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Adversity5 Keys to Overcoming It

Elite Athletes and Championship teams find a way to thrive in the face of adversity

Adversity and training and competition is what separates the winners and losers

What separates winners from losers is that winners are willing to do what losers wont

Adversity

Each Team and Individual Will Face AdversityBut the team or individual that

accepts adversity as a challenge and an opportunity will emerge on top

A Hammer Shatters Glass…But Forges Steel.

If we are easily distracted by adversity , it ‘Shatters’ our ability to continue to meet challenges, but if we take the blows and use them to ‘Harden’ our resolve

No adversity can overcome our will to win Is your present mindset of glass or of steel

Adversity

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it

AdversityIs usually a short-term problem and a matter of perspective.

A mindset of excellence allows a team facing adversity to endure or even thrive when things go bad temporarily

5 Keys to overcoming Adversity (1)See adversity as a challenge or opportunity.

Elite athletes respond to challenges rather than react to themIs the situation managing you or are you managing the situation?

5 Keys to overcoming Adversity (2)Envision the lofty ultimate goal (unlimited thinking ???)

Developing a clear mental picture of the ‘Best case scenario’ puts your mind in a positive set and alerts your mental and physical resources to action

5 Keys to overcoming Adversity (3)Focus on a daily goal plan

Gain positive momentum by achieving small success before long term goals are launched

5 Keys to overcoming Adversity (4)When frustration sets in, take time to look back at the overall picture

Looking back is a positive because it helps maintain perspectiveTaking a break isn’t necessarily a bad thing

Recharge and refuel the desire

5 Keys to overcoming Adversity (5)Remind yourself that the value of success is measured by the volume of

sweatThe things in which we place great value are generally the things for which

we have worked the hardest for to achieve.The more difficult and grueling the struggle the greater the victory is