Episode #219
Elite performance hinges on four mental pillars: manage expectations, focus on the process, build proactive confidence, and trust your skills.
Proactive confidence beats reactive confidence; fuel it by focusing on your strengths (a "confidence resume") and using a structured pre-performance routine.
Letting go of overthinking and perfectionism enables trust in your training and motor memory—critical to avoid choking and perform in sports, speaking, interviews, and more.
So proactive confidence is about fueling up your confidence before the start of that competition, which means, hey, what are you good at? What have you done? What's your success? What are your strengths? What are your talents?
Reactive confidence is you're reacting to how you feel that day when you get up. You're reacting to how you feel before the competition. You're reacting to what happened in the opening minutes of the competition.
Trust in your skills basically is just seeing that move in your mind and letting it happen.
Mental training for performance and consistency.
As the president and founder of Peak Performance Sports, Dr. Patrick Cohn teaches mental skills and mental toughness techniques to athletes, teams, and corporate professionals to help improve performance. As a mental toughness specialist, many recognized sports figures and teams have sought out Dr. Cohn’s expertise including the Miami Dolphins, NASCAR winners, NHL Players, National Motocross Champions and PGA Tour professional golfers. He’s also consulted with corporate clients such as IBM and USA Today.
