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Before you can act you must choose. Before you can choose you must know. Before you can know you must feel. And before you can feel you must be trained.David Amerland
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Fathom your motivation so that you understand what you are prepared to do and why.David Amerland
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Every physical response, every psychological change and every mental transformation starts with the mind.David Amerland
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The moment you establish a line of communication between two points, you subtly change both. That is also true for the way the brain is affected by the mind.David Amerland
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We cannot learn something new and stick to it without a modular approach to application, positive reinforcement and a real change of environment.David Amerland
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Reality is not a thought experiment.David Amerland
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Mindless action without a real understanding of the ramifications is only likely to result in serious miscalculations or a colossal waste of time. Avoid both by using your judgment, filtered through both knowledge and experience. Use common sense and logic as a counterbalance to emotion.David Amerland
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These mental and physical components of self belief are closely interlinked. They are used to slowly interweave the perÂsonal narratives that very effectively create a powerful sense of identity.David Amerland
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Without the mind the body is not capable of delivering anything beyond an average performance.David Amerland
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When it comes to identity we are all constructs. Who we think we are is the result of our upbringing, memories, skill set, knowledge, experiences and personal belief system. Of all the onion layers that make us who we are, our belief system is what powers our core. It’s what creates the essence of a human being and makes it possible for each of us to exceed our limits, confound expectations and do the impossible. .David Amerland
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Confidence, even when under pressure, has a way of turning an impossible situation into just another challenge to be met.David Amerland
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Our insecurities drive us. Our fears control us. We try to hide the first and deny the second and it is exhausting us.David Amerland
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The brain works in a holistic, cooperative way that makes our basest desire or most abject fear as expressive of who we are as abstract thinking of the highest order. That means that we are all equal part snakes, monkeys, and spacemen.David Amerland
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Evolution has geared the human stress response to last about thirty seconds. It's enough time to facilitate fight or flight. Evolution has not adapted our brains or bodies to handle weeks or months of prolonged stress.David Amerland
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There is a fine line deep within the mind that makes self-belief and confidence, the defining elements of success and failure in any circumstance. How we learn to activate them without running the risk of lying to ourselves is the key that unlocks the superhuman lying dormant within us.David Amerland