Personality Source » Mental Toughness http://personalitysource.com Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:59:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The Ultimate Guide to Mental Toughness by Daniel Teitelbaum http://personalitysource.com/self-confidence/ultimate-guide-mental-toughness-daniel-teitelbaum http://personalitysource.com/self-confidence/ultimate-guide-mental-toughness-daniel-teitelbaum#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:40:21 +0000 admin http://personalitysource.com/?p=12 If you read the subtitle, you get a better indication of what this book is about. It states, “How to raise your motivation, focus, and confidence like pushing a button.” This is a book on increasing your motivation to achieve goals by using triggers.
If you’ve read books by Tony Robbins such as “Awaken the Giant Within,” or have listened to any of the multiple audio programs Tony Robbins has put out, you might know about triggers already. Tony uses them, and they’re a common part of NLP which Tony studied and uses in his teachings. “The Ultimate Guide To Mental Toughness” goes much further into the area of triggers. Teitelbaum’s book might be the most complete and user friendly book on triggering ways out there. He explains why they work in a simple manner, and doesn’t get too bogged down with the why. I felt he gave enough information on why they work, and then spent the rest of the book teaching the triggers and encouraging the reader to actually go through the exercises and build up personal triggers that the reader can use to motivate themselves and keep their energy level high while pursuing and accomplishing goals. The author uses different techniques to emphasize points and motivate the reader to actually perform the exercises and develop personal triggers. It’s through actually doing the visualizations and other exercises that you’ll find out how powerful these techniques can be. The more emotion you put into them, the more realistic and precise your visualizations, and the more intense focus you use, the more these triggers will change your state to positive emotions and “trick” your body into being more energetic and productive.

Many people won’t actually use these triggers. In fact, some will say it’s a bunch of nonsense. That’s okay. Others will find that these triggers help them stay in a positive state, which enables them to do more and thus achieve more. Some of the triggers will work for some people better than others. One good thing about this book is there are many different triggers to chose from. After experimenting with them, a person can opt to use the ones that work the best for their situation and personality.

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