Tag: performance
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Grit: Trusting the Process of Not Yet
“Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.” Angela Duckworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance Called to Something More Real The process of learning is rooted in tension. The tension between what you know and what you don’t know. Typically, we get comfortable with what we know and are reluctant to move beyond it. We…
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Mental Flexibility: Let Mindsets Increase Your Degrees of Freedom
Performers who shift their mindsets from reacting to noticing gain new levels of freedom and growth. We typically default to using the Reactor mindset. This is where we are overly rigid and judgmental in our thoughts, emotions, and actions. The Reactor is a mindset of stress and survival. We react to experiences, and these reactions…
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Mindsets Matter: The Reactor & The Noticer
The mindsets we bring into training and performances matter. This shapes our experience. Do we see stress as a challenge or threat? Are mistakes helping us grow or making us look bad? Do we add pressure because we feel our identity is wrapped up in what we do? Are we trying to prove ourselves or…
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FONE Making Us Phony: The Impact of Social Media Use on Sports Performance
Social Media’s Superpower It’s no wonder that social media has an irresistible allure for middle schoolers, high schoolers, and beyond. During adolescence, what matters most is how you are perceived and how others are perceived, as this determines your status within the group. In a realm where you can not only keep track of these…
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Broaden and Build
We are wired to focus on the negative. But becoming overly fixated on negative events, thoughts, and feelings tends to get us stuck. Our vision narrows, our world shrinks, and our lives become pressurized. From this place, we tend to be defensive, insecure, and discouraged. We might become overly self-reliant or seek to prove ourselves.…
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Edge of What?
We will inevitably be pushed into areas of discomfort and stress. This happens everyday. Whether we expect it, desire it, or hate it. It happens. We find ourselves facing frustrations, self-doubts, worries, and difficult circumstances. This might happen in a performance, or routine task, in a relationship, or class. We get worked up, and feel…