‘Pressure is a heavy feeling that weighs upon your shoulders
and it’s brought upon yourself. A lot of other people think it’s brought upon
you. Pressure is something you bring on yourself because of your insecurities,
your own lack of form, and your concern about the opposition. It can be very
different for different people. One person won’t feel it under in any given circumstance
and another will feel it greatly. It’s hard to define but when we are feeling
it we all know it’s there.’ Andrew Strauss, England Cricket Captain
Events do not create pressure it is only our internal
thoughts that do that. We are
responsible for our mind and how it behaves. Therefore the more we train our mind, the
better we are able to deal with pressure.
Yes, Graham! "With our minds, we create the world." I like Carol Dweck's research at Stanford on "mindsets" with children, how children who have a "growth" mindset understand that life and learning are about getting better and better, that we are not "fixed" in our abilities.
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