In one of my favorite books, The Mentor Leader by Tony Dungy, Dungy provides a simple formula for effective coaching and leadership. Dungy states: Engage, educate, equip, encourage, empower, energize, and elevate. Those are the methods for maximizing the potential of any individual, team, organization, or institution for ultimate success and significance. 1. Engage Engagement […]
Some athletes thrive under pressure and some fold under pressure. Both groups can enter pressure situations being known for past success. However, past success is not what dictates success under pressure. Furthermore, talent has less impact than you would think in separating these two groups. As a matter of fact, it’s possible for an athlete […]
Visualization is one of the most important tools for mastering the mental side of performance. I know this because over the last 13 months, I have not let a day go by without doing at least 30 minutes of research into the mental side of performance. Over this time, source after source from respected researchers, […]