“Boldness has genius, power and magic.”
Goethe
Elite performers including entrepreneurs, sales professionals and athletes all have an element of boldness. For example, the destitute orphan, who didn’t even have a pair of shoes who promised himself, “I will become a world champion, move out of this country and never live in poverty again.” A bold statement for an impoverished, uneducated child. But he developed his raw talent and became a world champion in an endurance sport. He also attended college and has become a very successful businessman.
You too have genius in you … we all do, you must find it.
What bold thought or action might be genius in your life?
- TC North, Ph.D., High Performance Expert
Showing posts with label Courage and Confidence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Courage and Confidence. Show all posts
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
Get comfortable being uncomfortable
If you want to improve your life, athletic performance, leadership or sales please consider…
Get comfortable being uncomfortable ...
If you are always comfortable, you are probably stagnant. Your comfort zone is where you are competent and use to being. Your comfort zone is where you get your current results. If you want different results, new or better results, you have to get out of your comfort zone and do something different.
Would it make sense for an athlete to be comfortable while strength training? Of course not! How do you get stronger unless you work your muscles until they begin to hurt?
This week, what if you did something out of your comfort zone … it will take courage … you will experience both excitement and fear. You will feel very alive. What if you did something out of your comfort zone every week … how big would your comfort zone become? Pretty soon, those things you did that use to be courageous acts, are now in your comfort zone and you are confident doing them. Remember your firsts, first kiss, first big win, first sale, first mortgage. How did your feel with these experiences?
When I was teaching my daughter to cross country ski, she proudly said, “Daddy, I haven’t fallen” (she had walked on her skies about 10 feet in 10 minutes). I said, “I’m sorry, I need to teach you how to go faster, it’s much more fun and you will fall once in a while learning, and that’s a good thing.” So, I taught her how to go faster and she fell many times that day, but ended up cruising along on her skis having a blast by the end of the day.
Personally, being outside of my comfort zone is where I feel most alive and energized … please consider, “Get comfortable being uncomfortable”.
TC North, Ph.D., High Performance Expert
www.courageandconfidence.com
Get comfortable being uncomfortable ...
If you are always comfortable, you are probably stagnant. Your comfort zone is where you are competent and use to being. Your comfort zone is where you get your current results. If you want different results, new or better results, you have to get out of your comfort zone and do something different.
Would it make sense for an athlete to be comfortable while strength training? Of course not! How do you get stronger unless you work your muscles until they begin to hurt?
This week, what if you did something out of your comfort zone … it will take courage … you will experience both excitement and fear. You will feel very alive. What if you did something out of your comfort zone every week … how big would your comfort zone become? Pretty soon, those things you did that use to be courageous acts, are now in your comfort zone and you are confident doing them. Remember your firsts, first kiss, first big win, first sale, first mortgage. How did your feel with these experiences?
When I was teaching my daughter to cross country ski, she proudly said, “Daddy, I haven’t fallen” (she had walked on her skies about 10 feet in 10 minutes). I said, “I’m sorry, I need to teach you how to go faster, it’s much more fun and you will fall once in a while learning, and that’s a good thing.” So, I taught her how to go faster and she fell many times that day, but ended up cruising along on her skis having a blast by the end of the day.
Personally, being outside of my comfort zone is where I feel most alive and energized … please consider, “Get comfortable being uncomfortable”.
TC North, Ph.D., High Performance Expert
www.courageandconfidence.com
Monday, October 15, 2007
The starting point of change
If your want more courage, confidence and success, begin by accepting full responsibility for your life, just as it is, no excuses, no finger pointing, no complaining. With acceptance as your starting point, you can improve your life.
This acceptance of what is frees your energy to improve your life. Your brain is like a computer with different operating systems competing to take control the computing system. You have a confident neuronetwork (operating system) and a fearful neuronetwork (operating system). To be more confident, especially under pressure, strengthen your confident neuronetwork and weaken your fearful one.
There are specific brain training techniques that will help you strengthen your confidence and weaken your fears. One world-class athlete who had a very strong fearful neuronetwork, got so anxious at a world championship he almost committed suicide.
The next year, after working on strengthening his confident and weakening his fearful neuronetwork, he competed very successfully at the world championships.
The beginning of improving your life, is beginning with full-responsibility and acceptance of it now.
TC North, Ph.D., High Performance Expert
This acceptance of what is frees your energy to improve your life. Your brain is like a computer with different operating systems competing to take control the computing system. You have a confident neuronetwork (operating system) and a fearful neuronetwork (operating system). To be more confident, especially under pressure, strengthen your confident neuronetwork and weaken your fearful one.
There are specific brain training techniques that will help you strengthen your confidence and weaken your fears. One world-class athlete who had a very strong fearful neuronetwork, got so anxious at a world championship he almost committed suicide.
The next year, after working on strengthening his confident and weakening his fearful neuronetwork, he competed very successfully at the world championships.
The beginning of improving your life, is beginning with full-responsibility and acceptance of it now.
TC North, Ph.D., High Performance Expert
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