Amazing Ways To Enhance Your Child's Mental Toughness Thru Sport

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By: Anna Agoncillo
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As a parent, you only want what is best for your child.

 You shower your beloved with affection and material things to keep your kid happy. You ensure that you are only one call away to keep your kid safe. But what you do for your child is not enough! You must teach him or her the essential skills needed to be successful in life. 

 Essential skills such as focus, determination, resilience, and confidence (even under immense pressure) can be transferred over almost all the areas of your child's life.

 What safer and better way can your beloved learn these skills than by participating in sport? 

 But before anything else, I must remind you how different things are than before.

Everything You Need To Know About Mental Toughness

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By: Anna Agoncillo
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Have you ever wondered what makes elite athletes or great leaders excel from the rest? 

 Is it because of their innate skills or their formative environments? Most likely, it is the combination of the two plus an ability called Mental Toughness.

 Mental Toughness helps an athlete to positively persevere despite the difficult circumstances. And, it can help you too!

 DEFINITION

 This Psychology term has been frequently used by Sport Psychologists, coaches, and business leaders. Despite of its popularity in Applied Sport Psychology, experts have yet to arrive at a singular description for it. 

Suggested Mental Toughness definitions from 1970s-1990s include:

 a. an ability to persist,
b. an ability to overcome failures,
c. the possession of superior mental skills,
d. and an ability to cope with pressure, stress, and adversity.

5 Mental Strategies To Ace Your Exams Like A Champion

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By: Anna Agoncillo
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If you are reading this, chances are you have had your share of exam anxiety. Do not fret, it happens to everyone!

 Fortunately, you can manage your anxiety and stress to fuel your performance through the use of efficient Mental Strategies. These 5 Mental Strategies will help you boost your Mental Toughness and later on lead you to perform better:

 1. IGNITE THE INTENTION TO SUCCEED

 To build awareness of what needs to happen and to stay on track of your task, you must set your "study goals" first. Goal setting involves two things namely: (a.) identifying your goals and (b.) knowing the essential resources.

 It is not enough to say that you want to study more; you must make your goals S.M.A.R.T. A S.M.A.R.T. goal is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-Based (e.g., 4 hours of study time daily). Furthermore, you shall prepare a study place that is conducive for learning.

 2. TAKE ACTION

 Once your goals are clearly set, you must confidently take your first attempt. It might be too much to drastically start with 4 hours of study time a day, so start with at least 45 minutes daily. Give continued  effort to the task as effort is power.

 You can also analyze the factors that hinder you from studying, such as distractions from external noises or too much texting. Then, add another goal that is fit to counteract these distractions such turning your hand-phone off for 2 hours.
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