The irony for me is, I have a far superior knowledge, understanding and ability to use visualisation techniques now than I did when I was a professional athlete.
The irony for me is, I have a far superior knowledge, understanding and ability to use visualisation techniques now than I did when I was a professional athlete.
The irony for me is, I have a far superior knowledge, understanding and ability to use visualisation techniques now than I did when I was a professional athlete.
The irony for me is, I have a far superior knowledge, understanding and ability to use visualisation techniques now than I did when I was a professional athlete.
One of two ways to externalise our internal world, our words hold significant importance to our relationship with ourselves and how we connect and impact others we interact with.
The foundational step in living a life of meaning, purpose and fulfilment, a life of value, substance and freedom, a life of inspiration, creation and connection is, to take full responsibility for it.
When faced with the inevitable resistance of challenge, a mindset of passivity leads only to failure. The emotions attached to genuine challenge are deeply destructive (i.e: doubt, fear, despair, chaos to name some at the top end) and will destroy any resolve we may hold if we are meek in our approach.
By voluntarily choosing to do challenging things one gives themselves the immense opportunity to practice and strengthen a broad range of human capacities.
We are not huge fans of the expression ‘mental strength’ at Ironmind Institute and reluctantly use it for relatability; we prefer “mental control”.
A simple yet powerful way to understand the fundamental step in “mental control” is that before you can have it you must be aware of the reality of your experience. If you’d like more substance and info to this point, check this article out –
Don’t be the person who saves themselves for the last rep(s).
On the physical plane – that’s not eliciting the training effect you want/need.
On the mental plane, that is the functioning of a weak mind.
On the spiritual plane, that is practicing cowardice.
