How to Build Mental Strength to survive Business' Hurdles – Anoop Bishnoi

Launching a business? The plan may sound enticing, but don’t you forget – Business always tests you!

Success stories are motivating, but in reality, the road is a lot bumpier than it seems. And the most powerful asset throughout this journey will be your mental strength.

Anyone can start a business but not everyone has the mental muscle to become outstanding; to face determined competitors and overcome customers’ resistance to change. Recently, we interviewed Anoop Bishnoi, a successful entrepreneur, and a great mentor, to talk about mental toughness and how to build it, here’s what he has to say, “…mental strength isn’t something that can be learned, it’s an approach to life which needs control, confidence, and commitment. To train your mind to become tougher, the first thing you need to do is to alter negative reactions to reasoning and finding solutions, start looking for opportunities and positives in bad news.”

No doubt that it sounds like a great approach to cope with any given situation, but we’re still going to ask, ‘how’? Good and bad things happen in business and in life, and naturally “bad things” leave us feeling weaker and develop 'fear-zones'…how can one stay positive when things go wrong? Anoop Bishnoi adds, “To make “good things” happen quicker, you have to conquer everything that scares you and you will probably end up realizing that things were not as scary as you thought. Mistakes, setbacks, and failures are all stepping-stones, and to make continuous progress in business, you have to be flexible – with your responses to situations as well as your business strategies.”

Looks like things are getting clearer now, but how does ‘flexibility’ help in making one mentally stronger? Anoop says, “When it comes to running a business, you have to be quick with changes and adapting to them…or else you’ll get stuck and end up wasting a lot of time doing the wrong things. Mental strength isn’t about dogged determination, it’s about being rational and acting realistically, accepting when things are beyond your control, showing tremendous patience whenever necessary…to understand what is important and to thrive where your previous self could not cope that well.”

Mental strength is a mindset that affects every experience you have. This inner strength is what distinguishes the great from the moderate. After all, the secret to success is not about having the ability to achieve certain things, rather it’s defined by the mindset as well as the approach that drives you to achieve them.