Mental Strength: The Key to Peak Performance

21/07/2025 40 min
Mental Strength: The Key to Peak Performance

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Send us a textGary Kupik, an international speaker and mental performance coach, reveals how we can unlock peak performance by strengthening our minds just as athletes train their bodies. He shares a powerful framework for building an ironclad mindset that creates consistent results regardless of motivation or circumstances.• Mental performance suffers when we overthink – "thoughts are like calories; too many weigh you down."• Self-trust develops through exposure therapy – putting yourself in challenging situations repeatedly• Optimism differs from positivity by requiring evidence and reasons to believe in yourself• The mindset equation: Experience → Thoughts/Feelings → Response → Belief → Mindset → Behaviors• Creating winning daily rhythms puts you in position to succeed regardless of motivation• Reframing nervousness as excitement changes your hormonal response from cortisol to adrenaline• Winning the day early (by 8AM) through consistent mental performance rituals builds momentum• Mental health often stops at crisis and coping but mental performance focuses on thrivingSupport the showFollow Playing Injured on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playinginjured/

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