughness breaks mental toughness into four practices: set solution-focused goals, use identity-based affirmations to control self-talk, visualize successful performance, and do daily mental reps to stay sharp. The 102nd mental workout is recommended to keep focus and confidence locked in.
Questions this episode answers
July 26, 2025
Chapters
Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to Heroic Wisdom Daily. Today's book Executive Toughness by Jason Selk. A practical guide to developing the mental strength, focus and confidence required to lead under pressure and perform at your best consistently. As always. Check out the notes in the app. Here's your one minute summary. Mental toughness is trainable. Just like your muscles, your mindset. Get stronger faster through daily reps. Set relentless solution focused goals. Train your brain to focus on what can be done, not what's wrong. Control your self talk. Build confidence by repeating identity based affirmations and success statements. Check out the notes for how to go about doing that. Visualize the win. Mentally rehearse your goals and ideal performance. See it, feels, feel it, own it and stick to your 102nd mental workout. Brief daily routines keep your focus, confidence and motivation sharp. Peak performance starts before the pressure hits. So what mental rep will you complete today? Speaking of peak performance, check out the app for the notes and peak performance 101. We've also got anti fragility 101 and confidence 101 and a ton of notes on Peak performance, mental toughness, etc. Hope you enjoy.
