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 […]
It doesn’t make you a failure just because you lose, make a mistake, show up unprepared, or don’t capitalize on an opportunity. On the other hand, you won’t automatically learn and get better because of these unforced errors either. Indeed, there is a fine line between failure and learning. To explain how to toe this […]
There is a major difference between the mindset of a winner vs. the mindset of a competitor. The mindset of a winner is one that thinks they must always win and winning is the most important thing above all. For winners, the competition doesn’t matter as a win is a win is a win. Winners […]