The Essence of the Process Mindset

You’ve probably been told many times that it’s better to have a process mindset than to have an outcome mindset. But what does this mean? Does it mean that you shouldn’t think about winning, fame, money, or success? Of course not. While it’s true that winning, fame, money and success are outcomes, having a process […]

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The Best Way for a Coach to Help Athletes Focus on the Process

To help athletes focus on the process, coaches must teach them that the path to success is to control the controllables and not to worry about things that are uncontrollable. Correspondingly, the process is controllable, and the outcome is uncontrollable. Underachievers are the ones who give control of their successes and failures to uncontrollable factors. […]

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Raising Confident Children Doesn’t Work How You Think

One of the biggest misconceptions about raising confident children is that you can speak it into existence. While I’m a big proponent of the “words matter” school of thought as well as an advocate of positive self-talk, there is a major caveat when it comes to confidence. Particularly, when it comes to raising confident children, […]

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