The Importance of Mindset Summed Up in 16 Words

The importance of Mindset is best explained through the research of Carol S. Dweck in her preeminent book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. She explains that your mindset is the connection between how you think and how you behave. A metaphor you can use to explain this connection between how you think and how you […]

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The Difference Between Smart People and Everyone Else

Having a high IQ doesn’t make you smart. Moreover, the difference between someone with a high IQ who is smart and someone with a high IQ who is not smart is the same difference between smart people and everyone else. That is, smart people are not smart because of what they think, but because of […]

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What it Means When Your Coach Tells You ‘Fatigue is Mental’

Coaches with experience intuitively know what to tell athletes who visually show signs of fatigue to help them keep pushing. When a coach tells athletes things like “no pain, no gain”, “mind over matter”, or “keep your head up” it’s not coaches’ speak or pseudo-science. Fatigue is the great equalizer in sports. The biggest, strongest, […]

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