Questions to Assess How Confident an Athlete is Feeling

Confidence has a major impact on performance. Confidence, or lack thereof often creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. As the classic Henry Ford quote states: If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right. Furthermore, confidence is one of the 4 areas you must proactively build for mental toughness. […]

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Developing a Child’s Self-Awareness

Self-awareness is arguably the most important of the four domains of emotional intelligence. Without it, it’s hard to develop competencies in the other three domains of self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. Simply stated, self-awareness is one’s ability to understand how they are feeling about themselves and the world around them. A highly self-aware person […]

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The Four Domains of Emotional Intelligence

Emotional intelligence is defined by a person’s ability to recognize, understand, and manage their emotions and the emotions of others. Psychologist believe that emotional intelligence is a learned behavior. In order to master it, four domains of emotional intelligence are necessary: Self-awareness Self-management Social awareness Relationship management These four domains were originally popularized by author […]

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