Motivation
The type of motivation that comes from outside of you.
What is external or extrinsic motivation?
What's Important Now
What does WIN stand for?
I can use this analogy to gauge where I am before & during a performance.
What is the traffic light?
Learning from past successes AND failures is an example of this type of confidence.
What is Mastery?
It could also be called attention control training.
What is mindfulness?
The type of confidence you have the most control over.
What is self-talk?
It's a graph that shows the relationship between Energy and Performance.
What is the Inverted-U (or Yerkes-Dodson law)?
It's the king of all recovery techniques.
What is sleep?
When one has their attention on the external target, the present moment, and the process of execution.
What is task-focused attention?
By practicing 5 x's a week for 12 minutes a day.
How do I gain the benefits of mindfulness?
Calling yourself a legend before you're a legend is this SPECIFIC type of internal motivation.
What is identity?
It's where the two ways we pay attention intersect.
What is Nideffer's model of attention (or Broad/Narrow, Internal/External graph or OODA Loop)?
It's when you breath horizontally as opposed to vertically.
What is deliberate/diaphragmatic breathing?
When one has their attention on past/future, the consequences of performance and external/internal threats.
What is self-focused attention?
Missing critical information, making errors, and difficulty making decisions.
What are the consequences of mind wandering?
The type of motivation that brings inherent joy, satisfaction, love.
What is intrinsic motivation?
Aware, Interrupt, Refocus
What is the A.I.R. technique?
Individual Zone of Optimal Performance
What is IZOP (or IZOF)?
Seeing a task as an OPPORTUNITY rather than a THREAT.
What is selective interpretation?
This NBA coach who taught mindfulness to both the Chicago Bulls and LA Lakers.
Who is Phil Jackson.
The Los Angeles Laker who meditated daily and won 5 NBA championships with Phil Jackson as his coach.
Who is Kobe Bryant?
Getting stuck in Sensory Overload, Paralysis by Analysis, Rumination or Tunnel Vision.
What happens when we don't shift our attention effectively (or when we default to our preferred style under stress or what are attentional errors)?
I can induce this state of awareness by leaning into a challenge that's 4% above my perceived ability.
What is a flow state?
I can use it to gain confidence if I've never done something before, for additional mental reps, AND to correct mistakes.
What is chair flying?
Mindfulness has been scientifically shown to reduce these 2 common mental health issues.
What is depression & anxiety?