# Why getting into an ice bath is comparable to any other challenge in our lives > Why getting into an ice bath is comparable to any other challenge in our lives - Canonical: https://neurohackingly.com/en-wim-hof-method-decision/ - Published: 2022-11-13 - Updated: 2023-09-16 - Author: Lukas Zangerl - Tags: health-fitness ![Person in ice bath outdoors during winter](../../assets/content-images/en-wim-hof-method-decision/4128048B-3004-46EF-8096-94448EF3050E.jpeg) ![Close-up of ice bath water with ice cubes](../../assets/content-images/en-wim-hof-method-decision/E8CA4A7F-6FC5-4F1D-AA7F-1755199707BB.jpeg) 👋 Hello friend Today I did the [Wim Hof Method breathing method.](/how-to-stop-overthinking/) And what can never be missing according to the Wim Hof method? Exactly, **the good old ice bath.** So, I so at a pleasant 15 ° C comfortably in the bathtub, (😉) when the following came to mind by the increased sensitivity due to the cold: The process of taking an ice bath is similar to any challenge in our lives. ## The reason why some people succeed in challenges and others do not is HOW they make a decision. I decided with **absolute certainty to** go to the ice bath. (unlike other times 😉) Then my brain went through all the [submodalities](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinnesmodalit%C3%A4t) like seeing, hearing and feeling: **👀 Seeing:** As a result, images have appeared in my head of me lying down in the bathtub with only my head looking out of the water. **🤲 Feeling:** I associated a feeling of safety with it (can't remember exactly where and what I felt in my body). **đŸĻģ Listening:** Also, I remembered the sentence that was told to me by a Wim Hof instructor: "Take control." #### The initial change is the biggest hurdle. Like any challenge, it was hard when I put my first foot in the bathtub. Until about 10 seconds after I was in the bathtub. After 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, I didn't want to get out of the water. **The 15°C became my new standard.** ## The images/thoughts/feelings play out so quickly, one after the other that we usually don't have time to really perceive them, let alone understand them. Here's what happened: I reached for the shampoo to wash my hair. **Immediately my brain pictured images of** how I have the head underwater and I perceived an unpleasant tingling in the head. What just happened? My brain warned me not to set a new standard. I had already experienced what it felt like with my head in ice-cold water. My brain told me, "Alarm, alarm, alarm." 🚨🚔 **It's made to protect us from danger.** ## Summary: From this I have derived the following process of how we work through challenges #1 🧠 Brain creates images/voices/feelings of challenge in the future (submodalities) #2 ⚖ Make decision #3 🏌ī¸ Execution (ideally with 100% conviction) #4 🏋ī¸ Initial difficulty #5 🏄 Flow state and new standard set I'm excited to hear about you and your decisions this week. Have a great week! xx Luke P.S. Thanks to [Ship30for30](https://ship.samcart.com/referral/PXfswEHj/MSijcsFBbvFMTN3V) I was allowed to publish an Atomic Essay (300words) every day for the last 30 days. If you **want to start writing online,** Ship30for30 is the best course in terms of price/quality. ✅ I wrote a [Writing Online checklist](/checklist-ship30for30/) about this. * * * # 💎 My favourite Things 🛠 **My all time favourite Tools, Apps & Books [Zur Liste](/my-favourite-apps/)** (Blogpost von Oktober) **📚 Youtube Video** das mich dazu **inspiriert hat heute ein Eisbad zu nehmen.** [Yes Theory + Wim Hof "Becoming Superhuman"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cvhwquPqJ0) * * * # 🎁 My New Content 🎧 [The](/audio-programs-self-improvement-tony-robbins/) [**8 best audio programs by Tony Robbins**](/audio-programs-self-improvement-tony-robbins/)[, including the #1 self development system ever "Ultimate Edge", +100 hours of audio content: These are](/audio-programs-self-improvement-tony-robbins/) [**my top 10 takeaways**](/audio-programs-self-improvement-tony-robbins/) [+ 5 bonus insights](/audio-programs-self-improvement-tony-robbins/) 🤑 [Revealed: Tony Robbins 4-step-process on **how to sell anything.** I found rare footage explaining how he sells his products and seminars to make millions](/sell-anything/) 🚀 [My Personal **Top 10 Takeaways** From Tony Robbin's 50-Hour-Long **NLP Seminar "Unleash The Power Within"** That Will Completely Transform Your Energy, Focus, and Drive](/nlp-seminar-unleash-the-power-within-10-takeaways/) đŸĻģ [I asked a **communication expert**: Mastering these **three listening skills** will improve your personal and professional relationships.](/listening-skills/) * * * # ✍đŸģ Quote of the week: > We can study every single mystery of the brain, but its greatest mystery is its ability to transform and change. From [Into the Magic Shop](https://amzn.to/3Ac7fg5) by James R. Doty.