Many of the things that are needed to protect yourself when Doomsday arrives are not physical tools, but mental tools. Focusing and honing the skills of these tips will help ensure your safety at a time when you'll need it the most. Below are just a few mental skills you should learn now, not later.

1) Motivation. Prepping is serious business that takes time, effort and money. If your motivation is to acquire some shiny new toys, you are not a prepper. The motivation has to be the desire to be self-sufficient and independent from government handouts for a day, week, or even a year. Don’t confuse motivation with accomplishment.

2) Project management.  You will need to organize the projects at hand so you see the big picture. The management part will consist of breaking each project down into small, manageable and action-oriented steps.

3) Coping.  Having the ability to cope is a skill that needs constant attention.

4) Flexibility. This is life, after all, and things are never as perfect as we would like them to be.  You are going to need to be flexible because I can guarantee that things will go wrong. Have a plan B and even a plan C.

Now that you know some of the mental tools needed for survival, you're that much closer to be a full fledge professional prepper. A title that gives you the ability to care for yourself and your family in a time when self sustained survival is imminent. To read more about the mental skills that'll help you through difficult SHTF situations, visit Backdoor Survival.