The Essence of the Process Mindset

You’ve probably been told many times that it’s better to have a process mindset than to have an outcome mindset. But what does this mean? Does it mean that you shouldn’t think about winning, fame, money, or success? Of course not. While it’s true that winning, fame, money and success are outcomes, having a process […]

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The Importance of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies to Coaches and Athletes

A self-fulfilling prophecy is the psychology of how group expectations become that group’s reality. In other words, when enough people expect something to happen their behavior changes in a way that makes it happen. Today, as I was glancing through my notes of the classic mindset book Mind Gym by Gary Mack, I was reminded […]

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Nelson Mandela Quote Reminds Us How our Journey Relates to our Purpose

Today as I was reading Andre Agassi’s autobiography Open (which I highly recommend), I came across a remarkable quote from Nelson Mandela. Agassi shares this quote as he writes about a transformational time in his life visiting with Mandela in South Africa raising money for the Nelson Mandela Foundation at a tennis event. Agassi quotes […]

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