I was in Singapore this weekend watching the inaugural ONE FC MMA event. This was a superbly organized first event for an organisation that fully intends to be the biggest Mixed Martial Arts show in Asia. And, they could be, they certainly have a winners attitude, all their publicity is about how big they are and how muh bigger they are going to be. They believe!
One of the fighters at this event trains at the same gym as my son and I am sure that even though he is an experienced fighter who has fought internationally for many years, this was by far the biggest event he has fought in.
He lost his fight to knockout in the second round. The sad thing was that after the fight he posted on his facebook that he had given his opponent too much respect before the fight.
That says so much and it is something that matters in all areas of life.
His opponent was an ex world boxing champion and although our friend was a muay thai champion, he basically had defeated himself before the fight. He gave the other man too much respect and did not consider his own experience and skills.
Mental strength is a must have in life and certainly in business. How many times have salespeople been negatively affected by fellow team members who are maybe not really doing a job they are suitable for. If you are a negative sales person do not feel the need to bring your workmates down to your level.
You must firstly throw of the negativity as it achieves nothing, what can you gain by being negative? The answer of course is nothing.
A positive mental attitude is such a powerful tool to have that people achieve much more than the originally thought possible.
Until the day that Sir Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile many people had tried and failed in attempts to break it. Once he finally broke through that barrier it continued to fall on a regular basis.
When records began in 1855 the time set was some 4:28, it took 90 years before it was down to 4:01.
Once Bannister beat the record in May 1954 the imaginary line had been crossed and just one month later it was beaten again by John Landy from Australia, by 1999 the bar had been lowered all the way down to 3:43.
Once one person proves something can be done, suddenly others find it easier to believe it also possible for them to achieve.
Nobody could achieve anything if they did not believe in their ability to do it.
Whether it is business, sport or life nothing great can be achieved by people who do not believe they have the ability to succeed, who allow negative thoughts to control them.
Thomas Edison one of the inventors of the light bulb recorded many, many failed designs, he never called it a failure, each failure was actually just another step closer to his final success
Of course NOBODY likes that person who tries to turn every bad event into a positive, you have to be realistic and of this world.
But for business and sport being positive is fundamental to success.
