Elite athletes and successful leaders have similar thought processes…they use mental models to positively and purposefully enhance performance. You can use mental models (frameworks that you carry in your mind) to impact your own performance, and the performance of those around you.
Here are four of the most powerful thought processes (mental models) that you can cultivate to maximize your effectiveness:
• Hope (believing that something good is going to happen): Focus on events where you were able to successfully handle serious situation in the past and good things that are coming in the future.
• Optimism (confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something): Focus on the positive achievements and things in your life, and expect the best.
• Resilience (the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties): Don’t dwell on things that you can’t do anything about. Focus on those things you can change and what comes next.
• Perseverance (steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success): Recall times that you have overcome personal challenges. Be determined to finish (and finish strong) long after others have given up.
What you PROJECT is often what you GET, so practicing these four mental models (and projecting them outward) can and will have very powerful impact on your outcomes and the outcomes of those around you.