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The Ultimate Jihad
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Winning the Battle with Ourselves

Continuing our theme of Sufi wisdom via the great 13th century Muslim poet Rumi, let’s talk about the ultimate jihad. First, we need to understand what the word “jihad” actually means. The root of jihad means “to strive” or “to exert oneself” and has two manifestat...

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Wings and Lottery Balls
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How to Bounce Your Way to Winning the Game of Life

Rumi tells us that God turns us from one feeling to another so that we have two wings to fly and not one. I love to keep that in mind when I find myself kinda going back and forth on a decision. Two wings!! I also like to think of lottery balls. (Hah!) You know how sometime...

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There Are No Perfect People
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And… Newsflash: You Will Not Be the First

Abraham Maslow studied the greatest people of his generation—extraordinary humans like Albert Einstein and Eleanor Roosevelt. These were truly great people who, in his words, had self-actualized and, in my words, had given their greatest gifts in greatest service to the world. But here...

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Why Exercise Is So Good for You
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The Easiest, Most Powerful Way to Balance Your Brain

In our last +1 we talked about the fact that exercise is a great way to reduce chronic stress. Why? Well, Harvard MD psychiatrist John Ratey puts it brilliantly in his great book Spark—which is all about the science of how exercise changes our brain. He tells u...

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Feelings Fade
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But Only If You Let Them

David Reynolds tells us that feelings follow behavior. You do something and then you feel great—not the other way around. He also tells us that negative feelings will fade if we simply quit thinking about them. Ruminating about what’s wrong and keeping that negative emotion alive is kinda l...

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Self-Efficacy
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The Science of Confidence

Albert Bandura is one of the most respected psychologists in the world. He studies the science of self-efficacy. Also known as: The science of confidence. Here’s a quick take on what we know. First, a sense of self-efficacy—a belief that you can achieve what you set out to achieve—...

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Turning Around Glitches
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What True Confidence Looks Like and How to Build It

True confidence doesn’t come from thinking everything will always go perfectly. That’s crazy. In fact, as Phil Stutz pointed out in one of our coaching sessions, the need for absolute certainty results in absolute terror. Quite simply: We MUST be willing to t...

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Win or Learn
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Three Questions to Ask after a Disappointing Performance

Lanny Bassham won a gold medal in rifle shooting in the 1976 Olympics. But he didn’t win that gold until AFTER he kinda fell apart in the 1972 Olympics where he took home a silver. He used that disappointment to fuel his mental toughness training and bring home the gold in his next attempt. S...

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Mediocrity vs. Excellence
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How to Avoid Getting Stuck in the Middle of a Rugged Mountain

In our last few +1s, we’ve been chatting about reaching the Peak of our potential. What’s the alternative? Well, did you know that the Latin root of the word mediocre LITERALLY means to get stuck in the middle of a rugged mountain? Yep. Medius = “mid...

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Rumination
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It's Time to Quit Chewing on Your Mental Cud

While we’re on a roll with how to reduce our emotional suffering, let’s talk about something you want to quit doing: ruminating. Science says that the unhappiest among us (and each of us in our least happy moments) tend to ruminate about whatever’s bothering us. I find it helpful t...

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Dust
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A Secret Tool to Master Non-Attachment

Let’s chat about something called “Dust.” It’s a secret tool I recently learned from Phil Stutz. Basic context: Remember Apollo, our patron god of philosophy? He was an archer. Like him, we need to have a clear target at which we’re aiming our life force. We’re ALL I...

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Victim vs. Creator
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Two Questions: "Why Me?" vs. "What Do I Want?"

David Emerald wrote a great book called The Power of TED. In it, he makes the distinction between being a Victim vs. being a Creator. The Victim walks around complaining about everything and asking unhelpful things like, “Why is this happening?” and “Why me?” The ...

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“That’s NOT Like Me!”
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Part II on How to Optimize Your Self-Image

In our last +1 we had fun cultivating a strong Self-Image via “That’s like me!” imprints. Quick recap: All the elite performers agree: 90% of our performance is mental. (90%!!!) Yet very few of us dedicate an appropriate amount of our time to Optimizing our mental game. One key way...

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"That's Like Me!"
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How to Optimize Your Self-Image

Whether you’re an athlete, entrepreneur, teacher, parent, manager, or — fill in the blank here —, what percentage of your game do you think is mental? –> I think ____% is mental. When Lanny Bassham, our Olympic gold-medal-winning friend (who wrote With Winning ...

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The Obstacle Is the Way
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Plus: The Paradox of Fire

Marcus Aurelius once wrote to himself in the journal he never intended to publish that we now know as Meditations that “The impediment to action advances the action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” Ryan Holiday wrote a book inspired by that wisdom called The Obstacle I...

