Mindset 4

Some believe that natural talent should not need effort and effort is for the less talented. Natural talent does not as for help. And it is an admission of weakness.

Many sports stars are not natural. On the contrary, some are lack of the endowment and some are even disabled.The author gives us some example, like Micheal Jordan, boxer Ali, golf star, the fastest woman in the world. All of them are not perfect and natural but they achieved success with great efforts.

People prefer to believe someone’s extraordinary sport IQ is something innate rather than the result of constant efforts.

Another factor that is important factor for sportsman’s life is character. Character is the ability to dig down and find the strength when things are going against you. And character grows out of mindset. And the mark of championship is the ability to win when things are not right. Sometimes it is the mental toughness that make players who are not as good as opponents win games.

Character is what allows you to reach the top and stay there. Ability can get you to the top but it is the character that keeps you there. If you see an athlete win over and over again.

Those with growth mind find success in doing their best, in their learning and improving. Those with fixed mind think that  success is establishing superiority.

Those with growth mindset see setbacks motivating. In those fixed mindset, setbacks label you.

People with the growth mindset in sports took charge of the processes that bring success.

I just couldn't stand of losing. Because it makes me less special.

Somebody is not determined by whether they won or lost. Somebodies are people who go for it with what they have.

In the fixed mindset, you don’t see yourself as a work in progress and you see yourself as a finished products.