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 […]
I wrote yesterday that the only way to get an athlete to enjoy the process is to make the process the athlete’s goal. The reason for this is that process goals are within an athlete’s control, while outcome goals are not. Furthermore, anytime an athlete focuses too much on things not within their control such […]