A practical way to think about your mindset is to think about it like weight. Everybody has a weight, just like everybody has a mindset. Some people have a healthy weight, and some people have an unhealthy weight. Moreover, whether your weight is healthy or unhealthy is a product of your behavior. As an example […]
There are two common fallacies about mental toughness. First, there is a belief that mental toughness is a character trait people are born with. If you think this, you must break this fixed mindset, and view mental toughness through the lens of the growth mindset. Mental toughness is a skill. Just like all skills, mental […]
Competition Day as Judgement Day: Athletes who treat competition day as a day of judgement are prone to have both a fixed mindset as well as an ego oriented mindset. The outcome of the competition will either be a success or a failure. If the outcome is a success, then these athletes assume their process […]