CD’s Mental Toughness Blog – Page 3 – The Mental Toughness Coach, Chris Dorris

Hey, Seniors and Grads, LOOK OUT!

It’s a good thing I meditated this morning (which I highly recommend, by the way.) If I hadn’t I’d be pissed right now. This kind of crap really stews my tomatoes!

I go get the paper out of the driveway and that’s the first headline I see in the CareerBuilder section.

“It can be really hard to turn down a job offer. But sometimes you should.”

Really? I should?

Let’s break this down so as to fully expose the debilitating, weak, passion sucking, conditioned lie that’s inherent within that headline.

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The World NEEDS You to Have What You Want!

Studies by both Forbes and Careerbuilder.com have indicated that 84% of Americans report disliking their jobs. That’s the vast majority of the workforce! Unhappy with where they work. Why? How can that happen?

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Instead of RESULTS –_ FEELING GOOD, switch it around to FEELING GOOD –_ RESULTS

Because It’s Fun!

One of the most profound observations that I’ve made over the years is that humans are at their best when they feel their best.

Which means we all have tremendous incentive to become more masterful at creating the high vibe moods – feeling great.

The biggest mistake that I observe people making in the pursuit of excellence and their dreams is…

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NOTHING “brings” you joy!

Nothing brings you joy. Similarly, nothing makes you anxious. You CREATE every state you ever experience with the way you CHOOSE to think. When you think well, you feel great. When you think poorly, you feel bad. Simple as that.

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Dorris Does Gymnastics!

A strong inner world can effortlessly create confidence, competence, enthusiasm, focus, determination, perseverance, patience, peace and all the psychological states that lead to masterful decision-making, skillful action and phenomenal results.

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Surrender to Uncertainty

We can’t know what’s going to happen next. We can guess with a reasonable degree of certainty, based on historical observation, but even a great degree of certainty contains a degree of uncertainty as well. So we get to make a choice here. We can either be cool with uncertainty (which is freedom), or we can struggle against it (which is hell).

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Is Your Whole Life Wrong?!?

Ivan had been brainwashed by some of the same powerful conditioned lies to which we are all subjected. One in particular was that it was important to make the acquisition of wealth and power the top priority in life. This is true despite his high level of intelligence. Real freedom resides in the intelligence that permits one to self-inquire.

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Game Face

One of the most common mistakes I witness people making in the pursuit of their dreams, is that they WAIT for great results before they permit themselves to feel that mastery or peak performance mentality. They wait for things to go well before they let themselves feel competent, confident, prepared, deserved, masterful, enthused, focused, and ready.

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