Psychology professor Dr. Edward Deci is commonly recognized as one of the world’s leading researchers on goals and motivation. Deci is a professor of psychology and director of the human motivation program at the University of Rochester. He is the author of 5 classic books on these topics, all which psychology experts widely accept as […]
When a good athlete stops getting better, the likely culprit is that something is distracting that athlete. In other words, that athlete has lost focus. Moreover, there is a reason why some athletes are more vulnerable to losing focus than other athletes. As a college athlete, I didn’t reach the best version of myself. Being […]
There is always a root cause for why an athlete is unmotivated. Finding this root cause is how you motivate and unmotivated athlete. Therefore, your primary job as the parent or coach of an unmotivated athlete is to be a detective. As a detective, parents and coaches must do many of the things of a […]