I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if you lack confidence right now in this moment there is nothing you can do about it. Your confidence right now in this moment is a product of your past. Moreover, there is nothing you can do about the past. So, if you lack confidence […]
It’s quite common for athletes to talk to themselves. Mental skill coaches call this “self-talk”. All athletes use self-talk, but some use it in a way that helps them, and others use it in a way that hurts them. When an athlete uses self-talk to hurt themselves, they talk to themselves with language that drives […]
We all admire someone who we think is smart, sharp, talented, etc. Our instincts tell us that these people are who they are because they were simply born that way. However, the truth is that the smartest people you know are really not as smart as you think. Research suggest that what separates the so-called […]