I recently went to see the movie "Chasing Great" the story of Richie McCaw the ex -All Black captain in the year leading up to the second winning of the Rugby World Cup in 2015. The part that interested me was about the journey in the mind towards the winning of both world Cups. The difference between the All Blacks last two campaigns in the World Cup compared to the previous three. Where they failed was their mental strength and preparation. Ritchie McCaw in particular examined carefully the mental preparation that had gone into the previous campaigns or should I say the lack of it. He reasoned that these teams were as physically prepared as they could be and they had a skill base the equal if not better than their opponents yet they still failed. Therefore there had to another factor and it had to be their mental preparation.
He and the team then went through a process of mental preparation that ensured that they were as mentally well prepared as they were physically . Their back to back World Cups prove the point that this was effective.
I began to think how many times we not do as well as we could simply because we are mentally under prepared for the position we find ourselves in. How do we cope when we are faced with the unexpected the occurrence, the thing that doesn't our way. What do we do with this type of occurrence? Conversely what do when we succeed beyond our wildest dreams. How do we cope? Developing our mental and emotional strength maybe the difference between success and failure, between average and outstanding.
The battle is won first and foremost in the mind
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