Make a mental list of memories http://www.sabresteamauthority.com/derek-roy-sabres-jersey-c-16/ , loved ones, beliefs, techniques that would keep you alive if taken hostage or a
prisoner of war. In today's uncertain world there is a reasonable chance that
someone we know will be one or two degrees removed from a hostage, a bomb blast
victim or a prisoner of war (POW).
My own grandfather was a Maori prisoner of war during World War 2. Taken prisoner by the Germans during the
Crete campaign, he had to endure the harsh conditions as well as the humiliation
of being taken prisoner. A key lesson I learnt from his experiences and others
was the power of the mind to transcend one's physical situation. A bare
cell http://www.sabresteamauthority.com/danny-gare-sabres-jersey-c-24/ , little food, psychological and physical mistreatment. Reducing a human being
into an object of no more significance than a cockroach. He had to look deep
within himself to endure his plight and make some sense of his
suffering.
Other examples come to mind.
Major James Nesbeth spent seven years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. During those seven years, he
was imprisoned in a cage that was approximately four and one-half feet high and
five long. During almost the entire time he was imprisoned he saw no one, talked
to no one and experience no physical activity. In order to keep his sanity and
his mind active, he used the art of visualisation.
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mind, he would create the trees, the smell of the freshly trimmed grass, the
wind, the songs of the birds. He created different weather conditions - windy
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his hands as he played his shots in his mind. The set-up, the down-swing and the
follow-through on each shot. Watched the ball arc down the fairway and land at
the exact spot he had selected. All in his mind.
He did this seven days a week. Four hours a day. Eighteen holes. Seven years. When Major Nesbeth was
finally released, he found that he had cut 20 strokes off his golfing average
without having touched a golf club in seven years.
Another example is Admiral Jim Stockdale, who was the highest ranking United States military
officer in the "Hanoi Hilton" prisoner-of-war camp during the height of the
Vietnam War. Tortured over 20 times during his eight-year imprisonment from 1965
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his family again.
Stockdale had an additional challenge. As the highest ranking officer, he had to also help his own servicemen survive their ordeals.
He instituted rules that would help people to deal with torture (no one can
resist torture indefinitely, so he created a step-wise system-after x minutes,
you can say certain things-that gave the men milestones to survive toward). He
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officer in the history of the US Navy to wear both aviator wings and the
Congressional Medal of Honor. Like many others, he lived to tell and inspire
others of his POW experiences.
What can we learn from these prisoner of war experiences?
I believe it illustrates the power of our mind to transcend our current circumstances. We don't need to be a prisoner of war to
learn this. We sometimes imprison ourselves with our own fears, our own limiting
thoughts. Thoughts like:
- I can never be rich!
- I will never get out of this dump!
- My life sucks!
- I blame my mother for my weight problem!
I would say to the above, "toughen up and get a life". Weak thinking begets weak results. Feel sorry for yourself for a moment and then get
over it. This type of repetitive sorry thinking would create a loss of hope in a
POW and lessen their chances of survival.
Also we can create our own internal mind ritual that we can turn into a daily mental discipline. Go inside
your own mind and create your desired outcomes. Live the dream inside your own
mind. Change it daily by adding something new. Make it fun. Make it short or as
long as you like. 5-10 minutes a day.
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the power to overcome incredible odds.
Author's Resource Box
Hirini Reedy is a mental toughness expert who helps people find inner strength. A former military officer, martial arts founder and NLP mind coach, he
has designed short sharp mind-body fitness workouts for the high achiever. Visit
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