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Comment on Ask HN: Which are some of the best books on Mental Toughness?

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Commentarii de Bello Gallico by Julius Caesar

By far my favorite example of any individual human's mental (and often physical) toughness. There's a thousand examples where he displayed herculean mental strength in the face over overwhelming situations.

Some that come to mind:

1. He took groups of cavalry out on attacks during a heavy winter, letting each group of soldiers take a turn resting, while he went out on every mission.

2. He grabbed a shield an went to the front of the lines when the Nervii were about to slaughter his entire force. Turning the tide in a situation almost no one else could have survived.

3. Instead of giving up the siege of Alesia when a massive relieving army was inbound, he went double or nothing by enclosing himself in a double wall investment.

4. He attacked a beach full of unknown numbers of enemy soldiers with chariots, in D-day style amphibious assault.

He did a hundred major things like this in his life, and a thousand minor ones we know about.

An excellent audiobook version is available free https://archive.org/details/Commentaries_Gaius_Julius_Caesar

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