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We're all in this together. There's no need for casualties. We can all win. #episode29

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How To Turn On Your Mind Switch

(Part 2 of a 2)

‘How To Turn On Your Mind Switch’ is part 2 of 2 blogs so make sure you also check out ‘Allow Yourself To Be A Different Person In Different Situations’.

https://thesuccesssensei.blogspot.com/2019/04/allow-yourself-to-be-different-person.html

WHAT IS YOUR MIND SWITCH?

Your mind switch is something you need to be able to switch on when you are entering a nervous, stressful or fearful situation. You need to be able to get your mind focused so that you don't mentally freeze. This can happen when fighting. There are reports of people who are trained martial artists, perhaps even black belts with competitive experience, having frozen when faced with a self-defence situation. They may not have been aware of what was going to happen and were caught by surprise and physically froze. Their mind switch was turned off and they were incapable of turning it on in order to deal with the situation.

PREVENTING FREEZING IN FEARFUL SITUATIONS

This shows a flaw with mind-set and a flaw with training methods. Being able to turn on your mind switch is very important for business, for work, and for any kind of major decision in your life. A lot of people including sports people struggle with switching on performance mode. Some sports psychologists will teach a physical trigger along with an affirmation to attempt to get the athlete’s mind and body to perform at their highest ability. It could be something simple like tapping your chest 3 times and in your mind saying “I am a winner and switched on to perform”. If this works for you then definitely give it a shot. When I was competing I didn’t use the physical trigger as I found it could lead me towards superstitious routines and I also didn’t want my opponents to notice me doing a confidence boosting physical routine. If you watch fighters as they enter the cage or ring you may notice some of their ‘tells’.

IT’S ALL A MIND GAME

My method is to simply decide, in my head, "Now is go time." I then allow myself to switch on. When we’re training, and we bow in at the start and bow out at the end of our training, that can act like a physical trigger. Yes it’s for respect too but all the training that happens in between those bows is acceptable in the Dojo environment only. It wouldn’t be acceptable to use the strikes, throws and submissions in our daily lives unless it was a self-defence situation so don’t forget to bow out and turn off that switch!

TURN ON THE SWITCH IN YOUR HEAD

I literally see a switch in my head and when I turn it on, IT’S ON! This can be used if you're an actor and you're about to do a performance or if you're about to enter a room for a job interview or presentation. Of course you're going to be nervous and fearful. If you weren't, you wouldn't need to turn on your mind switch, you could just handle it with your everyday frame of mind. You need to quieten down your conscious thought and you need to strive forward.

WHEN THE HOMEWORK IS DONE

Once you've done your due diligence, you've done your analytical strategy, you've broken down every eventuality and you’ve over-thought absolutely everything, then you need to make your decision. After that, it’s time to switch on and follow through. If you don't, you'll be stuck in the analysis paralysis which I wrote about in a previous blog: https://thesuccesssensei.blogspot.com/2019/04/your-analysis-paralysis.html

ACTIVATE A HIGHER VERSION OF YOURSELF

You need to have faith in human biology. You are hardwired to work well under pressure. You need to understand and believe that. You have survived everything in your life so far and so did your ancestors. You will continue to survive whatever large goal or whatever it is that's actually making you nervous at this particular moment in time. We’re not talking about life threatening situations, they need to be avoided at all costs. We’re talking about large goals and activities that make you nervous and fearful of failure. You will get through it, you will survive and that alone should give you the confidence to be able to turn on the switch in your mind. Continue forward and go straight through it.

YOU ARE AMAZING

You might amaze yourself at how well you can do as long as you allow yourself to do it. Your goals should be making you nervous. If you're somebody that wants more success in your life, you’ll need to get used to pushing through your nerves. If you don’t want more success in life then this is the wrong blog for you. You need to read the ‘I’m already fully content don't need anything else in my life’ blog :)

STRIVE FOR MORE SUCCESS

If you're someone that strives for more success and wants to have more, to achieve more, to do more and to make life better for yourself or your loved ones, then being able to turn on your mind switch and doing things that make you nervous is imperative. Get used to the butterflies in your stomach. Fall in love with that sensation. Nervousness will never go away but you will have to learn how to manage it. The best way of managing nerves, when all the talking is done and all the planning is done, is to make the decision and move forward. Not half-committed, not half-hearted and not setting yourself up for failure by half-doing it. Some people seem to like half trying so that if they do fail they can say, "Well, I didn't really try anyway." Give it your very best shot. If you fail, you fail but you know you gave it your best shot and you can use what you’ve learnt to give it another crack or to pivot in another direction.

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Welcome to the Friday Blitz :) So, why are you so cruel to yourself anyway? Give yourself a break and keep moving forward in a positive direction. Check it out.

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Allow Yourself To Be A Different Person In Different Situations

(Part 1 of a 2)

Many people struggle with this. Any situation that may be different from the norm could require you to be a slightly different version of yourself.

