Motivation, mindset, positive mental attitude, it's called many things, but my best real life lesson for it's definition was in the Marine Corps. They have a philosophy, particularly in boot camp, where it was drilled into our psyche, which is all about the mentality of the fighting man. All the best weapons in the world can be at our disposal and we can have the best training which is of paramount importance, but victory or defeat is between the ears of a Marine. Of all the intense physical challenges I encountered as a Marine, and there were plenty we had together, the most important was our personal belief system.
It's a lesson I still call upon today in my endeavors to succeed as an entrepreneur in the sense that no matter how skilled I am, no matter how much experience I have or expensive and state of the art are my tools or how many people I know, non of it matters if my mindset is bad. I recall how as a young Marine, my thought life could allow me to do the impossible and it's a trait I must call on today.
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