Discover the fool-proof mental toughness recipe for staying strong and in control when there is a toxic person in your competing environment.
***Question***
Lisa, HELP! During our last tournament, communication between the setter and I shut down and I lost most of my confidence in myself. I wanted to impress the setter and the other guys. I wasn’t playing the best and the setter gave off bad body language. If I give him bad passes, he gets upset and down on me.”
***My Comments***
Okay, this might be hard for you to hear, but I’m going to tell you for your own good.
There are THREE colossal mental mistakes you are making to kill your own sports confidence right now.
The first mistake is assuming that the problem is this other guy, the setter.
No matter how much he gives you the “stink eye”, I’ll bet it only bothers you when you’re playing poorly.
So a key underlying problem is that you were not playing well (which you need to fix, pronto – but you can only do so when you admit it’s happening and do some mental training to fix it).
The second mistake is that you were playing to IMPRESS someone else.
This is a goal NOT under your control and always leads to PRESSING in sport.
That alone will kill your confidence.
The third mistake is that you’re looking for your setter’s approval.
Now don’t misunderstand me.
It’s fine to want someone’s approval.
It’s normal and natural.
You’re a human being other people are going to affect you.
The problem is that the last time we talked, you told me you weren’t a fan of this guy.
So here’s my question: “Why is it okay for you to reject him, but not for him to reject YOU?”
Remember, if you don’t like another person, he KNOWS it. You don’t have to tell him.
He’s picking up what you’re putting down in the energy field.
And people don’t respond to us based on how wonderful we are. They respond to us based on how they feel in our presence.
So if you don’t like him, he won’t approve of you no matter how great you are.
Let me repeat: as long as you are withholding acceptance from him, he isn’t going to give it to you.
AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN.
At this point you have a choice.
You can decide to accept him, warts and all.
If you do, he’ll come ’round without you having to do anything different at. Your mental shift will create the rapport with you having to do it.
Or, you can admit you don’t like him and ACCEPT that fact and its consequences, which is that he’s never going to be too excited to share a Coke with you or cheer you on out there.
You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
The great news about this is that no matter which choice you make, you win.
Either you’ll create better rapport with him, or you won’t care about his approval any more.
The choice is yours.
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Light it up out there,
Lisa B.