Yesterday I wrote about teaching athletes the lesson of the promise and the prize. In short, this is a basic lesson on commitment to process instead of focusing on outcomes. It just so happens that this morning my favorite blogger Seth Godin is covering a very similar point in his post Confusing effort, preparation and […]
There are goals and there are difficult goals. Chances are what you want most is on the other side of pursuing a difficult goal. By difficult goal, I’m generally referring to those goals that require a minimum of 4 years effort to achieve. So a good gauge for a difficult goal is to compare the […]
Visualization is one of the most important tools for mastering the mental side of performance. I know this because over the last 13 months, I have not let a day go by without doing at least 30 minutes of research into the mental side of performance. Over this time, source after source from respected researchers, […]