One of the biggest mistakes parents and coaches make when trying to help an athlete who lacks confidence is to focus too much on the fact that the athlete lacks confidence. Taking this approach will just reinforce the fact that the athlete lacks confidence. Which is exactly what you don’t want to do. Lacking confidence […]
Leaders, coaches, and parents push the work hard play hard mindset far too excessively. Yes, it has a time and a place. However, this is a short-term mindset not a mindset for the long-term, and herein lies the problem. When people use the work hard play hard mindset as their long-term approach to work, burnout […]
There are two reasons why learning from failure is overrated. Firstly, learning from success is far more efficient than learning from failure. In fact, research from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business strongly supports that you learn more from success than failure. Secondly, as I wrote a couple days ago, most people fail […]