Mental toughness is developed through High Performance Mindset Training.
We are training a mental edge: an ability to focus on the right things at the right times. This edge is a quality needed in order to have strong performances in consequential environments and moments.
We are training an emotional edge: the fine line between vulnerability and courage… and the willingness to go for it and take the risk at those moments.
Mental toughness is less about gritting it out and more about fully engaging in the moment.
Some qualities of mental toughness that are cultivated and developed in High Performance Mindset Training include:
- A clear sense of your guiding principles that anchor your thoughts and actions within and outside of your craft
- Awareness of thoughts, emotions, body sensations, and your competitive environment.
- Shifting from constricting thoughts and thought patterns to capacity building thoughts, thought patterns, and actions.
- Committing to this moment; then the next moment; then the next moment…
- Cultivating and embracing optimism – especially when it it difficult and seems impossible.
- Accepting and embracing that it is hard and not always fair.
- Staying with it and staying IN it, even though it is hard and not always fair.
- Owning your mistakes and committing to improving.
- Making the people around you better.
- Noticing, accepting, adjusting, and doing without judging yourself or others.
- Striving and competing to be the best version of you, no matter the circumstance.
- Committing to something bigger than you.
- Using the support system available to you and seeking help to get better.
- Focusing on what you control.
- It is learning from the past; preparing for the future; and performing in the present!
It is not a quick fix. It is not easy. It IS trainable. It IS attainable.