Why Do You Need Mental Strength in Business?

It does not matter what kind of sports, Baseball,martial art using real swords which can sharply
Football, Tennis, Golf, Basketball, and so force,cut. If you do not have strength of your
any and all famous and successful sports athletesmentality, methodology of brushing up your
talk about "Mental Strength". For example, it is notmental status, attitude of constantly fighting and
easy to focus and concentrate on the shot inconquering problems, consciousness on endless
Golf when everybody is watching. It would beeffort of training your mind, you will soon or later
even more difficult if the golfer has somebe defeated by an iron cold realty of life,
personal issues, family problem, or legal matters.depressed, disappointed, lose interest and
To win and successful in sports, an athlete mustconfidence, and quit. Quit means that you give up
have very strong and stable mind which will notyour business and close it. End of trial.
be affected by any outer influence or instability ofIt seems to me the lack of this kind of
his mind.consciousness of mental strength is the very
In case of martial arts, such as Karate, Judo,cause of tragic fact that less than 5% of
Kendo, Kung-Fu, maintaining such mental strengthentrepreneurs succeed in their own business. It is
and stability of mind is the most important factornot your competition who you need to fight
since win or lose is the matter of life or death. Iagainst. It is YOU yourself who you need to fight
practiced some of martial arts and personallyand win the successful mentality.
know how important it is. 70-80% of winning orIf you can acquire your mental strength to be
losing are decided not by the level of skills, but byable to fight against any and all problems which
how stable one could maintain in his mind. So, it isyou will encounter and maintain such strength, you
very important to train your mind in martial artshave more than half the way through. It is your
to become master of arts to the extend thatmental strength which will lead you to be
one is unbeatable and trust worthy teaching andsuccessful in your business, or in anything you
leading his successors.hope to be successful, such as life, family
I have long been wondered why people do notrelationship, friendship, social relationship. It is
talk much about mental strength and stability inneither knowledge, nor techniques, nor your
business. It was 12 years ago when I spun out aconnections to VIP people which is of essence for
company I worked for 20 years and started myyour success.
own business. There were a lot of business andInstead, even if you have all the above listed
personal problems in immigration, divorce, failure,important-like business factors, if you do not have
cheating, business lies, short capital, not enoughmental strength, these factors are like a building
money for investment, etc... I can fill at least abuilt on sand beach. They will fall as you lose your
page of my notebook with the problems I had.mental strength. Continuous mental training is the
Maybe it is a matter of daily life for employedonly way to acquire and maintain mental strength.
people in working in a business. It may be whyMental training is not for the people with
they do not talk much about mental strength. But,weakness or psychological problems. It is for you
what I found in my trial of own business wasand me.
quite opposite. Business is like a life-staking fight in