Saturday, January 17, 2015

The Fearless Mind


Two months ago, Craig Manning, PhD taught the BYU Cheer Competition Squad about the mental preparation required before a performance. 10% of our brain usage is conscious and the other 90% is subconscious. What we fill our conscious with gets stored in our subconscious. In preparation for the competition, we have been filling our minds with positive thoughts and avoiding the negative so nothings negative is stored in our subconscious.

Before we left for UCA Collegiate Nationals, Manning spoke to us again. Now that we have gone through the physical and mental preparation, it is time to perform, Our routine is in our muscle memory, the subconscious, but we are still using the other 10%. If we do not occupy that space, fear of what will happen in the future enters the space and will affect our performance.

Throughout life we are required to perform. It may be that we are taking a test, giving a speech, or being interviewed for a job. Sometimes it seems that we don't have complete control over the outcome of our performance, but with the proper mental preparation we can overcome negative thoughts and have a successful performance.

Breakdown: 
For every negative thought, replace it with three positive thoughts
Picture yourself perfectly performing the task
Use power statements such as: "I GOT this." before and during a performance.



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5 comments:

  1. KaralineJanuary 19, 2015 at 5:08 PM

    I really enjoyed how straight forward this post is. Facts, application, and a summary. I absolutely love competition and relate to what you said about having to occupy the additional 10% with positive thoughts. I am feeding myself power statements literally almost every day. I believe they transform your attitude and how you perform from small things to big things.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 20, 2015 at 7:53 AM

    It's crazy how strong the mind is! If you think really hard that something is going to happen it's probably going to happen. I believe that your mind is powerful enough to create your own reality.

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  3. UnknownJanuary 21, 2015 at 7:46 PM

    haha I totally agree with this!! Have you ever heard of "the secret" haha that's all it talks about is positive thinking, and how much that can influence the results. It is crazy how much your subconscious affects the way you perform, if you expect to lose, you will, it's as simple as that! Thanks for the insight!

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  4. UnknownJanuary 22, 2015 at 10:11 PM

    Awesome post! I love how simply you've explained the need for positive thoughts. I didn't realize that what we put in our conscious is stored in our subconscious! Nice background picture by the way, that's my home town!

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  5. UnknownJanuary 24, 2015 at 10:52 AM

    I love this idea of thinking positive thoughts while we train and prepare for something so that when it is time to perform it will help us succeed. The brain is awesome!

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