A Huge Myth About Trust…

The best part about sports is that it is NOT like life. Life has tons of ambiguity, whereas sports has little ambiguity.  In athletics, A team or player won or lost, period.  Wash and wear.

Life is not that way, there is a lot of gray. It is not ALL or NOTHING. Addicts think that way, ALL or NOTHING. I am either the best ever, or I am a horrible loser and no one is there for me.

Trust is the most important mental skill. (e.g., confidence). It impacts all the other mental skills, but we automatically think in all or nothing terms…We have trust or we don’t. There’s the myth!

Trust is a continuum, It’s not ALL or NOTHING!

I trust my pastor, but not for him to cut my hair. I trust myself with helping high-performers and athletes, but not for me to fix my own deck or garage door.

It’s not a question of if I trust, it’s a question of how much do I trust?

Trust is a process… HOW MUCH do we trust our coaches and loved one’s?  To offer painful advice and to continue to love unconditionally. Trust affects everything because the more we trust and have confidence, the better focused, relaxed, and honest we become. Think about it, if we give a task to someone and know that it will be done, it frees us up to focus on something else.

How much do we trust our gut, and our own instincts?

Life teaches us that we are going to struggle and also be under pressure moments. When we mess up, how much of our trust and confidence is left, and how do we continue to build and work on it.

Proverbs 3:5-Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding

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Dr. Rob Bell is a Sport Psychology coach. DRB & Associates based in Indianapolis works with professional athletes & corporate athletes, coaches, and teams building their Mental Toughness.  His 2nd book is titled  The Hinge: The Importance of Mental Toughness . Follow on twitter  @drrobbell   or contact  drrobbell@drrobbell.com