Mindset & Attitude

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When trying to improve it’s essential to have the right mindset and attitude. Otherwise you
might stop yourself from improving. This is a big roadblock for many people, who are trying
to seriously get better. It’s not a secret that mentality heavily impacts performance and
learning capabilities.

Below you will find some helpful YouTube videos that introduce some interesting topics
about reaching a high-level in video games.

● Learn about the process of flow

● How to get better at the things you care about
● Understanding and overcoming inconsistency
● Why our brain sucks at video games
● How to develop a growth mindset and why it's better than a fixed mindset
● Facing a roadblock? It's probably your attitude
● Key strategy to improve
 ● https://www.ted.com/talks/eduardo_briceno_how_to_get_better_at_the_things_you_

care_about/up-next#t-670187

In this image you can see why it’s clearly better to be in the growth-mindset, as opposed to
the fixed mindset. Even if you think some statements on the right-side are true, it’s still
better to believe the left-side completely.

Some basic tips on how to improve

● Visualising encounter before fights and for analysing
● Perspective: making sure to play to improve
● Focus on something you want to improve (weak point or strong point)
● Trial and error to grind and get better
● Learn the basics and the fundamentals
● Trying new things
 ● A healthy diet, sleep, exercise and enough drink and a good mental state help you
perform better (better cognitive reaction)
● Play to improve not just to win
● Drop all stakes that fear you to keep playing
● Give yourself as many opportunities to improve as possible
● Step out of your comfort zone
● Challenge yourself purposely
● Always reset your mind after an emotional / phenomenal gaming experience!
● Rage is your inner ego coming out, the only way to get rid of it is shifting your
mindset by constantly reminding yourself until it's a habit.
● Embrace Challenge.

On average, it takes more than 2 months before a new behavior becomes automatic — 66
days to be exact. And how long it takes a new habit to form can vary widely depending on
the behavior, the person, and the circumstances. - Courtesy of Winnify

Analyse all types of consistencies

● aiming
● overall gameplay
● mental state

make sure aim is on point by warming-up, make sure gameplay is up by learning and
execution, make sure to be calm and have low stakes and not caring about deaths.

Get into the flow zone by having a clear goal in mind, immediate feedback, struggle
The reason why you make MISTAKES is because you have holes in your gameplay
● You need to learn from those
● minimise those so I can stay more consistent
● many variables
● different types of players randomised noobs > great players
● anticipating on my gameplay
● diet
● tiredness
● mental state

Keep the stakes low

● Stop caring about statistics and just have them as a tracking mechanism
● Stop comparing and focus on improving yourself

Get into the learning zone instead of just the performance zone
1. By analysing mistakes
2. Talking about mistakes
3. Being honest and humble
4. Believing in yourself
5. Wanting to improve
6. Knowing what to do
Flow triggers with:
1. Clear goal & progress
2. Immediate feedback
3. Balanced skill & challenge [4% more challenge]

How to get into the flow zone

Flow is a process
1. Struggle (Be happy with challenge so you can get better)
2. Release (Accept the struggle and be calm and collective)
3. Flow (Get into flow and destroy!)