Raising Young Athletes Podcast: Episode #5-Ownership
Episode #5: Ownership of my Raising Young Athletes podcast examines the powerful impact that ownership has your children’s enjoyment, performance, and success in their sports lives. Ownership means that they participate because they are doing entirely for themselves, love their sport, and have goals they want to achieve, rather than because of their parents’ goals […]
Read MoreBecome a Well-educated Ski Racer to Achieve Your Goals
One of the questions I’m asked most frequently from racers, coaches, and parents is: What does it take to be a successful ski racer? For any racer who wants to be their best, this is no easy question, yet one that is worth asking and worth even more to answer. First, let me address how […]
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Saturday Evening Post column: Life is Fragile; Say ‘I Love You’ A Lot
The Saturday Evening Post just published my latest Change Your Mind column titled “Life is Fragile: Say ‘I Love You a Lot.” Life can seem so fragile and uncertain sometimes, so it’s important to let the people we love know how we feel, just in case.
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #5-Reaction vs. Self-possession
In Episode #5 of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, Reaction vs. Self-possession I explore how your reaction to a crisis can be dictated by either your primitive instincts or self-possession. Your instinctive reaction will likely be immediate, urgent, and intense, none of which will be helpful in most modern-day crises. In contract, a response that […]
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Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: #4-Challenge
The fourth episode of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast focuses on how a threat attitude ensures failure and a challenge attitude sets you up for success. A threat attitude involves a cascade of psychological, emotional, and physiological changes that causes you to want to flee the sports situation and makes failure an […]
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Innovation is Key to Ski Racing Success
I have three favorite sayings when it comes to being the best ski racer you can be. First, “If you want to ski like everyone else, be like everyone else.” In other words, if you want to be a decent ski racer among many, do what they do. Second, an old Texas adage says, “If […]
Read MoreRaising Young Athletes Podcast: Episode #4: Self-esteem
Episode #4: Self-esteem of my Raising Young Athletes podcast explores how self-esteem impacts young athletes’ athletic and personal development. Self-esteem involves how children come to perceive and value themselves, in other words, do they see themselves worthwhile people deserving of love and respect. Self-esteem influences happiness, well-being, goals, and success, among many other outcomes. This […]
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A Great New App for Harnessing the Power of Mental Imagery
You already know that I believe mental imagery is one of the most powerful tools athletes in any sport can use to maximize their competitive performances. I call imagery the Swiss Army knife of mental training because it can strengthen so many aspects of your athletic performance. Then why doesn’t EVERY athlete use mental imagery? […]
Read MoreCrisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #4-Threat vs. Challenge
In Episode #4 of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, Threat vs. Challenge, I explore how the way you perceive the crisis, as either a threat or a challenge, determines how you think, feel, and respond to it. If you react to a crisis as a threat, you trigger your primitive survival instinct which leads you […]
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Saturday Evening Post column: 4 Steps to Making Change an Opportunity, Not a Threat
The Saturday Evening Post just published my latest Change Your Mind column titled “Four Steps to making Change an Opportunity, not a Threat.” If you’re trying to make positive changes in your life, you might find the article interesting.
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