Live Your Personal Best  -  Workout Motivation and Routine Building For Current and Former Athletes

161. Regaining Confidence After a Set Back & Getting Over the Fear of Messing Up


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How do you stay confident after messing up, whether as an athlete or in your workouts? To stay confident and in your game, you must first acknowledge the mistake, how often it happens, and then how you can avoid it in the future. Constantly thinking about your past mistake and losing your confidence won’t help, it will drive you to an even worse situation. Remember that one mistake isn’t a reflection of you, your skills, or your abilities.

In this episode of the Live Your Personal Best podcast, I share some athlete advice on how to bounce back after messing up. Listen in to learn how to overcome losing your confidence and stay in the present with your race plan as an athlete.

Key Takeaways:

  • Start by acknowledging the mistake that happened, and then think of the things you’d have changed to avoid the same mistake in the future.
  • Allowing one mistake to affect your confidence will become repeatable and turn into a bigger thing than it initially was.
  • Stop thinking about your past version that made the mistake since it’s keeping you from the present.
  • Think of all the obstacles you’ve overcome in the past and your teammates' trust to stay present and confident.
  • Episode Timeline:

    • [2:54] What a Coxswain does plus the message that prompted this conversation.
    • [4:50] Step one of bouncing back – acknowledge the mess up and how often it has happened.
    • [7:45] Step two of bouncing back – think of the things you’d have changed to avoid the mistake.
    • [9:47] Why you should avoid losing your confidence after messing up with one mistake.
    • Quotes:

      “If you let this mistake keep eating away at you or affect your confidence, then you’re going to let this one mistake become repeatable and turn into a bigger thing than it should’ve been.”- Emily [10:15]

      “Gather as much data as you can to point to the fact of why you’re capable and why you should be confident in the seat that you’re in.”- Emily [11:30]


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