| 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 athletes | | | | mentality, methodology of brushing up your |
| talk about "Mental Strength". For example, it is not | | | | mental status, attitude of constantly fighting and |
| easy to focus and concentrate on the shot in | | | | conquering problems, consciousness on endless |
| Golf when everybody is watching. It would be | | | | effort of training your mind, you will soon or later |
| even more difficult if the golfer has some | | | | be 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 must | | | | confidence, and quit. Quit means that you give up |
| have very strong and stable mind which will not | | | | your business and close it. End of trial. |
| be affected by any outer influence or instability of | | | | It 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 strength | | | | entrepreneurs succeed in their own business. It is |
| and stability of mind is the most important factor | | | | not your competition who you need to fight |
| since win or lose is the matter of life or death. I | | | | against. It is YOU yourself who you need to fight |
| practiced some of martial arts and personally | | | | and win the successful mentality. |
| know how important it is. 70-80% of winning or | | | | If you can acquire your mental strength to be |
| losing are decided not by the level of skills, but by | | | | able to fight against any and all problems which |
| how stable one could maintain in his mind. So, it is | | | | you will encounter and maintain such strength, you |
| very important to train your mind in martial arts | | | | have more than half the way through. It is your |
| to become master of arts to the extend that | | | | mental strength which will lead you to be |
| one is unbeatable and trust worthy teaching and | | | | successful 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 not | | | | relationship, friendship, social relationship. It is |
| talk much about mental strength and stability in | | | | neither knowledge, nor techniques, nor your |
| business. It was 12 years ago when I spun out a | | | | connections to VIP people which is of essence for |
| company I worked for 20 years and started my | | | | your success. |
| own business. There were a lot of business and | | | | Instead, 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 enough | | | | mental strength, these factors are like a building |
| money for investment, etc... I can fill at least a | | | | built 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 employed | | | | only way to acquire and maintain mental strength. |
| people in working in a business. It may be why | | | | Mental 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 was | | | | and me. |
| quite opposite. Business is like a life-staking fight in | | | | |