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Maintaining Motivation Apr 20, 2022

Maintaining motivation. That’s a topic a reader emailed me about. Maybe I’ll talk about it now, or maybe I’ll wait for my motivation to show up so I can do it. Or, maybe...

The Teacher Challenge Apr 13, 2022

Lately, my followers have been asking how I learned all of this, and how I remember everything.

The first and easiest answer is that I went to grad school to learn it, met the experience...

Pain and Punishment Apr 04, 2022

Let’s talk about another mental toughness myth: Pain and punishment lead to improvement.

Watch this clip from Happy Gilmore that illustrates how we often let this myth play...

The Misunderstood Concept of Willpower Mar 30, 2022

I had an old school coach once ask me: “Whatever happened to good old-fashioned willpower?”

I actually thought about it and wondered if it was even real. It’s like the...

Discover the benefits of gratitude in mental fitness Mar 23, 2022

A significant part of mental fitness is gratitude.

But oftentimes, we need reminders to feel grateful. Why is that?

Humans tend to be biased toward the negative. That’s why we have...

Meditation Myths Mar 16, 2022

Last week, I asked you for questions that I could help answer in these videos. I received a few questions about meditation and how it works.

Meditation can look different for everyone, but...

Develop consistency to achieve success Mar 02, 2022

Consistency can be elusive.

It requires consistent effort. We develop it when we overcome the human tendency to expend less effort. We actually secretly hope that our success didn’t...

Is Being Calm a Superpower? Feb 23, 2022

When I woke up Monday morning, I wasn’t sure what I was going to talk about this week. But then I learned more about the confrontation between Juwan Howard of Michigan and...

Discover how human connections can boost your mental fitness Feb 16, 2022

Human connections are powerful, and they’re a large part of the recipe for mental fitness.

The pandemic has made me realize how much we need them. I think the lack of those connections is part...

Staying Focused Feb 09, 2022

This week, let’s move on to the next question from a team I am helping this year: How do you stay focused?

I think this is often a question that leaves out something important. How do...

Learn how to manage frustration in sports and life Feb 02, 2022

Let’s answer the next question from one of the teams I’m helping this year.

How do you play through frustration?

It’s a common theme for athletes. We’ve...

Help a Teammate Jan 26, 2022

Last week, I did my first in-person team presentation since COVID-19 showed up.

The team had great questions prepared. Over the next few weeks, I’m going to share my answers with all of...

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