soul, body and mind.’ And, he added, ‘If I could pick one thing that is vital to be successful internationally, it's mental toughness. The wonderful thing about it is that you're not born with it. You can train it into yourself.’21
Summary
The first step towards embracing and deliberately working on mindset skills is appreciating that talent and hard work are important, but are realised and maximised only with a performance mindset. Here is a model I advocate when thinking about achieving anything.
Talent is not the foundation, or even the middle layer. A performance mindset is the foundation. Without a performance mindset there can be no progress because there is no beginning or continuing. The following chapters explore some methods of building your performance mindset.
BUILD ON YOUR TALENT
Embrace developing your mindset. Talent is required, but is not as paramount as one might think. Mindset is more important and contributes to work rate.
Respect balanced development in the early years of sport. Recognise individual development journeys.
Embrace the idea that becoming an elite athlete takes a long time — years of time‐on‐task — so be patient.
Begin to focus on mindset skills early — both general and specific to the sport or pastime you are involved in.
Once an initial foundation of time is given to a sport, view it as only the beginning to enable ongoing growth.
Emphasise enjoyment when developing mindset skills to ensure motivation is embedded.
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