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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Athletic Mind Set; The X-Factor

By Rachael Cadden

There are many stages to an athlete’s development, a significant one being the athletic mind set.  Athletes must earn the rite of passage through each stage of development and as they do, they function at a level of high performance. It is a level where many are called but few tap into the mental acumen. Here is where the importance of the athletic mind set is beneficial as an integral part of development and will enhance their laser-like focus and high level demand of physical commitment.  Developing your athletic mind set will set you apart as a competitor and aid anyone in moving beyond personal boundaries.  

This blog will assist you in understanding and developing an athletic mind set and provide insights in achieving your personal best. It will challenge your beliefs (those you are aware of and those you haven’t yet realized are limiting you). Beyond positive thinking or affirmations, true mental conditioning will facilitate breakthroughs and exceed personal limits through transforming the way you think.  

In studying great achievers, athletic or otherwise, they have a common denominator. They think different. They think independently of  what they “thought” they knew or felt to be true about achieving greatness or being excellent.  They changed their picture. They rewrote their story. This blog will dive into this and more, help you assess your athletic mind set and dare you to break mental barriers about what you can accomplish.   

Are you ready to develop your athletic mind set and take it to the next level?