In sports it’s extremely important that athletes have a growth mindset and not a fixed mindset. Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. in her preeminent book on mindset describes the growth mindset as believing that self-improvement is a product of hard work. In addition, when you have a growth mindset you also believe that the innate talents […]
Many people have said it many times, many different ways that talent is important, but it’s not the most important factor for success. Grit, coaching, pain tolerance, and confidence are all factors that with all other things being equal will beat out talent more often than not. However, there is one other factor above all […]
One of my favorite quotes is that “hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard “. I love this quote so much because it’s so true. Talent is not an indication of potential. How hard one works to invest in their talents is the true indication of potential. Furthermore, how hard one works has […]