Whether you have an impulsive or strategic mindset is arguably the #1 factor that will decide if you continuously improve or stay the same. Research from mindset psychologist Patricia Chen, Ph.D., describes the strategic mindset as the ability to ask… …oneself strategy-eliciting questions, such as “What can I do to help myself?” or “Is there […]
Several months back I made the point that not all performance enhancers are illegal. For example, self-motivation is a phenomenal legal performance enhancer that can separate an athlete from the competition. Along these same lines, another legal performance enhancer one should not overlook is locus of control. Locus of control is a term to describe […]
Most people boil down optimism to thinking positive and pessimism to thinking negative. While this explanation does have a sliver of truth, it doesn’t provide a true picture of the most important difference between these two mindsets. Optimist don’t always think positive and pessimist don’t always think negative. However, what optimist do differently than pessimist […]