Have you wondered about what sets winners apart from other people? And have you thought about how to nurture a winning mindset in yourself? Here are some tips to help you release the winner in you.
Mindsets Of Winners
- Think Big – There is magic in thinking big. Make your targets larger than life. Think about something that you would like to have or achieve. Now make it bigger. Don’t think about how you are going to achieve it, you just have to know that you will achieve it if you choose to. My son is an athlete. Just today he was talking about a 15 year old who bikes at the speed of 37 km/hour. He was really impressed at that speed and said that he didn’t know if he could ever achieve anything close to it. Then that the evening he went for his regular bike ride and was back much earlier than he usually does. He was thrilled as he had biked at a speed of 32 km/hour!
- Nothing Is Impossible – There are infinite possibilities in this universe. We limit ourselves based on our circumstances. But what if there was nothing that was impossible? What if everything was possible? What would you choose if everything was possible? Years ago I wanted to travel to Germany to attend a workshop. The workshop was just 40 days away and I had to have the money to pay for the fee, the air ticket and for my stay in Germany. I didn’t have any money. But I didn’t let that stop me. I started exploring all possibilities.
What would it take for me to have that money? What else was possible?
I had a small business making stuffed toys. Unexpectedly I got a huge order. The suppliers from whom I would buy the raw materials extended two months of credit to me and the buyer paid me the money up front for the next three months of production. After paying off the supplier, I had enough money for my trip to Germany.
“Ask and you shall receive,” is a law of the Universe. The Universe rearranges itself to give you what you have asked for.
- Never Give Up, Never Give In, Never Quit – Most people when they ask for something judge that they’ve failed when it has not shown up by a particular time.
What if you removed time from the equation? If time were not the issue would you ever fail? You should just keep working towards your target till you achieve it. Henry Ford failed and went broke five times before he succeeded.
- Turn Failures Into Stepping Stones – What if there was no failure? What if every so called failure was a stepping stone to your success? If you knew you could never fail, what could you create?
As an inventor, Thomas Edison made 1000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb. When a reporter asked, “How did it feel to fail 1000 time?” Edison replied, “I didn’t fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention of 1000 steps.”
- No Competition – You have no competition. You are an absolutely unique individual with your own unique talents and abilities and capacities. There is no one out there who is exactly the same as you. So no one is actually at a level playing field with you. You have no competition from anyone else in this whole world. The only person you can actually compete against is you.
Think…what would it take for me to outcreate myself today? What would it take for me to outcreate myself 1000 fold today?
- No Conclusions – Most people have fixed points of views and conclusions about how they are going to reach their target. They have already decided that this is the only way to do it and if they don’t do it this way they will fail.
What if you had no conclusions about how you would achieve your target?
What if you were willing to be in question about it?
I wonder what would it take for me to achieve my target? I wonder how many different ways are there to achieve my target? I wonder what is the easiest, most fun way for me to achieve it?
- Have Fun – Do you enjoy what you do? Don’t make it serious. Think of it as a game you are playing. What if the only purpose of the game was to have fun? Are you having any? How much fun can I have doing this?
