Supercharge Your Best Life: Optimal Peak Performance Strategies for Relentless Growth and Building a Bulletproof Lifestyle

Your mindset is your own.

As Viktor Frankl said, “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing, the last of human freedoms: To choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.”

People who can, believe they can. People who don’t or won’t—even if they want it—will never get what they desire because they don’t believe. You must believe you can, or else you won’t.

Your mindset is a choice.

You are living in one of two worlds: a growth or a fixed mindset. For optimum performance and living into your greatness, you must direct your thoughts towards a growth mindset.

A growth mindset is built on the foundation that achievement and failure come largely from effort, a commitment to learning, and constant and never-ending development.

A fixed mindset is built from the opposite point of view. In a fixed mindset, you believe that mental traits are inborn and remain unchangeable, limiting what you can learn, do, be, and achieve. You have no hope of improving because this is “the way it is” and I can’t change it.

Be aware of the lies you create. They are deceptive and emerge from a place you that builds fear, doubt, and uncertainty. These are the three enemies of a growth mindset. Henry Ford was right when he said, “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't – you're right,” emphasizing how much attitude determines success or failure. Your attitude is a building block for your mindset.

How often do you say to yourself or people, “I can’t...” and then fill in the blank? Yes, there are many things we can’t do... yet. If I want to play a sport but have never tried it, I can start to play and develop the skills with practice. If you want to play guitar but it’s been thirty years since you picked it up, you can still learn.

Be careful when you use negative parallels, such as “Oh yeah, I used to do that.” The past is a funnel of experiences we frame as either successful or failures. If I invested money in something and lost, I failed and might never try that again. Your mindset states: “That didn’t work. Don’t try it again.”

Your mindset is a choice.

We all have conditioned limitations. Someone once told me I had no musical talent. Those words stuck with me, and I stayed away from anything that was musical. I believed it at the time. When someone asked if I played something, I said, “No, I’m not very good at music.” However, that wasn’t true. I believe I was good at music. I would write songs, even without knowing the notes. I’d come up with lyrics and pass them on to other musicians.

By telling people you can’t do something, it reinforces your failure. What you say is what you do. Growing up, I defeated myself continuously by reinforcing the belief that “I can’t.”

Limitations are built on past failures or shortcomings, and your limits define who you are, what you can do, and the actions you take. This is true for most things: The amount of money you make; the work you do, the people you spend time with, and how you spend time when alone.

Your world is a mirrored reflection of the mindset you are invested in building. Circumstances have very little to do with it. We are influenced by the environment, but you can manipulate your conditions to work for you instead of against you. In the end, it is your decisions that decide your path. What choices are you making right now that will lead your life tomorrow?

Your mindset is intentional.

Make your growth mindset an intentional action, and anything you desire is yours. Let others make that decision for you, and this gives up your freedom to create, experiment, and experience a life that is your own. You will fall into the trap of structuring a fixed mindset based on the expectations of others.

If you want to predict your future, take control of your thoughts. Your thoughts—when used in positive ways—are powerful tools to expand your mindset. Take control of your mind at the start of each day. Do this first thing when you awaken before negative thoughts can take hold. Before you go to sleep, spend fifteen minutes meditating and thinking deeply about your future. Visualize how you want your world to be created.

Be intentional with your goals. Take responsibility for your life’s journey and feed your growth mindset with wisdom, philosophy and positive affirmations. It’s hungry and it is wants everything you can give it. The ability to fix on this daily habit is the cornerstone of success or failure.