TopGame Performance

My favorite quote from this book.
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Order in mind DOESN’T promise a better reality. So WHY should we even try when we get "soaked" anyway?
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Order in mind opens a space for your response and choice of actions based on which the reality can change and YOU can grow.
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Change and grow towards what? Maybe towards what you VALUE the most in the present and ENVISION in the future.
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What is it for you?
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To reach a certain level of order in your mind, get clear about:

What’s truly important to you
Your goals and dreams
Intentionality behind each response and action you take
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Remember, you'll most likely get soaked anyway. And that's okay.

Clinical, social, and performance psychologists are big on defining and developing sustained ADAPTIVE (APPROACH) COPING STYLES. Why? Because how we cope with a situation determines the situation itself as well as our well-being.
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There are 2 main coping styles: approach (adaptive) and avoidant (maladaptive). I won’t get too nerdy, but you can address these styles to either a PROBLEM that’s occured or to EMOTIONS you’re experiencing in regards to a situation - by approaching or avoiding either of them.
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Generally speaking, approaching style is the healthier one, because it gives us a chance to solve problems, reach better outcomes, improve our inner experience, and grow to the greatness. In other words, approaching coping styles get us UNSTUCK from difficult situations (externally and internally). Just imagine how it influences long-term self-esteem, confidence, and motivation.
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So…what if a situation sucks? ADAPT:

1) APPROACH THE PROBLEM: define the problem, define un/controllables, approach controllables, change them, analyze the outcome, adjust if necessary.

2) APPROACH YOUR EMOTIONS: acknowledge how you feel in the situation, accept it, learn how to manage your emotions in more productive way.

ANALYZE and STRATEGIZE - for your situation and for your well-being.
There is ALWAYS something you can DO to get unstuck yourself (problem-wise and emotionally).

Make sure you take care of what you can take care of. What is it? Ask the right questions.

When Andre Iguodala started having more than 8 hours of a quality sleep:

- 50% increase of three-point-shot rate
- 29% increase of points per minute
- 12% increase of minutes played
- 9% increase of free throw rate
- 45% decrease in faults committed
- 37% decrease in turnovers

Same player. Different approach to sleep. Different results.

Andre and his physician scientist, Cheri Mah, didn't focus only on the LENGHT but also QUALITY and TIMING of Andre's sleep, from which timing, current researchers say, is the most important variable in the equation.

🔥To reach PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE when it matters the MOST.🔥

The idea of future work with first responders on mental skills improving their performance is filled by feelings of honor and responsibility. @ Arapahoe County Fairgrounds Park