How the Best of the Best Getter Better and Better

Let’s talk about Mental Toughness…Achievement

 

Great Resources:  Harvard Business Review Books Top 10 Must Reads

quick and effective

proven strategies and tactics

 

Achievement is grounded in Mental Toughness

Roger Bannister smashed the 4 minute mile when scientists literally thought it was impossible…literally

 

Point:  In sports or business the #1 thing holding you back from “the impossible” is just your limiting beliefs…your mental toughness

 

Graham Jones on Mental Toughness

How the Best of the Best Get Better and Better

 

Elite Performers in both sports and business have some common traits

Thrive on pressure…excel when the heat is turned up

Set and hit hundreds of small goals to rise to the top

Use competition to hone their skills

Reinvent themselves continuously to stay ahead

They celebrate their victories

 

Lets break these down just a little…

 

1-Love the Pressure

Cool under fire, but more important to love the pressure cause it drives your performance.

Managing pressure is easier if you focus just on your own excellence (not others)

Master compartmentalizing things

Inner focused but self directed…don’t be driven by impressing others

KEY- must master ability to switch on/off involvement in projects (work)

secondary passions help with this…Example Richard Branson

 

2-Fixate on the Long Term

Rebound from failure by focusing on long-term goals

LT Success is paved with small achievements

Meticulously plan short-term goals to win long term

Long Term vision will drive short term successes

Think:  Long term TARGETS and Short term GOALS

 

3-Use the Competition

Athletes (elite performers) often train together to drive performance.

If you want to make it to the “top” you must surround yourself with right people.

People that will Push You, Encourage You, and Drive You

Mastermind Groups, Mentoring, Association with Elite Levels

 

4-Reinvent Yourself

Getting to the Top is Hard…Staying is Harder

Motivation is key to continuing to win and endure the race

Create an insatiable appetite for feedback

Be hungry for advice but be sure it is CONSTRUCTIVE advice (not criticism)

Expect and look for improvements after feedback and advice

 

5-Celebrate Your Victories

Elite performers know how to party…put effort into celebrations

Emotional Release but much more…

Deep analysis and awareness of growth and improvements

Warning:  timing and duration of celebration is key and tricky in business

Celebrate but Push on…Celebrating is about getting to the Next Level

 

I encourage you to work on mirroring these common traits of high achievers and elite performers. I think it will give you some amazing ways to create your absolute best life possible.

 

Thank you for listening.  I hope you will share this show and help us grow the Mastermind Community.  Have a great weekend.  See you Monday.

George Wright III