Limiting beliefs are unconscious beliefs you have that hover over you like a glass ceiling. These beliefs often drive you to quit too soon when you don’t experience immediate success. One of the best ways to eliminate limiting beliefs is to start by understanding your strengths, weaknesses, talents, and non-talents. Talents are things that help you […]
In sports, seeing is believing. What’s more, belief leads to effort and this combination is what increases self-efficacy. Correspondingly, the first step to learning from failure is using video review sessions to get athletes to believe. Specifically, athletes must use video review to believe two things: Renowned psychologist Albert Bandura in his preeminent book on self-efficacy elaborates […]
Coaches, listen up. If you’re still banking on rewards and consequences to push your athletes to the limit, you’re skating on thin ice. Let’s get real—inspiration beats extrinsic motivators every single time. Why? Because while dangling a carrot or brandishing a stick might give you a quick fix, it’s the fire of inspiration that fuels […]