3 STEPS TO TAKE TOWARD MENTAL TOUGHNESS

Sabrina Lloyd

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Mental Toughness

The ability to be mentally prepared to carry out your g o a l s , w h e t h e r t h e y a re competitive, personal, athletic, spiritual, or monetary, plays a tremendous role in the overall outcome of your performance.

If you’re looking to break away from normal and routine, and hope to

achieve your goals and dreams, you have to start training your mind NOW !

The Huffington post recently covered some tips that athletes use to tune out distractions, reduce stress and anxiety,

and build focus and stamina.

1. Control the voice in your head through daily meditation

➤ The voice in your head, or your inner monologue, can sometimes create fear and self-doubt before taking on major tasks.

➤ Make an effort to control the rhetoric you give to yourself, ensuring that it’s positive and constructive, rather than negative and defeating.

➤ Be instructional and motivational in your self-speak.

1.Controlling the voice in your head through daily meditation

1.Daily meditation

➤ Meditation can help you control the voice in your head, helping you to build mental strength and focus.

➤ Meditation can improve an individual’s mental game by reducing stress, increasing attention and focus, and promoting emotional well-being.

“The mind guides action. If we succeed in regulating our thoughts, [we] can guide our behavior.”

- Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis

2. Visualization

2. Visualization

➤ Visualization is seeing yourself competing, hurdle by hurdle, and finally winning your race.

➤ It involves imagining yourself on the podium

➤ This helps you become more comfortable and familiar with the challenges ahead, allowing you to build MENTAL STRENGTH through experience and stamina.

2. Finding your Flow

2. Finding your Flow

➤ Flow comes from within, and requires little thinking, over-thinking, and strategy when performing.

➤ Confidence in your own abilities is key to finding your “zone” -or flow- which controls the message you send to others.

➤ Learn to find your flow, and you will always perform to outperform !

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➤ I’m Sabrina Lloyd, and thanks again for watching.

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