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by Jason Selk
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10-Minute Toughness is a resilience program for your mind that’ll help you deliver your best-possible performance via mental workouts, setting the right goals, and then relentlessly focusing on solutions.
10-Minute Toughness is a resilience program for your mind that’ll help you deliver your best-possible performance via mental workouts, setting the right goals, and then relentlessly focusing on solutions.
Everybody views themselves in a certain way. Some people seem to have it all figured out, that’s why they feel confident and unshakeable. Others don’t think highly of themselves, and unfortunately, that shows as well. However, that can change at any time. The impression we have on ourselves is a construct of our own mind. And so we can always access it and change it for the better.
Of course, it’s not as easy as it sounds. To do so, you must first act and think like the person you want to be. To have your brain think that you are the confident and reliable person you wish to become, you need to set goals and objectives that you ought to follow every day. In other words, you need to work towards becoming that person.
You can’t underperform or even outperform your self-image, especially in the long run. If you believe that you’re not capable of doing a certain thing, chances are you won’t succeed at doing it. Doesn’t matter if you try to trick your mind into thinking the opposite. As such, only by picking up good practices and acting right until you form the right habits, can you truly tap into the winning mentality.
Everybody has a dream, or at least something that they love doing more than anything else. Some people are lucky enough to call their passion a job, but what happens to the rest of us? The majority of the world works for financial security, and not out of love for their occupation. As such, when the rewards come, they don’t feel accomplished nor successful.
To step out of this undesirable approach to life, you must first learn how to set goals effectively. To start with, think about your passion and what you love doing most. All your endeavors should revolve around that particular thing that sparks motivation and fires up your soul, so that when you achieve it, you become fulfilled and reach the ultimate level of happiness.
If you follow money or social status, but that’s not what you truly desire in your heart, achieving these will leave you unfulfilled and miserable. As such, once you set a goal that speaks to your identity, you have to commit to it 100%. It won’t be fun, nor easy, and you’ll have to give up a lot of your free time to commit to your goals. However, once achieved, you’ll feel fulfilled and at peace with yourself.
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Set goals effectively by following your passion and aiming to become the person you want to be.
Success is a result of gradual improvement, not sudden motivation.
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Dr. Jason Selk, renowned high performance coach, was director of sport psychology for the St. Louis Cardinals from 2006-2011, helping the team win 2 World Series Championships. Dr. Selk is the director and owner of Enhanced Performance Inc. (enhancedperformanceinc.com) and Co-Founder of Level Up (levelupgameplan.com). He brings the rare combination of deep academic, executive and athletic background to help clients achieve success, health and happiness. Through Level Up, Dr. Selk also has turned…
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