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Book Report: Mind Gym

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Lee Brooks — 12 Comments

“Inner excellence is a way of thinking and a way of acting. It is a quality of mind, a mentality that says no matter how difficult things become, you are responsible and accountable for your thoughts, feelings, and actions. Inner…

Living life backward: the power of visualization

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Lee Brooks — 3 Comments

“It is said that extraordinary people live their lives backward. They create a future, and then they live into it.” – Gary Mack, in Mind Gym Mind Gym is full of examples of the power of visualization, from the relatively…

Tagged with: ACT, baseball, Dwight Smith, Gary Mack, goals, inspiration, Mind Gym, visualization
Posted in Books, Everything, Leadership, Sports

Which voice do you listen to?

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Lee Brooks — 2 Comments

“I felt like I had to be perfect to justify my draft status. I became my own worst enemy. I constantly stressed for others’ approval and worried about what they were thinking. I felt like I couldn’t even make the…

Tagged with: Alex Smith, anxiety, Bounce, choices, fear of failure, Gary Mack, Kansas City Chiefs, Matthew Syed, Mind Gym, perfectionism
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Ten paradoxes that will improve your performance

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Lee Brooks — 1 Comment

paradox [noun]: a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory Literature, philosophy, and science are filled with paradoxes: The Fermi Paradox: the apparent contradiction between…

Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Lee Brooks — 2 Comments

choke [verb] (in sports): To fail to perform at a crucial point of a game or contest as a result of nervousness In Part III (“Mind-Set for Success”) of Mind Gym, there’s a chapter called Breathe and Focus that discusses choking in the context of…

Getting out of your own way

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Lee Brooks — 1 Comment

“We all have self-defeating thoughts and behaviors that undermine performance. I call them gremlins, the little invisible creatures that prevent athletes from performing at their best.” – Sports psychologist Gary Mack (Mind Gym – p42) Shortly after the chapter Know…

The Performance Curve: how to perform at your best

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Lee Brooks — 4 Comments

“In graduate school the most important psychological concept I learned is something called the performance curve.” – Sports psychologist Gary Mack (Mind Gym – p29). In Part I (“Welcome to the Inner Game”) of Mind Gym, there’s a chapter called Know Your…

Tagged with: Gary Mack, Metric, Mind Gym, performance curve, Sam Roberts, sports psychology, stress
Posted in Books, Everything, Leadership, Math and Science, Soccer, Sports

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