We don't need a perfect plan. We just need one goal worth pursuing, one plan to break it down, and one step to take this week. In this Friday wrap-up Laurie recaps the full Goal Setting week and closes with the power statement said twice with full intention and a teaser for Week 27 on performance movies.

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Setting clear goals with a plan was rated the number one confidence driver in Dr. Cindra Kamphoff's 2025 national study. In this episode Laurie connects goal setting to the confidence bank account — and shows how every daily process step is a deposit that accumulates into genuine earned confidence.

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When we reverse engineer a big goal into yearly milestones, monthly targets, and weekly actions, it stops living in the abstract and starts showing up in our daily life. In this episode Laurie walks through exactly how to do it — and shows how this tool connects directly to the confidence bank account.

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Performance psychology tells us we should only focus on our big outcome goals 5% of the time — and spend the other 95% on daily process goals. In this episode Laurie introduces this powerful concept, shares real examples from competition, and explains why process focus becomes most critical the closer we get to a big event.

Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.

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When we set a clear specific goal, we program our reticular activing system (RAS) to start filtering in everything that moves us toward it. In this episode Laurie unpacks the neuroscience of goal setting, connects it to the Week 14 work on the subconscious, and makes the case that goal setting is one of the most powerful mindset tools we have.

Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.

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The final four confidence drivers from the 2025 national study — celebrating accomplishments, being your own inner coach, regulating emotional responses to setbacks, and getting support. In this Friday wrap-up Laurie recaps the full week, reminds listeners about The Confidence Summit, and closes with the power statement said twice with full intention.

Join me for The Confidence Summit on August 7 for only $39 and receive a free copy of Dr. Kamphoff's new book, The Confidence Habit. Sign up HERE.

Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.

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The 2025 national confidence study didn't just identify the problem — it identified eight specific solutions. In this episode Laurie walks through the first four confidence drivers: setting clear goals, preparation, releasing judgment of past mistakes, and knowing who you want to be and acting accordingly — each one connecting back to concepts already covered on this podcast.

Read Dr. Kamphoff's full study here: https://www.confidencetools.com/VIP

Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.

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Confidence is situational — and it doesn't automatically transfer across contexts. In this episode Laurie gets personal about her own experience moving into competitive roping as an already-confident adult, unpacks why each new arena requires its own deposits, and closes with her favorite scripture on steadfast confidence.

Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.

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Women report significantly higher rates of harsh inner critic, feelings of not being enough, comparison, and fear than men. In this episode Laurie unpacks the gender-specific findings from the 2025 national confidence study — and the empowering truth that every barrier identified lives in our thought life, which means we have more power over it than we think.

Read Dr. Kamphoff's full study here: https://www.confidencetools.com/VIP

Join me for The Confidence Summit on August 7 for only $39 and receive a free copy of Dr. Kamphoff's new book, The Confidence Habit. Sign up HERE.

Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.

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A 2025 national study reveals 66% of Americans believe there's a genuine confidence crisis — and the numbers on Gen Z and women are even more striking. In this episode Laurie shares the headline findings from Dr. Cindra Kamphoff's groundbreaking research and introduces her brand new book The Confidence Habit.

Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.

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