It’s one thing if you like to win. Everybody likes to win. It’s a totally different thing when you like to compete. Most people don’t like to compete. Instead, they would just rather win. Most people prefer the easy win over an unworthy competitor vs. the tough loss against a worthy competitor. Competitors are the […]
In her preeminent book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. provides a simple definition of mindset. She defines mindset as: The view you adopt for yourself [that] profoundly affects the way you lead your life. Dweck goes on to make the case that one’s mindset determines whether or not a person becomes […]
Peak performance comes from balancing challenge and skill. In the classic mindset book Flow in Sports: The keys to optimal experiences and performances, the research of the authors Susan Jackson and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi shows that the challenge-skill balance is one of 9 dimensions an athlete needs for flow in sports. In addition, Jackson and Csikszentmihalyi […]