5 Reasons The Importance of Time and Patience Can Improve Your Mental Toughness

5 Reasons the Importance of Time and Patience Can Improve Your Mental Toughness

Time is powerful.

Think of the importance of timing in life. It takes one moment, encounter, or meeting with someone to change the trajectory of lives. That’s the importance of the hinge. Timing is often about being in the right place at the right time and taking full advantage of opportunities.

Time is universal and the only non-renewable resource that is the same for everyone. We can earn more money, make new friendships, opportunities, or experiences, whereas no one can create any more time.

Time remains a constant. Regardless of the many changes that take place in society and how we operate and whatever technological advances we use to advance our mental toughness. 

We must first appreciate and understand our relationship with time in order to develop patience.

5 Reasons The Importance of Time and Patience Can Improve Your Mental Toughness

Why is time and patience important?

#1- This Too Shall Pass#2- Supply & Demand#3- Rhythm > Speed#4- Urgency & Patience#5- Process > Product

How To Achieve Patience

#1- This Too Shall Pass

Because the good times can’t last serves as proof that the bad times can’t last either. 

Good or bad, nothing gold or rotten can stay. No matter how good the feeling, it can’t last. Time is the most powerful resource. 

That’s the importance of time and patience. 

Patience is a virtue…

So, pause, celebrate, reflect, and enjoy your time.

 

Confidence and Focus: An Unbeatable Pair For Your Mental Toughness

 #2- Supply & Demand

When you’re young, there is an unlimited supply of time and little demand. 

As you age, demand ramps up and your supply decreases. 

Hence, you ONLY value your own time more later in life.

The older we get, the more we appreciate the power and the importance of time and patience. 

#3- Rhythm > Speed

Farmers are the hardest workers. They put the hustle in “hustle-culture.”

But, they approach the workday with a focus on rhythm, not speed. 

They realize that slow is smooth and smooth is fast! 

That’s why patience is the New Mental Toughness and how it helps reveal the importance of patience. 

#4- Urgency & Patience

Urgency is the workout of the mind.

We need to be urgent towards “the important” in life. 

However, the issue is that we become URGENT about everything! We’re urgent about any type of waiting in our daily lives. 

Patience is the recovery of the mind.

Without proper recovery, worry, angst, fear, and anxiety eventually overcome us.

#5- Process > Product

The process takes perspective!

It takes an intentional effort to stay focused. 

The product takes patience!

Farmers simply know that the day the seed is planted is not the day it’s harvested. 

And since patience is the new mental toughness, it reflects the importance of time and patience. 

Warren Buffet said it best, when asked why everyone doesn’t adopt his simple investment strategy. He said, “because no one wants to get rich slow.”

Compounding with money merely reflects the importance of time and patience. Compounding is patience in action. 

The importance of mental toughness cannot be underestimated.

It plays a crucial role in enhancing one’s resilience and ability to overcome obstacles. By cultivating patience, individuals can further strengthen their mental toughness and navigate challenges with composure and determination.

That’s the importance of patience. Remember, Patience is a virtue…

Dr. Rob Bell is a Sport Psychology Coach. DRB & associates coach executives and professional athletes. Some clients have included three different winners on the PGA Tour, Indy Eleven, University of Notre Dame, Marriott, and Walgreens.