Fire Your Boss!
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so, read on. If you've already canned the clown, this information will
virtually guarantee your freedom for life. The secret lies in the real
estate between your ears.
The most important presentations you will ever make will be the ones
to yourself. "Mental toughness" is the ability to communicate with
yourself - especially when you're under pressure.
Whether you're telephone prospecting, conducting an opportunity
meeting, or doing a one-on-one, your willingness to be your own best
friend might very well make or break you in this business. Every great
performer I've ever coached either developed mental toughness or
failed. It's that critical.
Here is how world-class athletes and performers build mental muscle:
#1. They consistently seek to heighten their sense of mental clarity
and focus. In other words, they write down exactly what they want, and
then they put blinders on. They don't set out to be world-class at
three different things at once. They choose which goal to accomplish
first, and they demonstrate laser-like focus.
#2. They create and construct an emotion-based vision of what their
life will look and feel like once the goal has been reached. All the
great ones put their vision in writing and visualize it on a daily
basis.
#3. They utilize positive self-talk and monitor their inner dialogue
on a daily basis.
#4. They learn how to access their most powerful states of mind and
how to move into those states at will. For example, if you want your
spouse or significant other to move into a romantic state of mind, you
would do and say certain things to cue up that mood. It works the same
way when you want to move into a peak performance state, except with
different cues.
#5. They hang around only people who are positive and supportive.
Thoroughbreds don't mix with turkeys, and champions don't run with
losers.
#6. They keep a running total of their victories in life, and they
review them on a regular basis. This builds confidence and positive
expectation.
#7. They're students of the world's finest minds. Reading and
listening to personal growth/self-improvement materials is a habit.
They study success.
#8. They keep a mental training journal of what they are thinking and
how they are feeling during the quest for the prize. The journal
crystallizes thoughts and clarifies feelings, which in turn enhance
performance.
#9. They keep winning in perspective. Many of them cut out articles
from the front section of the newspaper that involve the hardships of
others. They paste them in their mental training journal and review
them weekly to remind them to keep winning in its proper place.
#10. They make a conscious decision to do their very best, and let the
chips fall where they may. They monitor their results, but focus on
execution. They seek to become great performers first, and reap the
rewards later. This is the most critical skill on the road to mental
toughness.
Adopt these ten world-class mental toughness tips, and you can tell
your boss to take a hike. Anyone who will follow this system over time
will become too powerful to be employed by anyone else.
The Gove-Siebold Group helps Networkers develop world-class
communication skills. To learn more go to www.govesiebold.com .