Success - 3 Ways People Become Successful
Are my activities and energy laser-focused on the Becoming Limitless Review promotion of goals that express my desire for peak performance." Perspective is your frame of reference, how you see things. The greatest barriers in our pursuit of excellence in any area of our lives are psychological barriers. Perspective includes how we talk to ourselves, what we expect, and what we mentally 'see'. What do you say to yourself under pressure. It is critical to monitor your self-talk. Create awareness of how you talk to yourself under pressure or performance situations.
Listen for the critical inner voice that can sabotage your success or can create increased anxiety. Also practice 'positive expectancy'. What you expect as you perform is another key to achieving mental toughness. What you 'see' in your mind's eye prior to and during a performance situation will, throughout the days and over weeks, tend to become who you are. Do you 'see' yourself failing an exam, do you 'see' yourself forgetting your lines during the audition, do you 'see' yourself being rejected. Practice positive expectancy. Become aware of what you expect out of yourself.
Focused, abdominal breathing is one of the most important tools you can use to control stress and performance anxiety. Fast, shallow chest breathing is not only a reaction to stress, but it also creates stress. This is the beginning of a vicious cycle that puts the body into a stress response state. It is important to understand that you can break the stress cycle by taking charge of and controlling your breathing. When you learn and practice focused, abdominal breathing, on a regular basis, it becomes a major tool to help you overcome performance anxiety.
The ability to focus as you prepare to perform and during an actual performance is a result of all of the skills and techniques we have previously discussed in this article. The focus has been described as your ability to concentrate fully on the one task at hand, to experience 'Mental Quiet', remaining undistracted by internal critical 'noise' or negative imagery.
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