Summary of Nate Zinsser's The Confident Mind

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 You can armor yourself against any unexpected turn of events and the difficulties of life by building a personal mental fortress. You start with some strong foundations, and naturally, because this is a mental bank account, your foundations are mental too.
#2 The four pillars of a kick-ass confident attitude are the mind-body connection, human imperfection, the action of the autonomic nervous system, and the delayed returns of continued practice.
#3 The mind-body connection was first established in the 1960s and 1970s, when many Westerners began paying attention to Eastern practices like yoga and meditation. The results were conclusive: when subjects changed how they thought and cultivated a peaceful, serene emotional state, their bodies responded with dramatic reductions in blood pressure, oxygen consumption, and heart rate.
#4 The connection between your thoughts, feelings, and physical state is constantly working to either enhance or degrade your performance. If your emotional state is driven by a flood of worrisome thoughts, it produces an accelerated heart rate, higher blood pressure, increased muscle tension, tunnel vision, and a cascade of stress hormones.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Développement personnel
• développement personnel
• Personal development
• Success

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 19 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669354505
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Nate Zinsser's The Confident Mind
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

You can armor yourself against any unexpected turn of events and the difficulties of life by building a personal mental fortress. You start with some strong foundations, and naturally, because this is a mental bank account, your foundations are mental too.

#2

The four pillars of a kick-ass confident attitude are the mind-body connection, human imperfection, the action of the autonomic nervous system, and the delayed returns of continued practice.

#3

The mind-body connection was first established in the 1960s and 1970s, when many Westerners began paying attention to Eastern practices like yoga and meditation. The results were conclusive: when subjects changed how they thought and cultivated a peaceful, serene emotional state, their bodies responded with dramatic reductions in blood pressure, oxygen consumption, and heart rate.

#4

The connection between your thoughts, feelings, and physical state is constantly working to either enhance or degrade your performance. If your emotional state is driven by a flood of worrisome thoughts, it produces an accelerated heart rate, higher blood pressure, increased muscle tension, tunnel vision, and a cascade of stress hormones.

#5

The sewer cycle is the opposite of the constructive cycle. It is characterized by negative thoughts about yourself and your performance, and it leads to poor performance and no victory. The good news is that you have a choice: you can choose to linger on the proper thoughts about yourself and your performance, or you can choose to be more consistently helpful in your thinking.

#6

Perfectionism is the drive to achieve high standards, but it can become destructive when taken to extremes. When you punish yourself for every mistake, error, and imperfection, you cannot be confident.

#7

Perfectionism can be healthy and motivating, but you must not demand it of yourself. Instead, strive for perfection, but don’t expect it. Learn to be curious about your imperfections, and view them as valuable sources of information.

#8

functional perfectionism is the act of striving to do your best, but also accepting that you might not get it right all the time. It is important to accept your human imperfections and strive to do your best.

#9

The nervous system is a process that is active when you are about to do something that matters to you. It is your body’s way of preparing you for action. The adrenaline that is released during this process helps you perform better.

#10

When you are faced with your First Victory, your body will produce adrenaline, which will help you perform better. However, this also produces unwanted side effects, such as racing heart, jittery muscles, and butterflies in your stomach.

#11

The first victory of confidence is changing your narrative about arousal. When you’re nervous, you’re uncomfortable, but when you’re excited, you’re comfortable. The degree to which you view being nervous as a foe or an ally determines how you feel about it.

#12

You should expect your nerves to be activated before you begin any important task. Accept this fact and you will eliminate another source of doubt and anxiety.

#13

The ten-thousand-hour rule is the idea that you must practice for ten thousand hours to become an expert in your field. However, this rule does not take into account the fact that practice is unpredictable and uneven, and that the longer you practice, the longer your plateaus will become and the shorter your bursts of improvement will be.

#14

Every minute of quality practice, every rep, drill, and practice session, creates beneficial changes in your nervous system that ultimately lead to substantial improvements. These changes occur while you are on the plateau. With this understanding, plateaus need not be dreaded or merely tolerated, but rather valued.

#15

The outer sheath of a neuron, which is the individual nerve cell of which our entire nervous system is composed, grows each time that neuron is activated. The more this circuit is fired, the more myelin is produced, and the more myelin produced, the more efficient the circuit becomes.

#16

The upshot of Leonard’s explanation of learning systems and neuroscience’s identification of how myelin functions and develops is that practice, particularly deliberate practice right at the edge of one’s present ability, creates minor, immediate changes that are not always noticeable but that chain together over time to produce major, noticeable changes once a certain threshold is reached.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The most important mental skill is to be able to think selectively, only allowing into your mind thoughts and memories that create energy, optimism, and enthusiasm. You will feel on top of the world because of the ongoing mind-body connection.

#2

The best hitters in baseball have always thought through a mental filter that allows them to perceive, through their filters, all their experiences in the world in a way that helps them move toward success.