As we have seen, the energy on the court, Rafa Nadal’s technical team, and his preparation have been key factors in winning his trophies, but his mental strength, resilience and ability to concentrate have made him make a difference in a sport as mentally demanding as tennis.
This mental control of the game is not only applicable to tennis, although it is true that individual sports are more demanding on a mental level, training mental strength can be very beneficial in all types of sports, including team sports.
How to have mental strength for your day to day
Mental strength is a very useful tool for athletes, but as you can imagine, managing emotions and thoughts is a fundamental factor in our daily lives.
In the same way that Rafa Nadal has to deal with self-demand, stress and difficult situations during a match, in your day to day you also have to face adverse situations, both in the workplace and in the personal sphere. And this is where mental strength can be a great ally.
Below we are going to give you some tips that will be of great help to overcome all these complicated situations that we all face in our day to day:
Analyze the situation with perspective to make the best decision. Visualizing your goals and focusing on them will help you achieve it.
Keep a positive attitude. Self-criticism can be beneficial, but always in the right measure. Relativize your mistakes, get away from negative thoughts and treat yourself with respect.
Your past is your best teacher. Failure and frustration are part of the process, but we must not get caught up in those thoughts, but use them to our advantage to learn from them and achieve our best version.
With these keys you can train your mind until you reach your best version. But do not forget that achieving good mental strength takes time and, like any process, its evolution is not linear. Enjoy the journey, be aware of everything you have achieved so far and allow yourself to relax and unwind when you need to.
What is Better Connected?
Better Connected is a Telefónica content platform where successful personalities such as Ferran Adrià, Teresa Perales, Javier Gómez Noya or Nacho Azofra, or other characters such as the entrepreneur Javier Perea, or the violinist Kamran, perfectly portray the idea that “When we connect, we are capable of doing incredible things”; which is the universal truth on which it is launched Better Connected.
The objective of Better Connected is none other than to value the power of human connections: “We want to make our world more human by connecting people’s lives,” he says. José María Álvarez-Pallete, Chairman of Telefónica.
«At Telefónica, we believe in a more humane world. A world that moves thanks to the talent of people. That is why we support talent as we know best: connecting it. Better Connected wants to be a place where you can be inspired, find each other, connect and achieve incredible things”, he explains Rafael Fernández de Alarcón, Director of Brand, Sponsorships and Media of Telefónica.
What can we find in each section of the platform?
In section ‘Amazing stories’ Testimonials from some well-known brand ambassadors will be displayed, such as the aforementioned tennis player Rafa Nadal, chef Ferrán Adrià, Paralympic swimmer Teresa Perales, triathlete Javier Gómez Noya or former basketball player Nacho Azofra. In addition, Javier Perea, from a Wayra start-up, or Kamran Omarli, a violinist from the Telefónica Violin Chair at the Reina Sofía Music School, also tell their story.
Likewise, together with the stories of these personalities, in Better Connected we can find ‘Learn with experts’. It is a series of small “master classes” in which great figures such as Perico Delgado, Pablo Laso, Iñaki Gabilondo, Toni Nadal, María Zabala or Amaya Valdemoro offer, in the first person, advice and reflections that can serve as inspiration and learning. In short, to establish better relationships in our day to day.