Join Mindset Mondays to Discuss Mental Skills and Mindset Training

Each Monday I am hosting a group coaching session I’m calling Mindset Mondays. The session will start at 12 noon eastern time and will last from 10 to 15 minutes. There is also an opportunity to stay on afterwards to get questions answered in private. I’m doing these sessions specifically as a benefit for subscribers. […]

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Why Asking How to Motivate Yourself is the Wrong Question to Start With

Asking how to motivate yourself seems like a reasonable question. However, part of the reason why you’re having trouble motivating yourself is how you are thinking about motivation. In essence, the question “how do I motivate myself” implies that the motivation you need will come from something external. This external motivation will then energize you […]

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The Best Way to Identify if an Athlete has a Growth or Fixed Mindset

In sports it’s extremely important that athletes have a growth mindset and not a fixed mindset. Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. in her preeminent book on mindset describes the growth mindset as believing that self-improvement is a product of hard work. In addition, when you have a growth mindset you also believe that the innate talents […]

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