MENTAL MARTIAL ARTS

By Scott Bolan

Sun Tzu said that Life Is War.

Scott Bolan believes that WAR is an Acronym for "We Are Ready"

As lifelong martial artists, we train not only the physical martial arts but also with an equal passion for the Mental, Spiritual, and Philosophical side of martial arts.

Mr. Bolan discovered the Mental side was being neglected, with only a cursory "be aware, grasshopper" approach being given.

The truth is, we can go our whole lives without being physically attacked, but we are mentally attacked every single day!

That's why he has developed a mental training program for martial artists called Mental Warfare Secrets.

Scott Bolan’s mission for over twenty years has been to empower warriors. He inspires to give you a powerful advantage in everything you do, so here are 37 Secrets of Mental Warfare you can learn and apply instantly.

1. Your emotional response transfers control to your attacker. Control your feelings and control the situation.

2. Do not let your mind be seized by thoughts, A quiet mind is a powerful mind.

3. When you control the ground (your mind), you control the battle.

4. People behave the way they do for one of the four Payoffs: Looking Good, Feeling Good, Being Right, or Being in Control. This is a huge key to motivation and persuasion!

5. Be aware of Conformity ploys, Fear ploys, status ploys, Lust ploys, Guilt ploys, Indebtedness ploys, and Discontentedness Ploys (All ploys come back to the 4 payoffs).

6. Conceal your rhythms and destroy their efforts. Don’t be predictable.

7. There are two kinds of people: Warrior and Peasants. Warriors are tactical thinkers. They think positionally. They are self-directed. They start with the goal in mind. Peasants are "herd thinkers". They seek to be directed. They start with how they "can't" in mind.

8. Television is Pablum for Warriors. Limit consumption of purposeless entertainment.

9. A Warrior is in the world, but he is not of it. You create your own environment.

10. Warriors go beyond thought. Overthinking slows you down.

11. It's easier to get what you want when you do not want it. Wanting it too much pushes it away.

12. You don't have to win every time, you just don't lose

13. Tactically use verbal mirroring. Match their tone and tempo.

14. With mirroring, you bypass their consciously objective attitude.

15. Do not plead, beg, or supplicate. To do so gives your power away.

16. Stay centered and in total control. Do not let yourself be emotionally or physically thrown off balance.

17. Pre-install the outcome you want by languaging. Words create outcomes.

18.Get past their objective mind and get into their subjective mind.

19. Most people are Group Thinkers, they want the safety of conformity and going along with everyone else.

20. Canned laughter gets the people laughing, like fishermen use bait chumming.

21. Cut your way through this world by using the Master-Keys of Mental Warfare and thinking and acting Powerfully.

22. Get behind the smoke, behind what they're saying to what they're really meaning.

23. Most people are constantly engrossed in mental chatter which has a tempo. Gain control and compliance by asserting a tempo. First harmonize, then re-direct

24. Never complain, explain, or apologize unless you truly need to, but rarely will you ever need to if you keep Control and Honor as your guides

25. Don't be drawn into conflict, drama, and verbal escalation.

26. People feign helplessness in order to get you to help them, and they feign ignorance in order to draw information from you.

27. Manipulators and liars only respect you when you thwart them, but they'll still resent you.

28. Turn a demand into a request. When they say, “Come over here,” you say, "Did you just Ask me to come over there?".

29. Be deaf to ultimatums and the tricks of those who try to make you serve them.

30. Never speak wordily. Too many words are less effective.

31. Can you honestly say, “I have my reasons, and they don't need your approval"?

32 Get over yourself enough to relax and let it happen! Mostly we get in our own way, and have limited thinking and vision

33. Without understanding your self, you cannot truly control any situation

34. Giving away information is giving away an advantage Be the one who holds the advantage.

35 Your Two Greatest Enemies are Fear and Anger.

36 The Way to Confidence is Tactical Aggression (read that again. and again. and again).

37. Combine possibility thinking with courageous action and elite tactics, and the world will be your playground

Use these methods and learn how they can be applied in almost any situation

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Scott Bolan is a renowned Martial Artist, Trainer, Author, and Speaker. A martial artist with more than 40 of experience. A motivational speaker and peak performance coach for over 30 years.

Scott has empowered thousands of people to reach their ultimate potential.

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