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Niccho is not your average triathlete. Whereas most triathletes experience their confidence and focus during competition or perhaps feel stomach jitters when they are about to compete, Niccho is just oozing with determination and strength! Though Niccho’s training is less rigid compared to other triathletes, Niccho performs excellently during competitions. Niccho’s secret? Mind training.
Mind training is not just for athletes who want to get the gold during their events. Rather, every individual will benefit dramatically from mind training. This is because mind training can improve performance, as well as give the average human the power to overcome, potentially, any problem. Here are things you need to know about mind training:
• Mind training is based on the Buddhist tradition rooted on a set of proverbs developed in Tibet by Chekawa during the 12th century. The twin pillars of the practice are Ultimate Bodhicitta, translated as ‘open-mindedness’ and Relative Bodhicitta, translated as ‘compassion’. Mind training gives you a set of vaccine to bad mental habits, paranoia and predetermined ideas that hinder the potential of humans.
• Mind training is grounded on the idea that the mind controls the body and not vice versa. Mind training remedies self-sabotage—that is, when under pressure, humans inadvertently bring out dilemmas which do not exist in practice.
• Mind training utilizes the power of the mind to work as an ally or a nemesis, depending on how it is programmed to perform.
• Mind training helps you overcome intense nervousness and gives you a deep belief in yourself and your abilities. Mind training aids in concentration as well.
• Mind training helps you to be ‘in the zone’—that is to be in a mental state wherein you feel that your performance seems to flow effortlessly, that you simply cannot do anything wrong. Mind training achieves this through visualization. This is done by consistently imagining your self performing at your peak level. By doing so, a mental blueprint is created by the power of subconscious mind which your body will follow in your endeavor. Mind training is all about running movies of your success in your mind.
• Mind training assist humans in hurdling problems and reach the absolute peak of their potential. It facilitates a calm, clear and concentrated mind. Mind training improves motivation and enjoyment of training and working.
Why do humans need mind training? For the simple reason that what the mind conceives, the body can achieve.
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There comes a time in everyone’s life that there is a need to perform unpleasant and daunting tasks for a reason or two–that kind of stuff hits me every once in a while. You know, having to tango with a colleague I don’t like, going to school on Mondays, washing the dishes, studying for exams. Stuff like this sucks every inch of motivation I have in me and, in the end, I feel frustrated, weary and even irritated. But you know what? I manage to go along—all thanks to a little bit of motivation 101.
If you’re a normal human being then sudden bouts of non-motivation will bother you. But fear not! Here’s a little crash course on motivation 101:
• Motivation is a drive that sets in motion behavior and gives this behavior direction. It is an internal condition that fuels the human being to act. Motivation is anchored in the most basic need to decrease physical pain and increase pleasure. Whereas a goal is something you strive to achieve, motivation is the fuel that powers the vehicle to get you there.
• Intrinsic motivation is motivation derived from rewards built-in to a task or activity itself. To be intrinsically motivated means doing an activity with no evident reward other than the activity itself.
• Extrinsic motivation is rooted outside the person—either to get a reward or to avoid punishment. This type of motivation can extinguish and replace inherent motivation. There must be a balance between intrinsic motivators and extrinsic motivators.
• The mind set can be a deciding factor in being motivated. A mindset filled with growth-inhibiting beliefs, prejudices and biases will hinder the person in pursuing his goals. Furthermore, the fear to move out of one’s comfort zone will make a person hard to motivate as he will blatantly refuse a new idea if it doesn’t fit his comfort zone.
• The level of motivation is dependent on grasping knowledge about possible obstacles ahead of time. By doing so, you can avoid them or, if not, focus your motivation when they are near.
There you have it—what you need to know about motivation from a crash course on Motivation 101. To stay motivated is a Herculean task. But, you see, it is not impossible. You can do something about that alleged elusive bachelor called motivation. Just do your homework in Motivation 101.
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Moneymaking—that is the name of Elliot’s game. The gears in Elliot’s mind seem to turn only for moneymaking schemes. Last summer, Elliot put up a lemonade stand near the soccer field where thirsty athletes under the heat of the sun hang out. The summer before that, Elliot spearheaded three garage sales, one of which was mentioned in the local newspaper for its innovation and appearances of our town’s aristocrats. Every weekend, Elliot handles babysitting, dog walking and tutoring services.
Elliot embodies everyone’s desire to get rich. The topic of how to become rich hangs around everywhere—from books, to classes, to rich people giving tips, to online articles that offer how to become rich schemes. And Elliot, as if he was not into how to become rich schemes already, asked me to find more stuff about how to become rich. Here’s what the Internet offers on how to become rich:
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“I can do it!” Elizabeth said loudly for the 9th time that evening. We were the last employees at the coffee house and we were closing it up for the long weekend ahead of us. Whereas I was thinking of a fun trip to a coastal area, Elizabeth was more concerned about giving herself some sort of solitary and modified pep talk. I asked her what exactly she was doing and she said that she was unleashing the power of subconscious mind, specifically hers. Apparently, Elizabeth has decided to go back to college after having left it behind some 10 years ago. Having been accepted to a local university, she was going to start her classes after the long weekend and she felt squeamish inside. Hence, her attempt at unleashing the power of subconscious mind which she assumed was going to keep her nerves from breaking down.
But what does the power of subconscious mind mean? Here are the things that Elizabeth said about it:
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Dale’s hobby of collecting toy race cars is nothing short of amazing. It’s a mystery how he manages to spend at least an hour a day polishing the nearly 300 models that he has. He cleans them as if he is bathing a baby and handles them with the care that a glass sculptor would give to his masterpiece. Dale is extremely devoted to his hobby so much that whenever he goes to the mall, his first stop would always be the toy store and he would stay glued to one section for hours – the vehicle section.
He loves toy race cars so much that he can differentiate one car from the other just by the mere mention of the model. What is even more amazing (and perhaps extravagant to most people) is how much Dale spends on his toy car collection. One time, Dale saved 80% of his weekly allowance just so he could buy the latest “Let’s Go” toy car model. Dale not only spends money on his collection, he invests even more time and effort in putting a toy car together! Mind you, he disassembles and assembles at least 2 cars each day to the point that he could assemble at least 50 of his toy cars with a blindfold!! Beat that!
When I asked Dale why he goes to such lengths for his toy cars, his reply was simple—he just loved toy cars.
A hobby such as toy car collection is a great exemplification of intrinsic motivation. According to Malone and Lepper, intrinsic motivation is basically “what people will do without external inducement”. In simple terms, it is motivation devoid of any external or outside rewards, such as money or grades. If you have intrinsic motivation, you do a task simply for the pleasure or satisfaction in doing and/or completing that task. However, it doesn’t mean that an individual will not seek rewards if he has intrinsic motivation. An intrinsically motivated person acknowledges the perk of rewards, but these rewards are not enough to keep that person motivated. In other words, with or without the reward, the person will continue to do the task, for as long as he has interest or believes in it.
If you can make someone align his values to yours, thus giving him an internal desire for the idea or value, you can set a very powerful motivation in the area. That is the power of intrinsic motivation. Plus, unlike extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation lasts longer because desires take time to be extinguished.
How do you increase intrinsic motivation? Here are a few things you should consider:
