Press "Enter" to skip to content

Overcoming Mental Barriers | Dan Pastushkov | TEDxLosGatosHighSchool


so this right here is what FFXIII aren’t
offered just about the last four years
or so
and through learning the salt is Hume
and through finding friends who enjoy
slow conceive as much as I do and even
find entire communities fine in this
cube I’ve learned quite a lot and one
thing I’ve learned about together is
mental barriers and the whole concept of
overcoming so what is a nice barrier
Google puts it mental barrier it’s a
psychological barrier is weak that a
person has about him or herself
regarding their mobility potential or
sub work and the whole idea of
overcoming the mental barrier comes back
telling yourself that there’s no such
thing as I can’t you can always try it
and as cliche as it might sound anything
can be done with the right mindset that
is I wouldn’t you’re talking this key
would be solved so I leave it there just
first you visualize it then you downplay
then you say there’s a little crazier
goal finally you’re done so let’s go
step by step step by step a little
slower first visualizing it so here you
try to imagine what you want you imagine
yourself accomplishing your goal you
imagine it right within your grabs you
try to put yourself into a state of mind
where you’ve already completing it
essentially you’re just trying to make
it seem possible in your head next you
downplay it you tell yourself this is
easy it’s no big deal I can do this in
my sleep it shouldn’t be as hard as I’m
making it out to be in my head then you
set yourself a crazier goal and here you
try to one-up yourself so you take your
original goal and set yourself a goal
even crazier than the first one and
that’s what you work towards you forget
about your initial goal that’s nowhere
anymore all your work and effort
goes into this crazier goal and even if
you don’t accomplish this crazier goal
the effort that you put into it would
still more than likely let you
accomplish the first one and then
finally you’re done so let’s put this
into practice at the beginning of this
year I had a really big Rubik’s Cube
competition coming up over 200
competitors the biggest on the west
coast and one of the biggest in the US
and I told myself I want to solve the
cube in under 10 seconds consistently at
this competition and I knew I could do
it I know I was fully capable of it but
just something about the nerves that our
competition always threw me off in the
past so I realize there was a mental
barrier so what are did you well first I
visualized it I pictured it being normal
and what I usually get I put myself into
a state of mind where I’ve already
accomplished my goal just making it seem
possible in my head it can happen then I
downplayed it I said I can do this at
home
consistently I can just as easily do it
at a competition consistently – then I
set myself a crazier goal and I said
instead of trying to solve the cube in
under ten seconds I want to solve the
cube in under nine seconds and that’s
what I work towards I forgot completely
about under ten seconds all of my work
and practice went into under nine
seconds and I knew that in the back of
my head even if I didn’t get under nine
seconds I’d still more than likely get
under under ten from the work and effort
that I put into it and then I was done
and the competition came around and I
got a nine point five six second average
putting me in ninth place in the final
round so now let’s try to give a less
niche example one that maybe you guys
can relate a little more to so let’s say
you’re about to take your driving test
you’re finally getting your license but
there’s just one thing you’re scared
that you’re gonna fail the test and you
know you’re fully capable just something
about the nerves of someone writing down
stuff all your drive just gets to you
you think you’re gonna fail so let’s
visualize it so you try to put yourself
into a state of mind where you’ve
already passed and again you’re just
trying to make it seem possible in your
head
next you downplay it you tell yourself
this should be easy
it’s just Mitra having someone else
around they’re taking notes and doing
their own thing but really it’s just me
driving someone else around then you set
yourself a crazier goal and instead of
just trying to pass the test you try to
pass with zero mistakes and that’s what
you shift your focus to you forget about
just trying to pass you want to make no
mistakes and even if you don’t get your
zero mistakes you’d still more than
likely pass just from the effort that
you put into it and then you’re done now
these simple steps can really be applied
to anything that you can consider a
mental barrier and although the thought
process behind each step might be a
little different the general idea could
still stand and as I said before as
cliche as it might sound anything can be
done with the right approach and mindset
thank you [Applause]
Please follow and like us: