It is the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and of creative action that man finds his supreme joys - Antoine De Saint-Exupéry -
To perform at your best, you must become your own personal cheerleader. You must develop a routine of coaching yourself and encouraging yourself to play at the top of your game.
Most of our emotions, positive or negative, are determined by how we talk to ourselves on a minute-to-minute basis. It is not what happens to you but the way that you interpret the things that are happening to you that dertmines how you feel.
To keep yourself motivated, you must resolve to become a complete optimist. You must decide to respond positively to the words, actions, and reactions of the people and situations around you. You must refuse to let the unavoidable difficulties and setbacks of daily life affect your mood and emotions.
Control your inner dialogue
You should never share your problems with others because 80 percent of people don't care about them anyway, and the other 20 percent are kind of glad that you've got them in the first place. - Ed Foreman-
To overcome feelings of doubt and fear, continually tell yourself, 'I can do it! I can do it!' When people ask you how you are, always tell them, 'I feel terrific!'.
Develop a positive mental health
In his book Learned Optimism, Martin Seligman determined that optimism is the most important quality you can develop for personal and professional success and happiness. Optimistic people seem to be more effective in almost every area of life.
It is a helpful attitude towards life, oneself, and others, because it allows you to consider all the ways in which you can be successful, in whatever you have taken up. That may be improving your mental health, building better relationships, your physical image, a hobby, etc.
Optimists have four special behaviours:
- They look for the good in every situation. No matter what goes wrong, they always look for something good and beneficial. And not surprisingly, they always seem to find it.
- They seek the valuable lesson in every setback or difficulty. They believe that "difficulties come not to obstruct but to instruct"
- They always look fot the solution to every problem. Einstein once said, 'Stay away from negative people, they have a problem for every solution!'
- They think and talk continually about their goals. They think and talk about the future and where they are going rather than the past and where they came from
Optimism not only reduces stress, but it also promotes the production of the neurotransmitter dopamine. Dopamine is likened to the ignition system in your car, “Insert the key into the lock, and the car springs to life".
This article is inspired from the book 'Eat That Frog', by Brian Tracy
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