Life as an athlete can often feel like a pressure cooker. As athletes, you confront stress daily, from the challenges of rigorous training to the high-stakes environment of competition. Today let me provide you with guidance to find wisdom from a somewhat unexpected place: the wisdom of Vice Admiral James Stockdale, a decorated U.S. Navy […]
There is an ancient principle from the renowned Stoic philosopher Epictetus that all athletes would be wise to live by. In his book the Enchiridion, Epictetus states the following: If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid in extraneous matters–don’t wish to seem knowledgeable. While this may seem counterintuitive to an […]
One of the most important things I do as a mental skills coach is teach clients how to enjoy the process of pursuing difficult goals. As I wrote yesterday, when you don’t enjoy the process, little challenges feel like big challenges and 20 minutes of hard work feels like 20 hours. This is a recipe […]