Best Books for Mental Toughness

during covid I began doing long distance running because my weight equipment was a bit delayed. listening to jocko read passages from about face where they talked about the korean war or when he talked about the chechen conflicts makes running up a hill in a country club neighborhood seem so bitch. if you're paying attention, the thought "this isn't that bad" will enter your mind and help you push through.

I cannot consider myself tough, but I am tougher than I once was, what helped me was making myself uncomfortable, whether that's time in the sauna, distance running, hard workouts, learning a new skill, etc., all of that helps harden you. reading a book (unless the book is stretching you) will not accomplish that. it may give you the motivation you need to do that hard thing, but if I were you, I'd look at some of the books mentioned as an add-on

that said, other books that really make you feel insignificant are usually about war, marine sniper by charles henderson, spanish civil war by paul preston, about face by hackworth, etc., the more gruesome and real, the better.