Adapted from the book Advanced Selling Strategies by Brian Tracy. Although this book is about selling, it holds great universal wisdom. Check it out: Mental fitness should be defined as a general attitude of optimism, self-confidence, and good cheer that positively affects everything you do. To achieve it, you must work on it every day until it becomes a part of your character and personality. 1. Self-Talk The way you talk to yourself determines how you feel more than any other single factor. By controlling your inner dialogue and tone, you can decide how you are going to talk to yourself and thereby control your thoughts, which determine your emotions. Talk to yourself the way you want to be, not the way you are. Tell the truth, in advance! 2. Imaging Because your outer world mirrors your inner world, positive imaging, or positive visualization is the way you create clear, vivid pictures in your mind that are consistent with the experiences you want to enjoy in your ...