Ultra marathoners have many skills that make them successful, skills that can be brought into personal and career lives if only people would listen.

Listening can be your secret weapon in moving forward to success.

In order to be a successful ultra marathoner you must work on your training plan for 40, 50,100 mile races and understand the level of commitment it will take to reach your goal. Build a foundation and have a decent time frame to meet your goal.

The ability to understand, use and manage your emotions is crucial to overcome challenges, obstacles and injury and personal conflict.

The real prison is in our minds, the voices chatter and won’t stop until you identify it name it and then ignore it by letting it know it has no space in your mind.

Believing in yourself, the strength that comes from your heart and your soul deliver possibilities in life that once we thought not possible.

Running an ultra marathon successfully includes setting Smart goals, visualisation, holding yourself to a certain standard, in a way being relentless with yourself. If the journey is important enough you have the reasons to get up and keep going.

You see you can only get so physically fit and then the mind takes over. It’s important to surround yourself with positive people.

Visualisation is important, see yourself running the race, doing the interview, getting the job.

You can train your thought process about how you will approach your goals.

Imagine the situation, the sensations you feel, the confidence building the positive self talk motivation telling you that you can do it, focused because it means something to you, calming as your anxiety reduces and you manage the pressure.

Training yourself to be positive is fun

-Look at all the positive things around you.

-Take care of yourself

-Give something back

-Get positive feedback everyday

Building your emotional intelligence to reach any goal in life will help you become

-more self aware

-be motivated

-become a great listener

-build willpower & discipline.

The tips from an ultra marathoner can be brought into any aspect of your life because when you believe in yourself and master your emotions you can achieve anything.

Believe.

Brian, lives and works in Ireland. After a long and successful corporate career, he left to found his own motivation speaking business with a focus on positive mental health, corporate wellness and goal orientation. Blog published with Brian's permission.