Vera Koo: Maintaining a Strong Mind

As we age, setting goals and maintaining a strong mind are essential. In these four posts, Vera inspires us always to keep moving and looking forward despite our age, feelings of loss or significant setbacks.

Maintaining a Strong Mind

In her article “Twenty-Five Yards: Set Small Goals – For Shooting and Life,” Vera shares the story of her big accident during her training for the 2013 Bianchi Cup. She explains how she kept moving forward that day to get help and continued to move forward well after the accident. 

I am a goal-oriented person. Goals keep me motivated and help my mind and my commitment to not waver from a task. I set goals regularly throughout my shooting career and for personal projects, as well.

Vera not only reminisces about how she used goal setting during her accident, but also at other times during her life, including downhill skiing and shooting. She explains how to use checkpoints to keep you motivated along the way. 

Vera is not only an author but also an avid reader. In “Three Helpful Things to Make Your Dreams a Reality,” she shares books that inspire her to be more than she ever thought possible. 

As we age, though, we add more wisdom to our treasure chest. And one of the things I learned as I aged was that I could have anything I wanted. 

The three books Vera highlights in this post are “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” by William Arntz, Betsy Chase and Mark Vicente; “The Secret,” by Ronda Byrne and “Messages from Water,” by Masaru Emoto. She shares meaningful messages she learned from each book and may even inspire readers to purchase their own copies. 

Vera didn’t grow up religious; however, in her article “My Faith In God,” Vera explains how turning to God helped her through a terrible crisis.

One day I decided to kneel down and pray to God. I started to notice that after my prayers, some small, good thing would happen around me. When life is as low as I was in those days, any gift of goodness – however small – can be so helpful to get you through the day.

Continue reading this post at Women’s Outdoor News.