"Overheard" from the Minds of some Great Athletes:
RESILIENCE
'Normal' Self-Talk can be transformed into Fantastic Self-Talk
Change: Use instead:
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That was awful. |
What's next? |
| Oh, sh**! | Well, that obviously doesn't work...another step forward. |
| I don't like this. | I like doing what it takes to win! |
| I don't know if I'm strong enough. |
No one knows the future; just do my best. |
| Maybe my best isn't good enough. | My best is always good enough. Nothing more is possible, so asking for more is ridiculous. |
| I think I'll go eat ice cream/drink beer. | The first rule of getting out of a hole: stop digging. |
| I hate that it's so hard. | It's good that it's hard because otherwise everyone would do it. |
ADJUSTMENTS
'Normal' Self-Talk can be transformed into Fantastic Self-Talk
Change: Use instead:
| I'm good. Let me be. | I'm good and I'm always trying to get better. Can you help? |
| We won. That's all that matters. | We won, but if we play just like that in the playoffs, we are likely to lose. |
| I play better when I'm comfortable. I'm not going to change my mechanics now. | I play better when I'm comfortable so if there are mechanical changes that would help me, I'd better start getting comfortable with the new way. |
| I'm so pissed that I failed! | This game can be hard. What do I want to change? |
| We lost again. We have to change everything. | Most of what we are doing is right. Stay faithful to the process and make subtle adjustments as needed. |
| How do I know if that adjustment is a good idea. I'll stick with what I've always done. | I'd better figure out how to test out that idea. |
| I was trying to win. | I was trying to execute my job to maximize our chanes to win. |