“’Til the Bell” is repeated over and over again in my current workout program (Core De Force). Basically this is an MMA style workout that is put together in 3 minute rounds that each end with a bell. What would happen in your workouts if you always gave it your all “until the bell?” Think about competative spots, what would happen if you always ran all the way through first base, or past the finish line? What if you always played until the whistle blew? How much better would you be? How much stronger would you get? How much more success would you find? Too many times did you pull up short? When did you not give your all and took away your chances of being safe, or from scoring a goal, or blocking an opponent or saving a ball from going out! We give up on ourselves too soon or pull ourselves out of a play before it is over! When that happens, you always lose. You take away your chance for winning the point or play. How much more successful would you be in your job if you used this Athlete Mentality in your workday. What if you actually worked ’til the bell? What if instead of packing up and walking out the door at three, you actually worked until three? What if you made that extra phone call instead of shutting down early? What would happen if you started approaching relationships this way. What if you gave your relationships full attention and were actually fully present? What would your relationship look like if you actually spent time real time with someone while you were with them instead of messing around with your phone? What if instead, you were attentive when you were out together until you got home? It’s time we stop selling ourselves short and conceding the out and start running through first base. It’s time to stop slowing down when we hear the final countdown, and instead push harder! You never know what can happen! At the very least, you are setting a good example for those around you and are preparing yourself to be better next time. ****************************************************************************************************************** I would love to work with you on some of the goals you set for yourself this year! I have created a Facebook community for those looking to set and smash goals with their fitness and nutrition. I would love to have you join us at Finding My Fierce
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Do you remember how important confidence was when you were playing competative sports? Those with unshakeable confidence typically were most successful. So, what came first, the chicken or the egg? Were they confident because they were good or were they great because they were confident? You did catch that change in wording, right? I believe when someone is good at something they can gain a certain level of confidence, but to truly be great, I believe you must be confident first. I am not actually here to debate that issue, thank goodness! I do want to talk about confidence and it’s importance in being successful in our every day lives. I don’t know that anyone would deny that the more confident we are the better chance we are setting ourselves up for success, so how do we go about building and gaining confidence? I would like to break it down to 6 steps, but I am sure you have others that you would add (don’t hesitate to share them with me in your comments). 6 Steps to Building Confidence 1. Fill your head with positive thoughts and images and then think on them and speak them out loud.Did you ever feel like you willed a ball to go in the basket by telling it what to do or talked a foul ball fair (or the other way around)? Our thoughts and words have tremendous power! We have seen and felt this occurs and it is even in scripture (Philippians 4:8, Proverbs 18:21) When you visualize success, when you can truly see and feel it, you are better equipped to reach it. I remember shooting free throws, if I let any doubt in my head that I would make the shot, I tended to miss, but when I said I was going to make it and pictured me making it, that percentage went WAY up. Think about how good you felt when a coach spoke about your strengths. Think about how good you felt leaving the locker room at half time to go take the court or field after you were just pumped up with words of encouragement? You can’t tell me words aren’t powerful! 2. Keep showing up, especially when things are hard. Action will build confidence! Start by showing up for the things you enjoy in life. Showing up every day and taking some sort of action reminds you of things you are capable of. As you are more comfortable with that, start doing things that you find more challenging and things that may scare you. Don’t stress out about being awesome at them, just keep showing up and doing them! Taking action will continue to grow your confidence. 3. Set small goals along the way that you can achieve and celebrate on your way to bigger goals. Goals and Goal setting are HUGE (and will be a blog topic). It is important we set goals that are challenging and that scare us a little, but it’s important to also break those goals down into smaller, more manageable chunks. As you achieve some of your smaller goals you will gain confidence and momentum to keep moving forward. 4. Be aware of and continually work on your posture (body language). We often don’t think of how our posture and body language plays into our confidence, but holy smokes, it does! WAY back in the day, when I played basketball in college, my coach was ALWAYS yelling at us to get our hands off the bottom of our shorts and to stand up tall. This was a single to our opponent that we were tired, but it was also a signal to ourselves that we were. It doesn’t makes sense to be all hunched over when you can’t catch your breath, I mean think about it, it doesn’t help your breathing, right?!? Our posture made a difference in how tired we thought we really were. By standing up tall we not only felt better physically, but we signaled to our brain we weren’t exhausted out of our minds! When was the last time you took a deep breath and sat up straight with your head held high? Do that next time you have to make a tough phone call or send out a hard message. That small change in your posture gives you a better feeling of confidence. Now, do you really want to feel like a bad a$$? Stand in the wonder woman pose before difficult conversations! 