The Mindset of a Competitor: Your Opponent is Not Your Enemy

It’s one thing if you like to win. Everybody likes to win. It’s a totally different thing when you like to compete. Most people don’t like to compete. Instead, they would just rather win. Most people prefer the easy win over an unworthy competitor vs. the tough loss against a worthy competitor. Competitors are the […]

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Understanding the Mindset of an Athlete After Losing a Competition

In her preeminent book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. provides a simple definition of mindset. She defines mindset as: The view you adopt for yourself [that] profoundly affects the way you lead your life. Dweck goes on to make the case that one’s mindset determines whether or not a person becomes […]

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What Happens When You Keep Telling a Young Athlete to ‘Toughen Up’

Have you ever heard a coach or parent tell an athlete that they need to be ‘tougher’? Have you ever told your child that he or she must ‘toughen up’? If you have, then you didn’t hear what you thought you heard and /or say what you thought you said. What you thought you heard […]

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