Mental Strength Tip #22 – Remembering Your Successes

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 encourage you to stay connected to your past. You past success are your ‘roots’ and to look back and be proud and grateful for how far you have come.  To help you avoid the trap of forgetting what it took to get you to the level of personal success you’ve achieved.  This concept is very helpful in reducing stress reduction and serving as an emotional anchor.  

Let’s Get Started:

Think about a time where you achieved success similar to what you are going for now. It might not be the same, but think about the energy it took to achieve your past success.  Remember it full detail.  See what you saw, hear what you heard and feel what you felt. 

Got it?

Fantastic!

Questions to Uncover Beliefs about Mental Strength Thinking:

• How hard was it for you to where you are now?
• Looking back to where you came from, how does it make you feel to be where you are now?
• Who are the people that helped you most along the way? 

Unsupportive Beliefs about Remembering Your Past Successes

• It doesn’t matter how far I’ve come, because I have such a long way to go.
• No one ever helped me.  I’m a self made person.
• I was always had mental strength thinking. 

Mental Strength Beliefs about Remembering Your Past Successes

• Everything that happened on my past, good, bad and the ugly ended up contributing to my current level of personal success.
• I wouldn’t be where I am today without the help and support of many other people.
• Remembering how far I’ve come and what it took to get here keeps my humble and grateful. 

Outrageous Questions:

• Where do you think you would be right now without the help and support you’ve received throughout your life?
• Do you ever take time to reflect on the growth and progress you’ve made in your personal performance?
• Have you ever thanked the people who helped you with reaching your current level of personal success?

Reflective Questions:

• Does thinking about how far you’ve come give you peace of mind?
• Do thoughts of gratitude for the help and support of others create a sense of fulfillment for you?
• Does slowing down and remembering where you came from help reduce the stress you experience? 

Mental Strength Coaching:

Remember your past success is very powerful another mental strength too to add to your toolbox.  When accessed and then anchored correctly this tool can be extremely useful in pressure filled and stressful situations. 

Final Thought

As we start 2011 this is a perfect time to reflect back on 2010 and remember your past personal successes.  It’s easy to get caught up with planning to future and setting goals.  And to take time to reflect back on your past success will bring a sense of personal power and a “I can” attitude, can’t it?  

If you’d like to get started on developing rock solid mental strength for personal success, personal performance or personal development, request your Introductory Consultation today! 

Or, if you prefer, order a copy of “Develop the Mental Strength of a Warrior.” This is a fantastic e-book that helps you take control of your thoughts, develop a success awareness and helps you tap into the powers of your unconsciousness mind to create the mental strength to succeed at anything!  

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

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