Ultramarathoner Shares Her Visualization Secret for Increasing Pain Tolerance

Visualization is one of the most important mental skills an athlete can have. It’s a skill that not only helps athletes prepare with mental rehearsal, it’s also a skill that helps athletes in real time as they fight through adversity. When it comes to the latter, facing the pain of fatigue is often the first type […]

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The Three Types of Performance Goals that Drive Growth

A performance goal defines how you will measure and track the performance level you must reach to achieve an outcome goal you want. So, if you want to win a competition, you must set performance goals that relate to what it takes for someone in your situation to win. To define this level of performance, […]

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The Hard Truth About Why Outcome Goals Don’t Matter That Much

Yesterday I wrote about the two most important parts of a goal. Today I am adding an addendum to that article, so if you haven’t read it, here is a brief summary. You must break goals into three parts to be effective. Those three parts are the outcome, performance, and process. Out of those three […]

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