Mentally Strong What Mentally Strong People Do-And Don’t

How can you become mentally strong?
Here are 6 lessons I got from sports:

1.    “Focus on what you can actually control”
Does it make sense to focus on tomorrow’s weather?
I don’t think so.
But it does make sense to focus on how you’ll react to that weather.

When I was a cross-country skier,
→    I spent zero time focusing on the coming snow.
→    Instead, I focused on how to react to that snow.
The same is true in everyday life.

So ask yourself:
→    Am I focusing on things I’m in control of?

2.    “Be humble and ambitious at the same time”

You can’t even imagine how many people dislike this magic combo:
→    Humility + Ambition
Mentally strong people embrace both.

So ask yourself:
→    Am I embracing both humility and ambition?

3.    “Preach what you practice, and practice what you preach”
Mentally strong people don’t preach what they don’t practice.
And when they practice, they preach exactly what they’ve practiced.
This boosts their confidence.

So ask yourself:
→    Am I preaching what I’m practicing, and practicing what I’m preaching?

4.    “Play for your own and others’ success”
When you play to win, you probably win.
When you play to win with others, you probably win double.
And I don’t mean “their win.”
I mean that, at the end of the day, you achieve the best win for yourself.
Playing for your own and others’ success puts you in a position where you have to work more.
And as we know, the more we work, the more we learn.
And the more we learn, the more wins we get.

So ask yourself:
→    Am I playing for my own and others’ success?

5.    “See challenges as chances to level up and grow faster”
That fascinates me.
As we know, we grow more from bad moments than from good ones.
So why do we see challenges as problems?
I’m not joking.

Reflect on this question
→    If we know challenges make us better, why do we see challenges as problems?

Do you want the answer?

Here it is:
→    Because we think as sprinters, not ultra-marathoners.
So ask yourself this question:
→    Am I seeing challenges as chances to level up and grow faster?

6.    “Be willing to lose in the short term to win in the long term”

When I talk to people, even my friends, I always think this:
→    I’m an ultra-marathoner in a world of sprinters.

Being a sprinter means achieving immediate results.
Being an ultra-marathoner means achieving bigger results.

So the question becomes:
→    Do you prefer having immediate or bigger results?
So ask yourself:
→    Am I willing to lose in the short term to win in the long term?