Elite

CHAPTER 3Take Control of Your Thoughts

Have you ever felt like you are walking a tightrope between insecurity and arrogance? One day you wake up feeling on top of the world like nothing can stand in your way. If you quit your job, you’d have it replaced by the end of the day. If you wanted to be the president of the United States, you could accomplish it with a single tweet.

Then the next day, you wake up and wonder how you’ve been able to Forrest Gump your way this far through life. Undoubtedly, it was some lucky mistake, and the bottom is about to drop out. You start thinking that you aren’t good enough for anything that you have and you don’t deserve the love of anyone who would give it.

If this daily pendulum shift description sounds familiar, guess what, you’re not alone. Everyone, even the elite people of any industry struggle with controlling their thoughts. We’re such fickle beings and our mental state shifts like a blade of grass blown by the wind. One minute, we view ourselves with too much esteem and the next with too little. Finding that balance is one of the most challenging things a person can do. In this chapter, we will apply what we learned from the inverted U of stress control to our thought lives. Some thoughts are beneficial, and some are harmful to our quality of life as well as our ability to perform. Being able to control those thoughts will make a dramatic difference in your life, but first, you need to be able to identify what part of the dial you ...