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bobsmith123 · 04-14-2016, 08:33

MENTALLY PREPARE BEFORE YOU GO
The bad news is that you’ll be under some kind of stress all time at SFAS. The good news is that it’s all in your head and therefore you have some control over it. Stress is a person’s reaction to a situation. The cadre put you in situations that they know will stress a typical person. So strengthening your mental endurance and ability to handle stress will dictate your experience at SFAS. There are lots of techniques that work extremely well at SFAS and elsewhere in life. These are what worked for me and for thousands of others throughout time.

Learn Meditation and Relaxation / Breathing Techniques - What’s amazing about learning these techniques is that you can do them anywhere, anytime and they really work! Meditation and breathing can turn off the sympathetic nervous system…the fight-or-flight response. Deep breathing helps activate the parasympathetic nervous system which calms us. Forcing yourself to smile a hug smile and holding it for seventeen seconds releases endorphins. I am not a spiritual or religious person and that was not my approach to this. This is just science and these techniques have been used to thousands of years. If you want to add your own religious or spiritual elements to is as well, that would probably work too.

Here are some resources that helped me, though there are many out there and I encourage you to explore on your own:
1. How to Meditate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wirV265ZYSw
2. 4-7-8 Breathing Technique for Relaxation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRPh_GaiL8s
3. Breath Walking - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGkH...&nohtml5=False
4. Calming your Sympathetic Nervous System - http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Headli.../15/id/594746/
5. Guided Meditation App for Android/iPhone – Insight Timer:
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...merlite2&hl=en
- https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/insi...337472899?mt=8

Listen to Experts on Emotional Wellbeing – Your emotions are one of the biggest factors at SFAS. Learn their techniques. These are what helped me:
1. Tony Robbins’ Hour of Power - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3bv...&nohtml5=False
2. Believe yourself to be already selected - http://unleashyourinnerstrength.com/...%9D-technique/
3. Staying in your “Flow State” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE1j5Om7g0U and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1MHyyWsMeE
4. Learning to learn from your mistakes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN34FNbOKXc
5. Motivational Videos. Anything that talks about the benefits of pure hard work or “Rise and Grind” was good for me.

Listen to Motivational Speeches on Hard Word - These are what helped me but there are many more great ones out there:
1. The Best Motivational Video Speeches Compilation 2015 - 1 Hour Long - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V6B...&nohtml5=False
2. Be Fearless - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjjY...&nohtml5=False
3. Prove them Wrong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPQ1...&nohtml5=False

04-14-2016, 08:33	#123
bobsmith123 Asset Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 6	MENTALLY PREPARE BEFORE YOU GO MENTALLY PREPARE BEFORE YOU GO The bad news is that you’ll be under some kind of stress all time at SFAS. The good news is that it’s all in your head and therefore you have some control over it. Stress is a person’s reaction to a situation. The cadre put you in situations that they know will stress a typical person. So strengthening your mental endurance and ability to handle stress will dictate your experience at SFAS. There are lots of techniques that work extremely well at SFAS and elsewhere in life. These are what worked for me and for thousands of others throughout time. Learn Meditation and Relaxation / Breathing Techniques - What’s amazing about learning these techniques is that you can do them anywhere, anytime and they really work! Meditation and breathing can turn off the sympathetic nervous system…the fight-or-flight response. Deep breathing helps activate the parasympathetic nervous system which calms us. Forcing yourself to smile a hug smile and holding it for seventeen seconds releases endorphins. I am not a spiritual or religious person and that was not my approach to this. This is just science and these techniques have been used to thousands of years. If you want to add your own religious or spiritual elements to is as well, that would probably work too. Here are some resources that helped me, though there are many out there and I encourage you to explore on your own: 1. How to Meditate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wirV265ZYSw 2. 4-7-8 Breathing Technique for Relaxation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRPh_GaiL8s 3. Breath Walking - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGkH...&nohtml5=False 4. Calming your Sympathetic Nervous System - http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Headli.../15/id/594746/ 5. Guided Meditation App for Android/iPhone – Insight Timer: - https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...merlite2&hl=en - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/insi...337472899?mt=8 Listen to Experts on Emotional Wellbeing – Your emotions are one of the biggest factors at SFAS. Learn their techniques. These are what helped me: 1. Tony Robbins’ Hour of Power - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3bv...&nohtml5=False 2. Believe yourself to be already selected - http://unleashyourinnerstrength.com/...%9D-technique/ 3. Staying in your “Flow State” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE1j5Om7g0U and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1MHyyWsMeE 4. Learning to learn from your mistakes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN34FNbOKXc 5. Motivational Videos. Anything that talks about the benefits of pure hard work or “Rise and Grind” was good for me. Listen to Motivational Speeches on Hard Word - These are what helped me but there are many more great ones out there: 1. The Best Motivational Video Speeches Compilation 2015 - 1 Hour Long - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V6B...&nohtml5=False 2. Be Fearless - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjjY...&nohtml5=False 3. Prove them Wrong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPQ1...&nohtml5=False
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