Mindset Mondays: Terry Orlick — The 7 Commitments
Want to perform better and more confidently? Train your mind and create better thoughts and habits. Sports psychologist Terry Orlick once said, “Excellence is not a singular act but a way of thinking, feeling, and acting.” He also wrote, “Human excellence in virtually all domains is guided by mental factors.” Train your mind so that it thinks and acts like a high performer as often as possible. Through his years of research, Orlick has found 7 critical elements that lead to personal excellence: Commitment. To excel at anything you must have or develop an extremely high level of dedication, self-discipline, passion, joy or love for what you are doing. You must truly commit yourself to be the best you can be and continuously strive to make personal improvements and meaningful contributions. Belief. Excellence is guided by belief in your potential, your goal, the meaningfulness of your goal, and trust in your capacity to reach that goal. To excel, you must believe that you are investing...