Forging Elite Mindsets

Finding your Fight: Creating your Creed, your Manifesto

A Mind for Achievement

 

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"First say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do".  -Epictetus

Samuri warriors train with strategic thinking as part of their development.  Their ethos is known as bushido, the way of the warrior which is their psychological development and an integral part of their fighting skill. They develop their mindset as much as they develop their physical training.

Do you know what drives and defines you in your athletic and development and achievement? Do you have a reason why you show up, fight through and press on? Or do you simply want to finish?  How you mentally approach training and developing will drive your performance and achievement. Having a creed or manifesto will magnify your outcome at any ability level.    

Your creed is an intangible “something” greater than yourself that your mind can latch onto in those moments of intensity and overreaching, then push you through to redefine your personal limits. It gives you the strength when there is seemingly none to be found. Strength to fight on when everything else screams to stop, let up or turn back. Much like a mission statement that drives a business towards its greater goal and achievement, having creeds and manifestos will move you to the next level, a guide to greatness. It’s part of your mental aptitude.  

Simply, a creed is a declaration of intentions, motives and objectives. A manifesto is a proclamation, a system of belief. In this case, belief about yourself and what you can and will accomplish. No one else has to know or understand it. It is yours. It gives you momentum, force, verve. It powers you.  It can be a word, several words, a phrase, a statement or a cause. Its yours to live by in your athletic and personal development.

Your creed should resonate deep within you.  It should take over and pump through your veins. Define and write it. Then let it drive you, push and propel you into greater achievement one step, breath or action at a time.

All great achievers have one.  Creeds and manifestos cause you to think different, therefore function different.  It carves a way in uncharted territory of development, provides laser focus, breeds change and will annihilate excuses that cross its’ path. It refuses anything less than extraordinary.

Whether your goal is to compete or to do and be your personal best, you will find your fight to push onward through the edge of your present ability in your creed, your manifesto.

Are you ready for the next level?

Find your fight, create your creed, your manifesto. When you do, tell us what it is!

Think Different,

Rachael

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