Who wouldn't like to be mentally fit? It would change your life, no doubt! But what should you think about and do to achieve top-notch mental fitness?
In this episode, coach Travis Ramsey shares practical tips you can follow to go down the self-mastery path and achieve mental fitness, including the role unique abilities play, why you should enjoy obstacles, the R.A.I.N. acronym, and the five hindrances you may face along your way.
- Travis asks participants to share the things they’re currently tackling.
- For Travis, developing mental fitness is like being a deeply-rooted tree that isn’t bothered by the storms of life.
- There are only two mistakes on the road to self-mastery: not starting, and not going all the way.
- Stop doing something you don’t want to do. And never be or do something that you would resent.
- Listen to your body, it will almost always send you signals, “queues” you can be mindful of when trying to avoid doing things you don’t want to do.
- To change your body, change your (mental) state.
- When it comes to change, you can either change your thinking by changing your actions, or you can have your actions change the way you think.
- Some people make the mistake of wanting to achieve internal changes through external means like alcohol.
- Changing your breathing to mimic a pattern that feels like calmness or steadiness can be achieved by breathing five seconds in and five seconds out – or even five seconds in and seven seconds out.
- If you’d like to get out of your head and into your body, consider doing things like going for a walk or doing something physical.
- Another thing Travis recommends doing when you want to change the state you find yourself in is to embrace it.
- Remember: you are NOT your mental state.
- You may not realize this but the obstacle is the way, says Travis.
- One of the key aspects you should want to master is the ability to transcend, rising above suffering instead of wanting it to go away.
- It’s about finding your own deep and powerful meaning into it, where it’s no longer suffering but an opportunity to grow and expand.
- Make a list of your unique abilities, that come naturally to you and that you enjoy doing, and think about the things you don’t enjoy doing. Focus on getting rid of the latter.
- Mike believes that the more you get in the unique ability side, the happier and the more productive you’re going to be.
- There are situations in which things that are running through our mind or into our body at a specific moment aren’t helpful to us.
- It could be a mistake we’ve made in the past and that’s sticking in our mind, anger or resentment we’re holding onto from someone, or racing thoughts when we’re trying to sleep.
- Some people experience a mismatch between their belief of the way something should be versus what the environment around them is telling them it actually is.
- For Travis, we’re impacted by our expectations of what we think things should or shouldn’t be.
- Sensual desire is sometimes seen as a “positive distraction.” more than a hindrance. They are distractions that pull you off your mission of how you really want to live your life.
- Then, there is aversion, dislike, and rejection.
- Oftentimes, the things that we need to do the most to achieve personal growth are the things we want to do the least.
- Lack of energy is the third hindrance. Think about not being motivated, the heaviness, avoidance or the feeling of being trapped.
- The problem with anxiety is that the mind can’t settle in the present because it’s worried about the future or the past.
- Finally, there’s doubt, confusion, and skepticism. The issue here is that doubt actually takes up space in your mind and doesn’t allow you to stay in the moment.
- The first letter of the acronym stands for Recognition. It’s noticing anger and removing yourself from it.
- Active recognition enables you to actually pull yourself out of a situation. It interrupts the pattern and starts to change your frame of mind.
- ‘A’ is for Accept. Being mentally fit means letting go of our belief systems about the way the world should – or shouldn’t – be, and just allow it to be the way it is.
- Then, there’s Investigate. Ask questions, investigate why something came up, why something made you feel angry, etc.
- And, lastly, there’s ‘Non-Identification’. It’s about realizing that you aren’t your body, your mind or your emotions. You can notice anger in yourself and not be angry.
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