Developing Mental Skills is What Enables Winning with Physical Skills

It appears that all elite athletes are elite as a result of their physical skills. However, elite physical skills are the norm, not the exception at the highest level of athletics. The typical elite athlete wins because of their mental edge, not because of their physical edge. As 2x NCAA wrestling champion Isaiah Martìnez suggest, […]

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Ignored Truth about Hard Work Shared by 2x NCAA Wrestling Champion

Yesterday I came across an Instagram post that provided an often ignored truth about hard work that reinforces something that I often write about. This post was from Isaiah Martìnez, a 4x NCAA All-American, 4x NCAA wrestling finalist, and 2x NCAA wrestling champion. Martinez wrote the following: There are so many wrestlers (myself included) that […]

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Talent Is Overrated: Classic Book Shows Path to World-Class Performance

One of my favorite quotes is that hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. If you need a book to prove this quote true, this would be that book. Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin cracks the code. With an irresistible subtitle of “What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else” my expectations […]

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