Posts Tagged ‘motivation’
Creating an Advanced Mindset (Part 1)
Optimizing your performance or your life requires a lot of dedication and time. One of the first priorities in doing so is to create an advanced mindset. The mindset of…
Read MoreBecoming “Free”
The topic of this post is the process of becoming “free.” Not in the sense of living in a country where we talk about our personal freedoms and what it…
Read MoreCommitment to Excellence
When athletes and performers engage in a mental skills process to help them work on themselves and their mind game of sport or event they are making a commitment to…
Read MoreWhy Athletes are Good at Life
Participating in a sport, training your mind and your body, and challenging yourself will make you an athlete, and doing these things will make you good at life. When we…
Read MoreSelf Talk: The Way We Interpret Reality
Simply observing our environment and the stimuli in it would appear to show us reality, pure and simple; what we tell ourselves (self-talk) about what we observe, however, is the…
Read MoreThe Power of Imagery
Using your mind to enhance your performance, return from injury, learn new skills, and motivate efforts towards goals are just some of the advantages that can be realized through the…
Read MoreFacing Fear (part 3)
Facing your fears can be very difficult, but not doing so may result in many missed opportunities, self-doubt, avoidance, and low self-esteem. Fear produces hot sweats, clammy hands, muscle tension,…
Read MoreReturning to Performance after Injury
It is almost inevitable that performance in sports and exercise will, at some point, result in a struggle to return to performance after an injury. The extent of the injury,…
Read MoreFinding the Right Kind of Motivation
When it comes to drive, sustained efforts, consistency, and maximizing potential, finding the right kind of motivation is essential. Motivation can be broken into two primary categories: internal and external…
Read MoreFacing Fear (part 2)
When facing fear and developing a plan to overcome some difficulty, it is important to use progressions. Setting a plan in motion that allows you to gradually increase the exposure…
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