Novak Djokovic's INSIGHTS on Finding Inner STRENGTH

Explore the exceptional mindset of Novak Djokovic, a tennis superstar, with Psychotherapist Mike Stroh and Professor David Zarnett. Discover Djokovic's secrets of success rooted in his mental performance and mastery over his opponents.

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Tennistic Productions. February 4, 2023. Novak Djokovic Reveals his SECRET for Mental Strength. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY96ZSFuprY

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That in those moments of when you're facing adversity and when you're challenged and you, you should always look inside because that's where the answer lies. I did not understand that fully.

I heard that before. But I think when I went through this journey, I understood really what that what that means. And now I know where I can always find strength and and belief and motivation to to get me going. Thank you very much for this wonderful evening. Thank you very much, Louis, and appreciate. He didn't know that in the beginning or he learned that over time. It always is a practice. We get lost in the seeking, the answers outside, and that doesn't take away from the practical things of getting a coach, getting a guide or whatnot. It's the and and it's not an either or. It's and this and this and this and that. Now, I remember I was going to say, for people who don't have access to coaches and spiritual guides and therapists and all that kind of stuff, that sucks, no doubt. And certainly he has the luxury of that. And many people do. If that's not your situation, there are still many places and sources of information out there that can help. Whether or not it's to the privileged nature of a Djokovic or someone else. There are many things out there that can help you start with where you're at, what is in front of you, a book, a library. YouTube has a ton of stuff. The Internet has a ton of stuff. So you've got to start somewhere. And you can't use that as an excuse to not pursue help and change. There are, there is stuff around us that we just need to sometimes recognize that. The other thing I think is worth mentioning about Djokovic is he is so far from perfect. So he has had if you watch and if you sort of are interested in him and you start to go through YouTube clips of his play, there's so many cases where he's smashed rackets in the middle of a match, has had huge meltdowns.

He's had a very complicated, complex relationship with tennis fans. His rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have always been more popular and he's always struggled with that. And he has always I think he would probably admit this. He hasn't always managed that as well. So he's by far not a perfect human being. And I think that's so we started this by saying, should we compare ourselves to like this, like the super nature of Djokovic?

He's probably so human in so many ways. He's he is he doesn't always live up to his aspirations and ideals. He's always battling himself. In the post-game interview, post-match interview he gave last night after his big victory in the French Open, he said to his team, he said, I'm so sorry for torturing you over the last two weeks.

I know I'm like a lot, a lot to deal with. I'm very difficult to deal with, especially under stressful conditions of a big, major tournament. So he he asks a lot of the people around him. He he's probably difficult. He's probably not always nice. He's probably not always compassionate. He's not always probably understanding of other people's concerns. And he's you know, he's very hard driving both of himself and other people around him.
So I think it's just important maybe to cap this discussion off with some of that saying like he's not someone to be like, you know, wow, he's perfect. He's not. He's just a human like the rest of us battling ourselves, battling our external environment and just trying to figure out a way forward and trying to achieve some of our objectives.

So I think his moments of honesty are really beautiful. Like even those moments of where he's saying, like, these are all the things I've done, but also reflecting on his human nature, his, his, the fact that he's not easy and that he struggles with many things as well. And it'll be interesting to see. Sorry, it will be interesting to see how he deals with his post Tennis life.
Tennis gives him purpose, structure What do you do when that is? No, when he retires and he no longer has training to structure his day or that next tournament, then how strong. Are you right? So when you're when you're sort of main Harvey, your main thing has been taken away from you. How do you sort of how do you have a source of mental strength that isn't dependent on one thing