Winning Disguises the True Motivation to Compete

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What is it for you? Well, winning is an optimistic objective while avoiding losing has a negative focus. Winning is something you put yourself out for you to achieve.

Do you desire to win, or do you actually want to avoid losing? So how are these two different?

Either you are working toward reward or trying to avoid pain.

The end result may be the same, to win. However, there are a lot of different fundamental motivating forces. It may seem to be connotative, just a play on words; however it is really much deeper than that.

The reason you would like to succeed is the most important indication of your drive to win. The truth is embedded in your psyche.

The vision is to be a victor but the idea is not about losing. Avoiding losing is associated with avoiding pain. The significance attached to losing is distinctive to each individual.

Although the truth has been hidden, it does not need to remain that way any longer. Once the reason has been revealed to you, then you are empowered. Determine if it works for you, or against you.

It could be characterized as:

* Disappointing others

* Acceptance

* Love

* Worthiness

Determining a goal because your subconscious wants to avoid pain creates a struggle. Trying to avoid pain requires a lot of energy, is draining and for the amount of effort you are exerting there is minimal progress. The frequent struggles athletes experience are slumps, choking and yips.

Alternatively, if you are certain in your capabilities to achieve your goal, you have a considerably unusual experience. The experience is invigorating and enjoyable. Progress goes easily, almost naturally, with every step accomplishing milestones with no difficulty.

It is time to relate this insight to your performance. Instead of inside your mind, the fight is involving only you and your opponents. The desire to win is positively motivated; void of any inner struggle.

The best thing to do is to keep your focus throughout the extremely stressful moments of a competition no matter how difficult it is. When everything flows together easily you experience synchronicity. The zone is something every athlete strives to achieve.

Likewise, if the goal is to avoid losing then you are going against the flow. Struggles within yourself will have an effect on your performance. The sources of your distractions will be your negative thoughts, hesitations and uncertainties. To be distracted and focused at the same time is not viable.

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Are you concerned about finances? Wonder why clients are not coming to you? You don't feel genuine when telling others about what you do? Mindset for Marketing Success specializes in mastering the marketing mindset to grow your business. Loren Fogelman, is a success expert and Emotional Freedom Techniques advanced practitioner. Loren helps to get past the obstacles which keep you from taking action. The strategy is to get you excited about marketing your business. Loren has worked with thousands of professionals in demanding careers who are really good at what they do but feel uncomfortable having to sell themselves. The goal is to help you get past the discomfort of marketing to grow your business. With laser focus Loren is able to identify core issues quickly and use a results based strategy to reach your peak potential to grow your business. She developed the Mindset for Marketing Success System, a series of 7 important steps to create the mindset for marketing success to grow your business. You deserve to step into your greatness. Her approach is to focus on moving toward the solution. Loren combines her years of experience working as a therapist to laser into core issues and then uses energy work to clear your barriers to taking action. By stepping out of the box, Loren works with you to develop reframes and reach your goals with confidence. If you are interested in learning more about using the Emotional Freedom Techniques go to http://bit.ly/mindsetformarketingsuccess and get your free E-course "Tapping Into Emotional Freedom"
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