Growing up as an athlete I was socialized to believe that being humble is a preferred virtue. For the vast majority of my life, I viewed being humble as a character trait that all great athletes must have. But now that I am a mental skills coach, I now know that being humble is not […]
Self-esteem is a product of standards and expectations. If you have low standards and low expectations, it’s easier to build your self-esteem than when you have high standards and high expectations. This is why so many athletes have low self-esteem. Athletes have extremely high standards and expectations. Therefore, the instinctive way to increase their self-esteem […]
There is a major problem you must overcome when competing in an environment where everyone is elite, and everyone is doing what it takes to be the winner. Someone must lose. While this is obvious on the surface, what’s not so obvious is that as much as you think you have control over your chance […]