3 Tips that Boosts up your Performance on Anything
The key is all mental! It is in the nuance of your daily habit! Do you feel tired all the time? Does your anxiety lose control whenever you are forced to change? Is there a universal solution to these problems that hinder your performance on almost anything?
Yes! I spent 2 years on experimenting and here’s the solution.
Some background story on my journey discovering these habits:
3 years ago, I was in terrible shape, I was in a huge existential crisis caused by a chain of events from the past. Back then, I consider my daily life to be pointless and I was always in a low mood. I felt like I was nothing and I have lost everything. Weirdly enough, I started to feel a sense of death anxiety, a random thought pops up in my mind:
“What do you afraid of losing?”
“I have nothing to lose anymore.” I answered myself.
“If you have nothing to lose, you shouldn’t be afraid of anything.”
That’s it. Right! Why did I never think about that! And, that made me start my journey of self-improvement. After 2 years of sticking to these habits, I started to see myself improving on many aspects.
1. Listen to the narratives that you keep telling yourselves
We are the result of the story that we keep telling ourselves.
Did you tell yourselves about how much of a failure you are when you performed badly? Be mindful of the negative self-talk loop that is embedded in your mind.
The single idea that you transfer to yourselves, your mind will learn it and repeat itself in similar situations, reinforcing the negative outcome. What you are repeating in your mind matters tremendously to your actions. Make sure to use your rationality to analyze your thought processes before making conclusions.
Awareness is the first step to change.
Write down what flows through your mind in a journal that has led to an undesirable outcome. Try recognizing these patterns, those could be the reason that stopped you from improving. Say words to yourselves that is reassuring and empowering.
2. Exercise, frequently!
I once thought exercising only changes you physique. I was wrong. It changes your mindset completely. Exercises have taught me a lot. It is almost mind-blowing how it refreshed my mind after an hour of intense exercises. The 2 years of calisthenics exercises improved and trained up my discipline and authenticity. Why does authenticity matter?
In the realm of exercises, if you want to get good, the only one you have to surpass is yourself.
Be true to yourself, keep asking yourself the questions, are you executing your plan and really exercising wholeheartedly. Exercising is tough, but are you facing the pain voluntarily?
Set S.M.A.R.T Goals for your excercises
3. Only make changes progressively
Progress doesn’t come easy. If we put in accumulative effort, believe that results will come along, it just takes time. Be patient and focus on the work. If you are lifting a 10kg dumbbell on day 1, it is unrealistic to expect yourself to be lifting 40kg dumbbell on day 2.
Give time to your mind and body to adjust. This is the same for all the skills you would like to develop, put in the effort first, and be patient. Motivation comes after actions. Exceed your comfort zone just a little bit day by day.
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