In the 144th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Performance Psychologist, Direction of the Performance Program at West Point, and Author of The Confident Mind, Dr. Nate Zinsser.

Join us in this insightful and captivating talk! 

In this chapter, you will discover:

(1:00) Welcome to our special guest Performance Psychologist, Direction of the Performance Program at West Point, and Author of The Confident Mind, Dr. Nate Zinsser Twitter: @DocZinsser

(1:10) The East side of the hudson river

(2:10) The gloom period

(3:05) Winter and spring sports

(3:40) What did Dr. Nate do at West Point?

(5:00) The psychology of kicking a$s

(7:00) Shout out to Eli Manning Twitter: @elimanning

(7:10) Dr. Nate’s thoughts about Eli Manning’s controversial interview

(10:45) “You need to be you.” - Dr. Nate Zinsser Twitter: @DocZinsser

(11:05) “Confidence is how you feel on the inside.” - Dr. Nate Zinsser Twitter: @DocZinsser

(11:25) Dr. Nate about outspoken celebrities

(15:05) How ESPN 

(19:00) Optimism biased

(19:30) The supported negativity biased

(20:20) The default settings of common people

(20:55) “If you think about what you want more of, what you want to do well, you are more likely.” - Dr. Nate Zinsser Twitter: @DocZinsser

(21:15) Educational psychology about negative and positive biased

(22:25) “There is a such a narrative of build up your weaknesses vs. maybe double down on your strength?” - Michael Kurkowski @mike_strength_connection

(22:45) “You can be very confident in one thing and very not confident in other thing.” - Michael Kurkowski @mike_strength_connection

(23:00) About confidence

(23:40) “There is a lot of value in cultivating okay-ness about one’s self.” - Dr. Nate Zinsser Twitter: @DocZinsser

(24:25) Does the order matter?

(25:50) ESPN highlight reel of your life

(26:55) Changing your mindset

(28:50) What has Mike struggled with before?

(29:25) “You can't just shout the affirmation, now you have to go in to actually action step.” - Michael Kurkowski @mike_strength_connection

(29:30) Affirming actions

(32:20) A bridge too far

(33:05) Shout out to Kobe Bryant

(33:25) What makes Koby different?

(34:30) Falling in love with your butterflies

(35:30) About “just calm down”

(36:00) “The human animal is built to be nervous.” - Dr. Nate Zinsser Twitter: @DocZinsser

(37:40) Definitions of nervousness

(41:00) The difference between nervousness and excitement

(42:10) The misconception about nervousness

(42:45) Shout out to Strong First @strongfirst

(44:15) Shout out to Bill Belichick

(45:30) The opportunity to acknowledge your day

(48:45) Shout out to Brian Grasso Facebook: Brian Grasso

(49:55) Shifting the lens

(54:30) The degree of self-doubt for the last 30 years

(55:40) Cons of social media

(58:30) The confident mind book

Where to find Dr. Nate Zinsser? Twitter: @DocZinsser