5. Faith it til you make it and Act the part Don’t just fake it til you make it, but faith it. Know you will get here you want to be! Act the part. If you don’t feel confident, pretend you are. Stand like you are, talk like you are, ACT like you are! It is amazing how playing the part will help your confidence grow! 6. Stop comparing yourself with others or even a different version of you. Have you heard “comparison is the their of joy?” Well, it’s also the killer of confidence! Don’t do it! No good can come from comparing yourself with anyone, not even a different version of yourself. If you compare yourself to someone you are “better than” at something, you give yourself a false sense of security and may not work the way you need to. Let’s face it though, we usually compare ourselves to others, or a version of others that isn’t even reality. We start doubting ourselves, even in areas we were once confident. Please just stop! Don’t do it anymore! ****************************************************************************************************************** I would love to work with you on some of the goals you set for yourself this year! I have created a Facebook community for those looking to set and smash goals with their fitness and nutrition. I would love to have you join us at Finding My Fierce Growing up there was hardly a point in time that I can remember sports not being a part of my life. I believe competative athletics are so crucial to growth and development. We know the typical “discipline, teamwork and fair play” lessons we should gain through sports, but if you didn’t learn the following, you did it all wrong! These are 25 of the lessons I gained through competative athletics.
Clearly this is not an exhaustive list of the life lessons gained through sports and competition! I would love for you to share this and “tag” you teammates or those that taught you these lessons and share which lesson was most important to you! What lessons would you have added? ****************************************************************************************************************** I would love to work with you on some of the goals you set for yourself this year! I have created a Facebook community for those looking to set and smash goals with their fitness and nutrition. I would love to have you join us at Finding My Fierce I use to try to chase after this moment because I thought it defined me and was my identity. Winning this state championship in high school, with my sister, was a great moment and incredible memory, but it was not and is not who I am (although, it is a part of who I am). When my competitive athletic career was over, I felt lost and didn't know who I was anymore. I will always be an athlete, but my identity is so much more than that. I am a daughter of The King (which makes me a princess, by the way). Sometimes it is hard to move on, and we try too hard to live in the past. It is like we are looking for those "glory" days to last forever, but they don't, and they shouldn't! God has so much more out there for each and every one of us. He wants us to keep chasing after and finding new memories and live for each moment, not old ones! He wants us to continue to press on toward new goals and new heights. He wants us to live the amazing and abundant life He has for us! If you aren't living the amazing and abundant life God has for you, Begin your Pursuit today!
****************************************************************************************************************** I would love to work with you on some of the goals you set for yourself this year! I have created a Facebook community for those looking to set and smash goals with their fitness and nutrition. I would love to have you join us at Finding My Fierce So many of us are living in our past. We are either living in the good old glory days, or we are dwelling on in past struggle or hurt. Either way, we are spending too much time there! We are spending too much time and energy thinking in the past and not enough time focusing on the here and NOW. There is no point wasting time in the past! The past has happened and it can't be changed. Then there also are those of us who spend too much time focusing on the future. We are focusing on what we want to come, or worse, we are focusing on all of the potential pitfalls we will encounter. We don't start things we know we should because we are looking for the perfect time, even though there is no such thing! Isaiah 43:18-19 says "Remember not the events of the past, the things of long ago consider not; See, I am doing something new! NOW it springs forth, do you not perceive it? In the wilderness I make a way, in the wasteland, rivers. God is doing something right NOW in your life. There is something that He wants for you NOW, not years ago, not years ahead, right NOW! Pay attention. He is doing it right this very moment whether you want to acknowledge it or not. Stop focusing and dwelling in the past (the good places or bad). You must allow Him to work in you. You must approach each day with the anticipation of what He has for you! This is when you can truly begin living and truly start to experience Him and His presence. You must move into the here and NOW! Focus on what you can do today!
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