When good isn’t good enough an individual’s self-motivation triggers something deep inside that urges them to progressively pursue harder goals. These type of people stand out. They do things others neglect. They have vivid visions for their future that they write down and review regularly. Simultaneously, they use visualization techniques to train their minds to […]
When a child is struggling with self-motivation, a parent’s first instinct is to step in and offer an external motivator to kick-start the child’s motivation. This is typically in the form of a reward or punishment for executing whatever must be done. More often than not this is the wrong answer. Although this may feel […]
Autonomy is one of the primary drivers of self-motivation. Autonomy is also the opposite of having someone else control what you do. When someone else controls what you do, it’s demotivating. In the case of youth wrestling, many wrestling parents control far too much of the process outside of practice. It’s a fact that the […]