I recently listened to a partner at a Venture Capital firm talk about startups that are quick to take action. Turns out, quick decisions win. I couldn’t have said it any better myself, so here’s the quote: “Commander John Boyd was a flight instructor for the air force. There was this expression that in a simulated […]
Mental Training
Seeking Adversity
A person’s relationship to adversity generally falls into three areas: 1: Avoid it and stay comfortable; 2: Endure it but dislike it; and 3: Embrace it and seek it. In general, from the beginning of the athlete or top performer’s career in to the time an athlete or top performer in any field tries to […]
Faith and Performance
Some top performers are very religious, but is this statistically significant? Could it be more than a coincidence? Jordan Burroughs is an example of this as I’ve written about in one of my other blog posts, but the 2016 Freestyle Wrestling Olympic champions at 74kg (Hassan Yazdani) and 86kg (Abdulrashid Sadulaev) have also been known to be […]