Pride a motivator and result of a job well done

Pride is an important part of optimal performance and, at the same time, it makes all the hard work worthwhile.As I high performer, you need to have a certain amount of pride for getting the job done right, for representing your ‘team’, your country, your...

Get Psyched Game-Plan: Get Tough!

It’s time to Get Tough!  Not like forcing something or making something happen, but rather being in a place to respond to whatever the game, whatever your surroundings throw at you and be able to handle it with ease. Who doesn’t want that? So this...

Why resolutions don’t work . . .

What are your goals this year?  So often people focus on ‘resolutions’ and often fall short for another year in a row because these resolutions are based on what they don’t want anymore versus what they actually want to achieve. When you focus on...

Most improved player . . way to go!

This awesome photo is of Amanda, one of my super dedicated NCAA college athletes.  When I started working with Amanda, she was going into her first season in college . . . she did not see the court much that season, and her marks were not as high as she wanted them to...

Some sport inspiration…

Leading into the Holidays, I thought to myself “what message do I want to send in my weekly Mental Toughness Tips email?”.  Immediately, what came to me was the message of inspiration, that anything is possible, that what limits us only are those...