There is some logic in the argument that the less fortunate are likely to be naturally mentally stronger than the fortunate. If you believe – as we do – that to build mental muscle you have to put your mind under some kind of stress in the same way as you need to put actual muscles under stress to make them grow then it provides a dilemma to those whose everyday lives are not stressful. Naturally seeing a good sport psychologist is one way to get around this but there is another way which went combined with learning mental skills can allow you to ‘bake your cake and eat it’. Go and spend a few weeks or months in a place which is as far outside of your comfort zone as possible and each time you come up against something difficult see it as a chance to increase your mental strength. Cheers, GJM
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Thursday, May 05, 2011
Question: What is the hardest sport - psychologically speaking?
I’m going to go for surfing as number one (hardest) and golf as number two (second hardest)…I’ll add my reasons for these picks in a few weeks time in a follow up post. What do you think is the hardest sport - psychologically speaking (objective thoughts preferred)? GJM