What if we face a job crisis (which we’re actually facing right now:|) which demands us to learn a particular course/skill, how well are we prepared for it?
First of
all, do you think any mental preparation is required for such a thing?
Let us
first know what Mental preparation is? Well I guess it is making up your mind
to handle unexpected situations strategically with a calm mind when you are
assigned to do a particular task/goal. This task/goal can be self-assigned or
it can be an order by people above you.
Let me explain to you with a simple example,
Example of Athletes or Sports Person:
Most of
the time athletes or any sports person are first prepared mentally by their
coaches when they’ll be training for their big-games. It involves developing
positive attributes within them like having self-belief, retaining the
confidence, avoiding distractions and handling pressure. These things will help
them to cope up with difficult and challenging situations.
Another
example is of the soldiers:
Before
going to any missions, the soldiers are clearly explained about the purpose of
the mission and are well prepared for it. Further they’re trained to remain
calm during difficult situations. This will help them in not making any wrong
decisions with irrational thoughts. Further, they’re taught how to get
alternate solutions (just like in the climax of URI movie when a group decides
to enter into enemies territory through Caves and not directly land from their
choppers) to make their mission successful when they’re looking for last minute
changes in their plan.
Now, you
may say “Why do I need this? I’m neither an athlete nor a soldier”:
In the
present scenario, being mentally prepared is very important. It'll prepare you
to some extent when you’re doing something to get level up in life.
Being prepared mentally helps you concentrate on your goals. It will also help you to fight with the failures and the negativity around you which is very important. Because when failures and negativity hit, people start taking irrational decisions. Such decisions end up wasting all the efforts put. Sometimes, they go to an extent of giving up their own lives.
How can
we get mentally prepared?
Though
you get many different ways when you search on the internet mental preparation,
here I’d like to share some of those that I know and very fond of,
Know your
“Why?”: Before you set a path for your goal and start walking on it,
know why you want to reach that goal and what you’ll achieve after reaching it.
Always be clear with your “Why?” as it’s the main source for your
“Inner-motivation” which is more important than any other external-motivation
from you-tube videos.
Resources
and Planning: Having the resources is not important, rather having the right resources
is very much important. Having the right resources is like having a road-map to
reach your destination. Whereas, planning lets you have an idea of the timeline
you have and the amount of effort you need to put everyday to achieve your
goal.
Self
discipline: Getting distracted is very easy in the present situation.
Whereas, trying to focus on a particular thing is going to need a lot of
efforts and the best way of being focused is to be self disciplined. Now
becoming self disciplined is not an overnight thing. As I said it will need
your efforts.
(How to
be self disciplined? Well, it’ll need a separate post for it, so let's not dig
too deep into it.)
For now
just remember, being self disciplined is the most important thing. It will help
you to be consistent with your plans and avoid distractions. It’ll take you one
step closer at a time towards your goals.
Positive
mind-set, Self-belief and Confidence: These 3 qualities are very
important as they act as your superhero weapons (just like how every superhero
has one) when you deal with any negativity and failures. Note that being highly
positive and overconfident may lead you to never reach your goals.
Confused?
Wanna know how? Read the next point my friend;)
Recognizing
your mistakes and plan for alternate solutions: When
you’re doing something new, you will face many failures. Further, you may even
get intuitions that things aren’t going as you planned. Don’t neglect these
things by being highly positive and over confident. If things aren’t working
then better change your plans and try approaching through alternate ways which
are more convenient to you.
Now you
may ask, “What if I don’t change my plans?” Well, the outcome’s pretty simple,
You’ll end up losing interest as the outcome is ZERO and it would be too late
for you to understand that you’ve not made a proper use of your time and
efforts.
Well
these are a few things of many things that I felt like sharing and hope they’ll
help you in one or the other way.
