Mental Strength Tip #21 – Creating vs. Competing for Personal Success

Achieving peak personal performance and personal success begins with a mental strength mindset and empowering beliefs.  Personal success starts in the mind and finishes with peak performance…taking massive action. 

This is one in a series of mental strength tips to help start your week of strong so that you can reach you peak performance, personal success by enhancing your personal development.

I take one subject and run though a brief overview of it, then ask some very direct questions.  The intention of these ‘sessions’ is for you to write the questions in a success journal reflect on them and answer them.

This series of posts is for YOU!  If I’m not able to coach you personally one-on-one, I want you to at least get the benefit of “virtual” coaching.

Objective of this Mental Strength Tip:

To help you evolve your thinking from ego based to soul/spirit based.  To assist you in raising your level of awareness and advance the belief that self actualization is a more gifted approach to peak performance

Let’s Get Started:

Consider the concept of competing vs. creating. What’s the difference?  What are the similarities?

I’d like to encourage you to redirect your thoughts of beating your “competition” (actually there is no competition) to thoughts of creating peak personal performance results.  I’d like to help you realize that while competition is healthy, fun and often energizing, it’s usually a waste of mental strength energy that could be better invested in focusing on creating peak personal performances and superior personal success.

Questions to Uncover Beliefs about Mental Strength Thinking:

• Do you believe competition is the best way to improve your personal performance?
• What motivates you more, beating your competition or achieving personal success?
• What percentage of your time do you invest your thinking in beating your competition vs. improving your personal performance?

Unsupportive Beliefs About

• Competition is the highest form or motivation.
• Success is being #1.
• Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser.

Mental Strength Beliefs About

• Creation is one of the highest forms of supportive mental strength thinking.
• Creating solutions are the key to achieving personal success.
• Competition is ego based, creating solutions is spirit based.

Outrageous Questions:                               

• Would you rather be right or succeed?
• Which is more important to you: beating an opponent or creating personal success by developing problem solving skills through creativity?
• Are you more an ego or spirit based thinker?

Reflective Questions:

• How can you strength your creativity muscle to become a better mental strength thinker and problem solver?
• How often do you sue your creative powers to solve complex problems?
• Do you think more about winning or solving problems?

Mental Strength Coaching:

My job, as your virtual coach, is to build your belief that creativity is the secret to personal success, and when you focus you mental strength energy on improving this skill, beating your perceived competition will take care of itself.  Think about the concept that the more time you spend in spirit-based consciousness the more creative you will become.  It’s critical to be aware when your ego is dominating your thinking and to know when and how to switch to spirit-based thinking instantly.   Focusing on thoughts of love and gratitude will help you make this shift in a matter of seconds.

Final Thought

Work on this mental strength skill and transcend the average person’s obsession with competition.  This can be one of the most magnificent gifts you can give to yourself.

While competition has motivational value and you can be effective and enjoyable, you’ll want to understand there is a higher level and purpose that manifest better personal results.

If you’d like to get started on developing radical mental strength for personal development, personal empowerment or personal success, request your Introductory Consultation.

Also, “Develop the Mental Strength of a Warrior” is a fantastic e-book that helps you develop awareness, consciousness and mental strength with a step-by-step plan.

OK…now it’s your turn!  Let me know about your thoughts on this subject in the comments below.