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Coaching the Mental Game

Leadership Philosophies and Strategies for Peak Performance in Sports and Everyday Life

by H.A. Dorfman

Harvey Dorfman was one of the world’s leading mental training experts. Major League Baseball described him as a “pioneering sports psychologist.” He earned World Series rings as the mental skills coach for both the Oakland A’s and Florida Marlins. In this book, he covers the A to Z of mental discipline. Big Ideas we explore include Carpe momentum (seize the task at hand!), the peak performance cycle (approach + results + response), the blind men (and their elephant), and Percussus Resurgo (“Struck down. I rise again!”).

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The Champion's Comeback

How Great Athletes Recover, Reflect, and Re-Ignite

by Jim Afremow

Jim Afremow is one of the world’s leading sports psychologists. We covered his first book The Champion’s Mind. This one is kinda like part 2 in which we look at how the Champion responds to the inevitable (!) setbacks faced on the road to greatness—using those setbacks as opportunities to bounce back and make a sweet comeback. Big Ideas we explore include seeing setbacks as challenges rather than threats, outperforming our contracts, practicing ’till you can’t get it wrong, and the 3 P’s of peak performance.

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Unleash the Warrior Within

Develop the Focus, Discipline, Confidence, and Courage You Need to Achieve Unlimited Goals

by Richard Machowicz

Richard Machowicz. Mack for short. He’s an intense, inspiring and empowering former Navy SEAL. He’s an ultimate warrior. In this book, Mack teaches us how we can unleash the warrior within ourselves to, as the sub- title suggests, “Develop the Focus, Discipline, Confidence, and Courage You Need to Achieve Unlimited Goals.” Big Ideas we explore include World War 0, “Not Dead Can’t Quit,” the #1 question (hint: Do you have the guts?), and 110% vs. 80%.

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Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect

by Bob Rotella

This book is not only a golf/sports psychology classic, but a great primer on approaching life with the right mindset. If you’re into golf, you’ll love it. Big Ideas we explore include: Being an expander rather than a shrink, smaller targets leading to greater focus, the importance of your short game (in golf AND in life), fear vs. nervousness, paying a caddie to berate you and expectations: the good and the bad.

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The Champion's Mind

How Great Athletes Think, Train, and Thrive

by Jim Afremow

Jim Afremow is one of the world’s leading sports psychologists and this great book is packed with Big Ideas. We explore: the vision of a champion (and how to fuel it), what mental toughness *really* is, how/why to be ugly but effective, how to evaluate yourself (3 q’s: good + better + best), and creating sustained obsession as you take the champion’s honor pledge.

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Organize Tomorrow Today

8 Ways to Retrain Your Mind to Optimize Performance at Work and in Life

by Jason Selk, Tom Bartow, Matthew Rudy

Jason Selk is one of the world’s leading peak performance/mental training experts. Tom Bartow is one of the world’s leading financial advisor trainers. Together they provide a manual on how to “start every day with more focus, confidence, and energy—by learning how to set the right priorities." Great stuff. Big Ideas we cover: Your 2 top questions for tomorrow, the Zeigarnik Effect, the importance of Nailing it, why fight-thrus are the key to creating habits, your new mental toughness workout, and repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition...

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The Mental Edge

Maximize Your Sports Potential with the Mind-Body Connection

by Kenneth Baum

This is an old-school mental training book written for athletes in 1999. When Kenneth Baum wrote it, the mind-body connection wasn’t as well-established as it is now so many of the ideas he shares were cutting-edge at the time. Big Ideas we explore include the power of a desire inferno, DROPing into WOOP, power talk, 26,000 breaths a day, and Maslow’s warning.

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Executive Toughness

The Mental-Training Program to Increase Your Leadership Performance

by Jason Selk

Jason Selk is one of the world’s leading peak performance experts. His tagline? “The relentless pursuit of greatness.” If that appeals to you, you’ll love this book. It’s *fantastic*! Big Ideas we explore include the difference between Process and Product Goals, a 100-second mental training workout, why your self-image matters and the REMARKABLE benefits of writing down your goals.

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No Limits

The Will to Succeed

by Michael Phelps, Alan Abrahamson

Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian in history and arguably the greatest athlete ever. This book is a quick look at 8 virtues that led to his 8 gold medals in '08. Big Ideas we explore include how to train your mind, going all in, knowing what's important now (aka W.I.N.), and not confusing "can't" vs. "won't."

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Toughness Training for Life

A Revolutionary Program for Maximizing Health, Happiness and Productivity

by James E. Loehr

Toughness. Jim Loehr tells us that cultivating our toughness is the essence of creating healthier, happier and more productive lives. And, in this great, old-school book (written in 1993), he shows us how to go about doing that. Big Ideas we explore in the Note include how toughening happens (key: adaptive stress!!), the importance of training recovery, ultradian rhythms and emotional phones ringing.

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The New Toughness Training for Sports

Mental Emotional Physical Conditioning from One of the World's Premier Sports Psychologists

by James E. Loehr

Jim Loehr is one of the world’s leading sports psychologists and peak performance experts. In this great book, he tells us how all champions are able to access their Ideal Performance States, why we want to lean into challenges, how to make waves throughout out day and the first rule of toughness.

