What Is Mental Fitness?
train your mind to navigate any emotional terrain.
THERE ARE CLEAR PARALLELS BETWEEN PHYSICAL FITNESS AND MENTAL FITNESS.
This is good news. It means we can train our minds and emotional life, just as we do our bodies, to be more adaptable, stronger, and resilient.
And that resilience equips us to respond to the challenges thrown our way.
But too often we default to the path of negligence for our bodies, often with excuses of busyness, leading to a myriad of wellness and serious health problems.
It jolts us into retroactive attempts to heal the damage – assuming we get a second chance.
When it comes to our inner world, many of us also wait until crises arrive.
We wait until we are mentally exhausted, broken down like a vehicle on the side of the road that never received proper maintenance, or the patient in need of emergency surgery before taking the warning signs seriously.
But there is a different path you can take before reaching breakdown.
Mental fitness won’t prevent challenges from coming. They’re already on their way.
However, when your mind is mentally fit, you will be able to endure the storms of life, and any diversions from the path you’re on, with clarity and confidence to press on with an agility your unfit mental state didn’t think was possible.
Arguably, mental fitness offers benefits that every individual wants.
But mental fitness is a choice.
What choice are you making?
what does it look like to be mentally fit?
You will be more adaptable on the job, and in life, because you are…
- Able to take on and manage greater challenges.
- Trained to improve your focus for longer periods of time without getting derailed.
- Equipped to make difficult decisions with greater clarity and more confidence.
- Capable of experiencing losses or setbacks, recovering quicker, and coming back stronger.
- Attuned with your mission, your team, and ability to make greater progress on your goals, even in chaotic times.
If these qualities describing what it means to be mentally fit speak to you – and you want to achieve an inner world that translates to greater impact in the real world – then it’s time to start building your mental fitness.