hi and welcome back to And you, how did you make
it and today's focus will be on sports on exercising
and why does it matter and why you should start
today or if you already started why it is the
best decision you made this year first you'll
have fun or you had the best time already it
is all about enjoying an environment which is
outside of school outside of uni outside of your
job or a combo of everything and just enjoying
taking care of yourself enjoying that moment
having fun with the people around you and simply
disconnecting now let's get into the technical
stuff i'll walk you through the benefits of running
cycling swimming jumping dancing and racket sports
as well as team sports And I will include my
sources in the description if you need to know
more. And also, some of the elements I'm going
to mention were mentioned during episodes I've
shared so far. Let's start with sports which
need little to some materials with little to
no fees to practice consistently. Running, swimming,
cycling, dancing. What benefits can you expect?
So many! And I will start with the coolest one.
Your mood gets better. you'll feel better and
the john hopkins university shares also that
it improves your working memory and focus and
you can become better at task switching ability
you know multitasking and doing a lot of things
at the same time how cool is that so what does
it mean on your day -to -day life if you're in
school if you're at uni you will get those grades
up and Moving from one class to another, from
one exam to another, will get easier. And if
you're working, this applies to you as well.
Focusing after long hours of meeting or moving
from one project to another. Let's now talk racket
sports. You do have similar benefits. But there
are three I want to share with you. You know
how many times I told you that you need to adapt.
At school, at work, to the ever -changing environment
around us. Well, when you play racquet sports,
whether it is table tennis or tennis, the person
playing against you, you cannot predict how the
person who's in front of you is going to aim
at. So you need to adapt and move quickly. So
your decision making process needs to be fast.
And secondly, you're improving your concentration.
You consistently need to be focused. If for a
split second you're not focused anymore, you
can lose the point. And lastly, you're developing
a strategic mindset, strategic planning, determining
where you should stand, what you should do, and
prepare your next move. And you can practice
with your friends, you can run with them, or
you can play doubles. So now let's look into
the benefits of playing within a team. So it
can be football, basketball, volleyball, whatever
you prefer. And I think my favorite benefit is
commitment. Because you're part of a team, you
have people who are held in you accountable for
showing up. So you get more and more committed
to coming to practice and joining them. So think
about it like this. You're discovering that you
can commit to something. That you can commit
to getting better grades within a class you think
you're kind of failing or you're not doing as
well as you used to. You will be able to. And
you will be able to. because of that teamwork
and the second one it's also one of my favorites
you're building confidence and it's kind of possible
for other kind of sports but here you're building
confidence and people are supporting you actively
that you can score that you can lead them or
that you can pass the ball which will allow the
whole team to win so if you develop confidence
just imagine yourself in a classroom in a team
meeting just acing that presentation and believing
that you can do it and the last element that
i will share with you while i count on you for
making all the research needed to learn more
about any kind of sports and also the physical
benefits that i'm not going to mention today
so the last element is resilience so when you're
playing a team sports oh racket sports actually
you might face failure. So that experience is
going to teach you how to cope with failure,
how to stand up when you're falling down, picking
yourself up and start it again. Like getting
that bad grade and studying again, being rejected
from a job offer and start it again. Because
again, you can do it. And you have one mission
now. Identify how you feel. Are you stressed?
Do you need to build your confidence? Do you
need to develop that growth mindset? Do you want
to improve your memory and learning skills? Do
you want to boost your mood? Or all of the above.
You can try to connect those to one sport. Or
you can just enjoy the sport that you have been
practicing or that you would love to try and
go from there. Now you're thinking, okay, but
I need daily motivations. And lucky you, you
can listen to this episode again and again. You
can look for tools for you to become consistent.
But also go on social media, go on YouTube and
follow your favorite athlete or athletes. And
don't get me wrong, the goal is not to become
like them, but to get inspiration from them,
that daily motivation. And I will give a big
shout out to one of my favorite accounts, Joe
Holder. j -o -e space h -o -l -d -e -r who will
teach you loads on sports and wellness and everything
around that ecosystems and he will remind you
and i quote him rest if you must but don't quit
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