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Finding Your Zone

Ten Core Lessons for Achieving Peak Performance in Sports and Life

by Michael Lardon

Would you like to find the Zone more often? Well, yah! Leading sports psychologist Michael Lardon, M.D. shows us how. 10 core lessons. In the Note, we'll look at why you want to have two scorecards, the importance of activation energy (451 degrees, please!!) and how to keep your confidence dialed in.

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The Inner Game of Tennis

The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

by W. Timothy Gallwey

Originally published in 1974, this book is, as the sub-title suggests, the classic guide to the mental side of peak performance and transcends tennis/sports. If we want to win the game of life, we've gotta start by winning the inner game. In the Note, we'll take a quick look at how to do that, learning about Self 1 + Self 2 (and how to help them get along), quieting our mind and asking for qualities we aspire to have.

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You Are the Placebo

Making Your Mind Matter

by Joe Dispenza

The Placebo effect is a pretty nutty phenomenon. Merely the *belief* that a pill (or surgery) will benefit you can lead to those results--even without the actual pill. In this great (!) book, Dr. Joe Dispenza tells us we can harness that power and shows us how. In the Note we'll have fun looking at how to become the new you as you cross the river of change and become an epigenetic engineer.

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The Obstacle Is the Way

The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

by Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday is brilliant. So is this book. The ancient Stoics taught us how to not only accept challenges but to thrive on them. Ryan brings their wisdom to life with compelling stories of great peeps who have rocked it in the face of adversity. In the Note we'll take a quick look at the three keys to making obstacles work for us: Perception + Action + Will.

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Attainment

The 12 Elements of Elite Performance

by Troy Bassham

Troy Bassham is a 4 time National Champion and World Champion rifle shooter. He's also gold medalist Lanny Bashamm's son. Together they share extraordinary wisdom in their Mental Management® System. This book is fantastic. In the Note, we take a quick look at the 12 elements of elite performance.

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With Winning in Mind

The Mental Management System

by Lanny Bassham

This is a SHOCKINGLY good book. Want to get your mind right? Lanny Bassham, an Olympic gold medalist, has been teaching the art of mental training/peak performance for decades and this book tells us just how to rock it. In the Note, we'll look at the importance of making the process primary and other fundamentals of mental mastery.

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The Art of Mental Training

A Guide to Performance Excellence

by DC Gonzalez

DC Gonzalez is one of the world's leading peak performance/mental training experts and this quick-reading manifesot on the art of mental training is fantastic. In the Note, we'll take a quick look at why mental training is so improtant, the critical three (breathing + relaxation + imagineering) and the most important lesson of all.

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Mind Gym

An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

by Gary Mack

We go to the gym to work out our bodies. But what about our minds? We need a mind gym!! This is one of the top books on mental training. Focused on athletes but we're all athletes in the bigger game of life. In this Note, we'll hit the mind gym hard--learning how to move beyond our perceived limits, manage pressure, build confidence and show up consistently.

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Unbeatable Mind

Forge Resiliency and Mental Toughness to Succeed at an Elite Level

by Mark Divine

I'm convinced Mark Divine is a superhero. Seriously. And in Unbeatable Mind, the former Navy SEAL gives us the handbook on mental toughness. In the Note, we'll look at the keys to cultivating our confidence, the importance of cultivating our concentration, learning how to control our breathing and other goodness that will make you unbeatable.

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“For me the most potent motivational fuel was not ambition, I think, but curiosity. I wanted to see how far I could go.”

Chris Hoy, six-time Olympic cycling gold medalist

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“Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.”

C.S. Lewis

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“As you walk down the fairway of life, you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.”

Ben Hogan

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“He who stops being better stops being good.”

Oliver Cromwell, military commander

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“If you think you’re already perfect, then you never will be.”

Cristiano Ronaldo

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“Concentrate on what will produce the results rather than on the results, the process rather than the prize.”

Bill Walsh

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“What keeps me going is goals.”

Muhammad Ali

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“Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.”

William James

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“You always recognize a great champion ... [by] how they come back from a loss.”

Georges St-Pierre

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“It’s better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.”

Diane Grant

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“Adversity is the fertilizer to growth.”

Ken Ravizza

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“Setbacks are your opportunity to bounce back—to make a comeback!”

Jim Afremow

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“If a golfer chooses to compete, he must choose to believe that he can win. Winners and losers in life are completely self-determined, but only the winners are willing to admit it.”

Bob Rotella

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“A golfer can and must decide how he will think.”

Bob Rotella

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“When great athletes stop trusting, they stop being great.”

Bob Rotella

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“A golfer must train his swing and then trust it.”

Bob Rotella

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“A golfer must learn to enjoy the process of striving to improve the short game.”

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“Before playing any shot, a golfer must lock her eyes and mind into the smallest possible target.”

Bob Rotella

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“Courage is fear turned inside out. It is impossible to be courageous if at first you weren’t afraid.”

Bob Rotella

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“There is no such thing as a golfer playing over his head. A hot streak is simply a glimpse of a golfer’s true potential.”

Bob Rotella

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