Obstacles to Maintaining the Champion Mindset
Written by Jill and is filed under the Category: "A Champion Mindset, Obstacles"
You were created to become an overcomer and a champion. However life often presents you with obstacles that may try and hinder you from maintaining a champion mindset.
Some of these obstacles may be simple and practical things. Nevertheless they can take discipline and determination to overcome. Obstacles are meant to strengthen you and challenge you to rise to higher and greater things.
Becoming a champion takes sacrifice, discipline, diligence and determination. Every time you overcome an obstacle in your life, you strengthen your determination to win and to succeed in life. Your champion mindset is reinforced and your focus on your goals sharpens.
You are a winner! You are a champion!
In this and the next 4 articles (posts) we are going to take a close look at some of these practical areas of your life that can be obstacles to maintaining the champion mindset. Of course we will focus on ways you can overcome these obstacles and strength your champion mindset.
Once we identify the hindrances it is always much easier to conquer them.
Ready? Of course you are! Here is the first obstacle:
Diet
Now why did I have to go and meddle with diet?? Well actually diet embraces the areas that can affect both your body and your brain (and thus your emotions).
In fact, your brain is much more affected by your diet than you realize. So does this mean that diet can affect mood swings, clarity of mind, focus? Well the latter two you probably already know about, but mood swings affected by diet? Yes!
Diet includes – food, exercise AND sleep.
Oh dear – sleep too? Yes. I am a night owl by nature. I was born at midnight (so I am told), and my best study and work hours have always been late at night. The only problem is that presently I have a job that requires the alarm to go off at 4.20am!
After a few late nights followed by very early mornings I find myself wondering why I am depressed, unable to concentrate and get anything done when I come home.
Then one day recently I ate something that was not quite right and a dose of food poisoning resulted. That meant I had no option but to rest all day. In fact I slept all day.
Result, the next day I was back in the stream of life feeling SO much better in every area.
Yes all aspects of diet will affect your mood, your enthusiasm or lack of it and your ability to focus and concentrate.
To overcome anything in life, you need to be positive, enthusiastic and be focused on your goals.
Scientific studies are proving more and more that a connection does exist between our diet of food, vitamins, exercise AND sleep and our brains (our ability to think clearly, focus and stay positive).
Of course the biggest things to avoid are the processed foods, the chemicals (artificial sweeteners, non diary creamers, packaged foods filled with chemicals), sugars, excess caffeine.
For more information on this area I highly recommend Dr Hay’s book – UltraMind Solution. Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First.
Dr Hay shocked me by pointing out that a part of the brain is in actual fact located in the lower intestinal area known as the gut. So wrong foods, toxins and poisons poured into this area will of course affect our brains.
I am sure you have had many experiences with proving the value of right diet for energy, focus and freedom from depression. Please share your experiences, ideas, tips and discoveries below.
And don’t forget:
Check out the next article in this series: Overcoming Obstacles Takes Discipline.
