Coaches with experience intuitively know what to tell athletes who visually show signs of fatigue to help them keep pushing. When a coach tells athletes things like “no pain, no gain”, “mind over matter”, or “keep your head up” it’s not coaches’ speak or pseudo-science. Fatigue is the great equalizer in sports. The biggest, strongest, […]
There is a stark difference in mindset of an optimist vs. the mindset of a pessimist that creates a major competitive advantage for optimist. Most people boil down optimism to thinking positive and pessimism to thinking negative. While this explanation does have some truth, it doesn’t provide a true picture of the competitive advantage for […]
There are numerous reasons to practice optimism over pessimism. Research shows that there is no doubt that optimism is a better belief system than pessimism. While it may be amazing to think about, it’s a fact that your mind can create expectations that bend reality to what it thinks. This is why optimism is so helpful. […]