Rather than pure size, motivation, passion, and one’s mental attitude can be even more important to winning a fight. It refers to the importance of our mental fortitude in combative situations.

Mental strength

It means that no matter how large and physically imposing an individual might be, what truly matters is the spirit inside you. That is and will be your biggest strength in life, whether it’s in a fight, or any other aspect in your life. Someone who refuses to lose and who keeps standing back up is impossible to defeat permanently.

Nevertheless, let’s not kid ourselves, as being delusional is ultimately in nobody’s favor. Physical strength matters in a fight. A lot. But, it is in no way or shape the only factor that decides the outcome of the battle.

The right mindset

But the right mindset is what allows you to be victorious. You need conviction, toughness, and a killer mindset to win.

In a fight, you require the necessary amount of aggression to be able to hurt someone. And the capacity to hurt someone requires a very specific mindset and attitude to life that not everybody can muster.

Of course, you don’t want to be blinded by your anger and aggression, either. You must remain in control of your emotions and thoughts.

Fighting and damaging someone means you’ve got to have a very specific, self-defense-focused mindset. Being overly nice and out of touch with your shadow side means that you won’t be able to fight and defend yourself, and others, when the situation calls for it.

Courage

But what do we need above all if we’re going to fight a larger person who we know can physically dominate us? Courage. And without fear, there can be no courage.

Courage does not mean fighting every battle. You should avoid as many fights as you possibly can. Every fight is a risk for your physical and mental health, with very little to gain except bragging rights and pride.

Courage is knowing which altercations you absolutely have to fight without a way out, and are worth fighting. Courage is fighting despite being scared, despite knowing that you’re physically outmatched.

Mindset applies to different situations and aspects of your life as well

If we extrapolate that same mindset to a different aspect of your life, then the same reasoning applies as well.

For example, hard times might seem impossible to overcome. You might feel like it will never pass. But, maintaining a good mindset, acting with courage, and fighting to get over the obstacles on the road to improve things are more important than the seemingly unsurmountable hindrances.

Being motivated, working hard, and having a passion for what you do is paramount to being successful, no matter what goal you decide to pursue. In other words, a growth mindset and a winning attitude are vital.

Skills matter

In fighting, we’ve seen time and time again that smaller combatants can win against much bigger fighters by being more skilled and technically proficient. Other physical attributes such as speed, coordination, and flexibility matter a lot as well.

However, the larger the physical gap between two individuals, the bigger the technical gap will have to be to compensate.

In recent years, due to the increased know-how and professionalism in combat sports, the skill gap has gotten increasingly less significant. This also means that it became progressively harder for the smaller man to win the fight, yet not impossible.

Quality above quantity in fighting

Quality above quantity. You’ve got to play to your strengths and your opponent’s weaknesses.

If your adversary has almost all the physical advantages, but you’re faster, then you can still win the fight by applying your speed. You’ve got to fight on your terms, not on the terms of your opponent.