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New levels of pressures and expectations require new mental skills and they can change your career, sports performance, relationships, and everyday life.

You may not fully realize what confidence is or how to control it. We are programmed to doubt, fear, and worry when we see a threat. Demystify confidence.

Musicians all practice a lot and unfortunately, they don’t usually get the results they want. They want the perfect practice. And it doesn't exist.

To find another gear, you have to develop the ability to push past your best effort. Then, you can go places where you (mentally) thought you couldn’t go.

Mental skills are a long-term solution (versus therapy) as it teaches us coping skills that give us the tools and the foundation for challenges and life.

Everyone benefits from mental skills that help them work through thoughts and situations. The challenge is knowing when and how to learn these skills.

Deliberate practice requires focused attention and is conducted with the specific goal of improving performance. Are you doing it or think you are doing it?

We can sit around with our #injury and focus on what we can’t do, make ourselves and everyone around us miserable, or we can #focus on what we can do.

Be thankful and celebrate what you do. Recognize your accomplishments and know you can continue to get better. You just have to take that chance and do it!

Quitting might seem like the answer and it might be. Be sure you have the right mental training to make the best decision for you and for your future.