The Kita Mindset adopts the lifestyle and mantra of Kita Shinsuke.
A quiet and humble captain of a high school volleyball team. I found this character when rewatching a sport series – Haikyuu.
“Someone’s always watching, Shin. The gods are everywhere. So someone’s always watching.”
Kita’s grandmother spoke the above statement to her grandson when he was a small child. She believed it was always good to always do the right things. Because “the gods” or someone was watching your waves
Her little boy believed his grandma’s words, transforming it to a lifestyle as he grew up.
Kita Mindset – Do it right and do it every day
This statement becomes a mantra for Kita Shinsuke.
Take care of your body. Tidy up after yourself. Practice gratitude. And you practice what you do.
You do it right and you do it every day.
This is how Kita adopted this mindset and became the captain of the second-best volleyball team in Japan.
Kita’s plays on the court were not polished but they were thorough. More importantly, his philosophy of doing it right made Kita to be a good leader. Kita brought out the best from his team members.
This leads me to talk about a new type of confidence.
The Kita Mindset – Stop Being Nervous
How to Stop Being Nervous
In a previous article, I shared how confidence helps people continuously stay at the top.
Kita Shinsuke developed his own type and always overflowed with confidence. This was not confidence that says that you are better than others. But confidence that ensures that you won’t mess up.
Kita brilliantly sums it up in a conversation with one of his players:
“I don’t understand why anyone ever gets nervous. You only get nervous because you try to be more powerful than you usually are, right? I mean, when you do day-to-day things like eat or take a shit, you don’t get nervous.”
The Kita mindset goes beyond volleyball. I believe it applies to life too.
Maximize your Kita Mindset with practice, practice, practice.
Practice well enough that you have reason to have faith in yourself.
An example would be a job interview. From my experience and discussion with others, job interviews are easiest when you truly know what you are doing. As long as you practice a few answers to common questions, there is no need to be nervous.
If it’s something you can do during practice, there’s no reason to get nervous.
Practice and work on something. This can be work, a hobby or something you want. And if you do this, every day, you’ll feel… great.
There is also something that Kita says that makes so much sense:
“Everything you do on a scale of one to ten. The Geniuses do from one to twenty. Other times, they do a more efficient ten. Or they try new things from A to Z.”
I think it is clearer once you realize this. So be humble enough to realize that the successful people simply do more each day towards progressing in their craft than you do. If you want more, you simply need to do more. And the results will simply follow.
When you have prepared for the big moments, there won’t be no need to be nervous.
Your everyday actions are what make you who you are. Results are just the side effects of what you do.
I’m basically built from my daily routine, and the results are nothing more than a byproduct. I don’t need any applause. I am just going to do what I need to do.
Do what works for you
Have the confidence to find out what works for you.
This is very important. If you feel what you are doing genuinely works for you, don’t worry about someone else thinking it wrong. When you develop confidence in what works for you, there is a feeling of peace.
You get things done so easily.
I like the way Kita also puts it after he becomes the captain of his team:
“The gods are always everywhere. That’s what Grandma would always tell me, but at some point, I stopped caring. It’s not like I’m doing this for the gods. Repetition, being methodical, and being thorough just feels nice.”
I hope you find the confidence to find out what works for you. When you find out (or if you have found it already), please do it right and do it every day.
The more thorough you are, the more pride you take it in… The more fun it becomes.
