The following idea of the “Temple of Power” is from a german ex-military diver and author of the book “MENTALKRAFT” by Clemens Clausen. Unfortunately, the book is published only in german until now, so I decided to let you know about that great mental tool.

To find out in which areas there is still work to do you can create your own “Temple Of Power”. Your mindset is represented by the foundation of the temple. It is important to find out about your core values. You must answer the following questions to get a better understanding of your motivations.

Who are you and where do you come from?

What skills do you have?

Which skills you do not have?

What are you allowed to do?

What aren`t you allowed to do?

Are these your assumptions or someone else´s?

How much did your parents, teachers, coaches program you to function like that?

Did you ever question that?

These questions are not easy to answer and take some time but there are important to get to your inner self and to your own motivations.

When having answered these questions it is important to erase your negative thoughts and to use instead positive affirmations like: “I can and I will succeed, in my rhythm and tempo.”

Because the foundation of the temple is the most important for its stability you finally need to find out 7 values that suit you best.

Choose honestly and wisely from the following values and evaluate them from highest priority 1 to lowest priority 7:

activity, decency, receptiveness, sincerity, authentication, popularity, convenience, humility, reliability, consciousness, education, high principled, humbleness, confidentiality, honor, experience, honesty, success, family, freedom, joy, peace, friendship, leadership ability, diligence, obedience, serenity, community, justice, health, generosity, kindness, harmony, challenge, integrity, individuality, ability to deal with conflict, home bond, power, courage, control, passion, nature, sustainability, open-minded, partnership, lonely wolf, personal growth, wealth, self-determination, safety, spirituality, profundity, tolerance, trust, independence, dignity, purposefulness, privacy, respect

NOW you have just build your OWN, STRONG FOUNDATION of your power temple.

The next step is to build the four columns that lean on the heavy pediment. These four columns are the material, the body, the emotions and the spirit.

The column of material

It is not important to gather maximum wealth in your live but you should always have the financial power to support your development and your basic needs like house, food, equipment, sleep, electricity, water, seminars, traveling and paying your coach ;-). The needed money for these basic needs keeps you mobile. You must be able to feel strong and healthy and have flexibility. This column should not be used to pimp your ego or to impress others.

The column of the body

Your body is your tool and gate to the world. You must nurse it with healthy nutrition, enough rest after tough practice days or tournament weeks, enough sleep, physiotherapy and from time to time with natural electro-magnetic -fields like found in parks, woods or at the sea. Be kind and listen to your body because it is your hardware and must work to bring you to your goals. Train your deeper muscle system as good as the bigger muscle systems and the fascia muscles. All three together are the safety bag for your spine and other bones and joints.

The column of emotions

We are social beings and need to interact with others to feel socially connected and save. It is the most important energy that nourishes us and makes us feel alive and powerful. Good vibes are crucial for our well being and succeeding in any area of live. Equally important is it to be aware of energy robbing persons, who try to have power over you and confront you with negative energy. Also demanding too much of yourself or having too high set goals can get you into stressful energy patterns. Try to avoid that so you will be able to fight fatigue and burning out.

The column of spirit

Everybody believes in something. Weather it is god, a creating universal energy, fate or the pure believe to be able to handle things alone, being spiritually bound to something makes us capable to achieve great things. It is the dark and pessimistic days that we have to be aware of that believes. Mostly we feel save until something very bad or sad happens, like a serious disease or the loss of a beloved person. In these times it is important not to loose faith.

NOW you are aware of the four important columns of your power temple. Always question yourself, if you bring the same care on for all of them. Many times one column is seeking more care and with the time it can bring instability into your world if you do not realize it.

Last but not least there is the pediment of the temple of power. It is the protecting roof of our building. It is related to our vision of life. Ask yourself what your mission is in this life. Try to make clearly visible what you want to do with the time what is given to you here on earth. How do you want to be, what do you want to give and to receive, who are you and what part of your personality needs more attention. You need to build a vision to be able to develop intrinsic motivation, that is nourished by that vision day in day out. What helps is to design a vision board. Craft a board with fotos, texts , drawings and graphics that show your vision in the best possible way. Place that board somewhere, where you can see it every day when you wake up or go to bed. Take a mini board with that vision with you on tournaments. You will see, it will help you tremendously with your intrinsic motivations and the proper feeling of a pioneer.

YOU have just build your OWN TEMPLE OF POWER. Treat all three parts of it with the same intensity and make sure from time too time to question your goals and targets. Live is a steady change of circumstances. But you are in a good position as a tennis player. On court you have to decide within fractions of time. Off court and in live you have much more of it. So you are prepared well with your fast decision making skills from tennis.

Respect all, fear none! COACH DIMI