Take for example, going for the driving test. It can be hard to allow yourself to demonstrate the correct form and technique. It can feel weird to some people because essentially you have to allow yourself to show off.  This uneasy feeling will add to your nerves.

I did the California driving test years ago but that was a little bit of an easier test than the Irish one. With the Irish driving test, you have to display and demonstrate that you are observing the mirrors and using the correct handling of the steering wheel etc. It's more like a demonstration and a performance.

I see people’s inner conflict all the time in martial arts. It’s a similar process when you are going for a belt test. You need to perform. If you're somebody who thinks that a loud personality is annoying or that someone who is demonstrating is a show-off then you're going to struggle. There are certain situations and certain times in life when you need to show-off. You have to allow yourself to do that. It could be to do with work. It could be to impress a future client, a future customer or to win a contract. You will have to put yourself forward. You will need to project a different side of yourself. You will have to let your personality shine in a different way than if you were simply going to the shops. 

People may find it hard to be a different version of themselves because a lot of people are scared of change. They don't embrace change. They're afraid that if they display any kind of a change in their personality that they're not being authentic or they're being fake. If you're tailoring your personality to allow yourself to be a different person in different situations, that's not fake. You're being fake if you change your core beliefs, your ethics, and your own moral values. If you're tailoring your personality to allow yourself to be a different person in different situations, that's not fake. 

When I was competitively fighting, I had to allow myself to be hyper competitive. I had to allow myself to be that version of myself. Outside of competing, I would hate to think that I was a very competitive person with anyone else. With myself, yes but with not anyone else. My wife might disagree with me because she thinks that I can bring competitiveness into games like ‘Monopoly’. I think I have it under control except for when I'm competing. When I'm fighting, I allow myself to be a different version of myself and I allow myself to be that hyper competitive person. This is a completely different side of my personality. When I'm interacting with people on a day-to-day basis they may not realise that I have that competitiveness within me. Normal, daily activities don't require that side of your personality.

We all have different sides of our personalities for different situations so it’s important not to fight it. Your competitive side, your work side, your personal side, your loving side, your business or investing side all require different versions of you.Parents with young children might have to struggle with switching personality traits much more frequently!

My generation X readers might remember Worzel Gummidge. He was a loveable scarecrow and he had different heads for different situations. If only it were so simple.

Have you ever seen the circus act of spinning the plates on top of sticks? They spin one and then another and another. They have to run quickly back to the first one to spin it again and it’s some job trying to keep them all spinning without any falling and smashing.  This is similar to the juggling act that is our lives. We have all these different hats on and different roles of responsibility. We're different people in different moments of time and you should allow yourself to be. Allow yourself to be the best version of yourself at any chosen time. 

One person’s experience of meeting you could be very different from another person’s depending on how they're interacting with you. Obviously, if somebody is really nice to you or it's a friend, a family member or a loved one, you're going to be one version of yourself. If someone else is trying to run you off the road or just not being very nice, they're going to see a very different side of you. They’ll probably hear a very different side of you too!

It's okay to be a different person in different situations and to tailor your personality to best suit whatever situation is at hand to get the best out of yourself and that situation. That's totally normal. Accept that fact. Don't fight against it because it will cause inner confusion that affects you from successfully dealing with whatever you need to. I hope this helps you to avoid a potential identity crisis! Allow yourself to be a different person in different situations.

Next week’s blog is part 2 as it leads on from this one. Make sure you don’t miss, ‘How To Turn On Your Mind Switch’.

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We deal with a question every week that will help both you and I to reflect and continue to strive for SUCCESS. I would love to hear your ideas and suggestions.

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Episode 6 - Dealing With Extreme Nerves - There are many things you can do to manage your fears so you're success isn't held back. Roundhouse Rob is The Success Sensei and has over 20 years of professional martial arts coaching experience, several World titles in karate and kickboxing as well as being a former professional MMA fighter. Rob has dealt with many nervous scenarios in sports, business, investing and during his extensive security work. Line up and get your mind fighting fit.

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Episode 5 of the brand new Success Sensei Podcast. Turn Your Dreams Into Plans. Stop dreaming and start planning the things you want to have and do. Roundhouse Rob is The Success Sensei and brings over 20 years of professional martial arts coaching experience, serial entrepreneurship and experienced investing to the field of success planning. Line up and get your mind fighting fit.

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Episode 4 - Survive Physical Confrontation - There are loads of things you can do to increase your chances even if you never done any martial arts. Roundhouse Rob is The Success Sensei and has over 20 years of professional martial arts coaching experience, several World titles in karate and kickboxing as well as being a former professional MMA fighter. Rob has worked extensively in the security industry for over a decade and taught self defence for over 2 decades. Line up and get your mind fighting fit.

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Episode 3 - Financial success when you've no inheritance - There are loads of things you can do and put into action to ensure your own independent success. Roundhouse Rob, the Success Sensei is a serial entrepreneur, an experienced investor, a former martial arts World champion and professional mma fighter. Rob wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth so line up and get your mind fighting fit.

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