mind management

“True greatness is often revealed through absolute simplicity.”

Try this training technique. But let me warn, you it’s revolutionary! Are you ready for it? Here it is…

Your mind cannot operate in negatives.
 
Whatever you do, do not think of pink elephants!
 
What are you thinking about right now?
 
90% of the population will say ...

 “Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.”  Ralph Marston
The reason I believe so many adults fail to convert the majority of their goals into reality is that they succumb to their doubts.  Our kids set goals.  You did when you were a kid – and you realized a high percentage of them.  Much higher than you do now.

Your mind cannot distinguish between what is real and what is imaginary.

 “You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.”  Dale Earnhardt

When things go well, who gets the credit?  When things go badly, who gets the blame?  If you’re like most people, everyone gets the blame for the latter.  Everyone from competitors, coaches, event organizers, equipment – even the weather! 

 Your mind will move your body in the direction of your dominant thought.

Your mind will find a way to move your body in the direction of your thinking, in the direction of your focus.

“Discipline and concentration are a matter of being interested.”  Tom Kite

Have you ever sat through a boring movie?  (When it’s your better half’s birthday and they chose the movie it doesn’t count.)  When you are not “into” something, when it doesn’t hold you in awe, it’s difficult to concentrate on it.

 2.     Your mind is like the soil.

What makes agriculture, and economies based on it, so successful is the relative predictability of what you’re going to get.  Assuming that climatic and soil conditions are stable; you always get what you planted.  If you sow corn, that’s what grows – every time!  If you plant acorns, you get Oak trees – every time.  The soil doesn’t decide to give you pineapples if you’ve planted cashews.  Neither does your mind. 

Why Mind Management?

Every action begins with a thought – not one thing you’ve done has been without thought.  Therefore it stands to reason that, if you want to change your actions, you need to change your thinking. So let’s quickly explore a little bit of physiology to clarify the body-mind dynamic. 

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”  Harriet Beecher Stowe

Ah, heck! If everything in life was easy, life would be very boring. If events and trials were easy there’d be no honour and accomplishment in achieving them.