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When it comes to having the proper motivation, it’s hard to surpass that of an Olympic athlete.
When it comes to having the proper motivation, it’s hard to surpass that of an Olympic athlete.
Though you don’t need to be a world-class skier to have motivation, ReMerge CEO Erin Engelke says you can unlock an Olympic mentality of your own.
Engelke: It’s hard sometimes to watch the Olympics because you think, my goodness, that seems so out of reach. How do they do it? It’s just they’re very inspirational, no question. But we can learn so much from the Olympians, right? The grit, determination, resilience.
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These Mental Tricks Put Olympians On the Podium. Here's How to Use Them Yourself.
Thirty or so years ago, mental-performance coaches would spend hours and hours with Olympians, aiming to help them have a flawless event. “There was a lot of focus on being in the zone—in your flow state—and basically trying to set up the perfect performance,” says Sean McCann, Ph.D., who has coached athletes for 33 years as a senior sport psychologist for the U. S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
But perfection is rare; chaos is everywhere. (See: the 2020/2021 Games and, well, life.) As the ideas of mindfulness and resilience gained status in research circles and the zeitgeist as ways to manage that chaos, they took root and got results in high-performance training, too. Mental performance experts like McCann have started “focusing on moments of disruptive pressure,” he says. Those are the moments when standard mental skills like visualization aren’t working, because the situation overwhelms the resources that you have. It’s a high-stakes game or, on a more mundane level, a hot-button negotiation. You can’t go on autopilot; you need to be engaged, aware, and in control of your focus. “We’ve evolved into helping athletes figure out where their head is and be able to handle a lot of chaos, rather than seeking an elusive flow state,” McCann says. Handling chaos is about being skillful in navigating difficult moments. Olympians train their minds to be ready, resilient, nimble, and energized. But you don’t have to be a world-class athlete to benefit from high-performance thinking. We asked Olympic mental-performance coaches to share their new rules for winning at life.
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