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177 Mental Toughness
177 Mental Toughness
Question this— “Are my habits, actions and behavior congruent with the vision I have
for my life?”
Competes Creates
Avoid risk Manage Risk
Live in Delusion Live in Objective Reality
Love to be comfortable Comfortable being uncomfortable
Has a lottery mentality Has Abundance mentality
Hungers for Security Doesn’t believe security exists
Sacrifices growth for safety Sacrifices safety for growth
Operates out of fear and security Operates from love and abundance
Focuses on having Focuses on being
Sees themselves as victim Sees themselves as responsible
Slows down Calms Down
Is Frustrated Is Grateful
Has pipedreams Has vision
Is ego-driven Is spirit driven
Is problem oriented Solution oriented
Thinks they know enough Is eager to learn
Chooses fear Chooses growth
Is boastful Is Humble
Trades time for money Trades ideas for money
Denies their intuition Embraces their intuition
Seeks riches Seeks wealth
Believes their vision only when they see it Knows they will see their vision when they believe it
Coaches through logic Coaches through emotion
Speak the language of fear Speaks the language of love
Problem solving stems from knowledge Problem solving stems from will
- Champions know sustained concentration of thoughts and action is usually the true
key to their success.
“Write down single most important goal you want to achieve in the next twelve
months and make a commitment to concentrate on achieving it- no matter what it takes.
- Average performers tend to believe truth and fact are the same, the world class
knows there is a difference. Fact is reality. Truth is our perception of reality, and
perceptions are subjective.
- In minds of people perception = truth
- Mass tend to operate from truth, which is often a distorted version of facts.
- Champions make decision based on facts and not feelings.
- The subconscious minds does not have an ability to reject an idea, it accepts it as
truth and begins to create behaviors that are congruent with this new “truth”. The
conscious mind knows this “truth” is not fact to build between the conscious and
subconscious mind creating a cognitive dissonance.
Q. Write 10 things you know are fact and rethink each by asking,”Is this really a fact, or a
truth I’ve created from my own or others perceptions?”
( you will be surprised how often we operate from truth rather than fact)
Average people get bogged down in details of every little problems and become overwhelmed
quickly. Professional performers compartmentalize each problem and create a
mental/emotional separation between the person and the problem. Pros don’t engage in the
emotional aspect of each problems ; they focus on a logical solution and then put it aside so
they can focus on the next challenge.
Amateurs get tangled in emotions , professional are grounded in logical problem solving.