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50 for 50 Idea #17: Weekly Reflection Practice
April 19, 2018Do you ever feel that time flies by? Days, weeks and months pass and you can hardly believe that it’s April already. We more or less spend our lives on auto-pilot going through each week while looking forward to the weekend before the cycle starts over again. This is normal behavior, but being on auto-pilot […]
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Interview on Business Innovators Radio
April 12, 2018Recently, I was interviewed on Business Innovators Radio, and I discussed my approach to competitive skills training for teams and individuals. It was a great opportunity for me to share some of the secrets of mental toughness with an audience on a national platform. If you have the time, please listen to the interview below. […]
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50 for 50 Idea #16: Develop a Super-Strength
April 11, 2018When you reflect on one of your performances, do you focus more on what you did wrong than what you did right? Do you think more about the impact of your weaknesses on the performance rather than the impact of your strengths? If you’re like most people, you answered “yes” to both of these questions, […]
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50 for 50 Ideas 13, 14 & 15: Visualization
April 4, 2018When I was a teenager in high school, I would shadow swing my forehand with my right hand while walking down the hallway to my next class. I didn’t realize I was doing this until someone pointed it out to me. It was a completely subconscious action. I was combining an image in my head […]
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50 for 50 Idea # 12: Start a Training Journal
March 22, 2018One of the secrets of elite performers in any context (music, sport, dance, etc.) is the concept of deliberate practice. Most people don’t practice their skills with clear intentions, but the best performers always have a specific focus when they practice or train. It is this focus that allows them to improve faster and reach […]
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50 for 50 Ideas 10 & 11: Your Sleep
March 10, 2018When I was in college, I liked to sleep…A LOT! I napped between classes almost every day. And I was one of those rare college students who never pulled an all-nighter. That wasn’t because I didn’t need to, it was because my brain would shut down and tell me to sleep. Choosing sleep always seemed […]
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50 for 50 Ideas 8 & 9: Nutrition!
March 1, 2018In my playing career, I have come to learn the hard way that what I eat and when I eat have a profound effect on my energy. I can recall several matches in which I felt light-headed and low-energy in the warm-up because of my lack of attention to nutrition and its timing. These were […]
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50 for 50 Ideas 6 & 7: Gratitude Journal and Thank You Cards
February 21, 2018I know what you’re thinking. “Please, not another blog post about gratitude!” I’m with you. The topic has been discussed ad nauseam over the last several years and perhaps you have gratitude fatigue. With that being said, I want to address gratitude from a perspective of how it can help you think more positively which […]
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50 for 50 Idea #5: Listen to an audiobook in the car
February 12, 2018What do you listen to when you are in the car or commuting to work/school? Spotify? The morning show on a local radio station? Talk radio? NPR? Perhaps nothing at all! I used to listen to music and various sports radio shows while driving, and I more or less did that without even thinking. At […]
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50 for 50 Idea #4: Start a reading habit
February 5, 2018Do you like to read? Perhaps yes, perhaps no, or perhaps you’re indifferent to it. Whatever your view may be, my goal is to recruit a few more of you into the group of reading lovers because there are so many benefits to it, including for your performance in sport and in life. When I […]
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