1. Having a what if plan

2. Knowing when to let go and getting back on track is a skill that requires practice --- Can you consistently be self-aware is the ultimate question. 

I recently published and launched my new consulting website. My website outlines the work I do with teams and athletes on the mental game. If you are looking for a resource to help you with your performance look no further https://go4gold.net

David Hadfield is the owner and founder of MindPlus - Located in New Zealand, David provides world wide mental skills training, business coaching, and high performance coaching. 

He has experience as an academic, educator, and coach for athletes and coaching professionals ranging in sport. We discuss the nuances of his work. 

http://www.mindplus.co.nz

In our conversation we discuss character, competence, trust, relationship formation, empathy, emotional inteligence and the "soft skills" involved in coaching.

Enjoy!

James Schwabach, Host of the Knowledge Transfer Podcast and Mental Performance coach jumps on and breaks down the mental game and hig performance. 

James has worked with olympians, professional athletes, and amateur athletes for the past decade. On this episode he shares his knowledge and takeways from his experiences.

Topics discussed:

Productivity

Planning and taking action

Process vs. product

Prescribing acronyms and providing foundations for performers

Discussing a client’s Purpose and how it connects to motivation, relationship building, and identity/values

Prioritization

Humble arrogance and the stockade paradox 

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Jon shares the transferable skills that high performers bring to the work place / business space

- Embracing discomfort

- Vulnerability/courage

- Self-awarenss

- Open

- Growth Oriented

- Process driven

- Personal Excellence

- Authenticity

Founder of ThinkSport Consulting Services, Dr. Doug Garder has close to 30+ years of sport psychology consulting experience. 

He has worked with professional athletes and organizations including the NFL Players Association and the Boston Redsox. Dr. Gardner has also worked as an instructor and professor at the Graduate level guiding young professionals towards their dreams and aspirations. 

Most recently Dr. Gardner has been consulting in E-Sports and speaks to the strong side/weak side nature of performance in "traditional sport" and E-sports. Through story telling in this conversation, Dr. Gardner speaks on developing rapport, having an objective and non-polarized mindset, his personal approach, avoidance and encouraging vulnerability, expediting maturity, and much more. 

Enjoy the conversation and be sure to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, your feedback is greatly appreciated!

-Jon Gold 

Shea Hillenbrand is a former Major League Baseball player (MLB) & 2-time All-Star. Shea details out his mental struggles during is time in the pros and how it stems from his negative self-belief system as a 14 year old adolescent boy.

https://linktr.ee/Shillenbrand

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h7bjensivhbtxla/Against%20All%20Odds%20_%20The%20Shea%20Hillenbrand%20Story%20[SIYC%20CTA].mp4?dl=0

https://www.instagram.com/shea_hillenbrand/

Shea's message is clear: Re-write your belief system and discover who you are at your core -- if you do that you can achieve great things even if you are 1 breath away or even if it is against all odds.

Enjoy the conversation, and please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts - It is greatly appreciated

Samantha Gilmore is a Mental Performance Coach with the New York Mets. On the show we discuss her path to present day from being a high school and college athlete all the way through her time as a graduate student at Florida State. 

Samantha shares her purpose, her take on mental toughness, and she also opens up on her take on the importance and meaning of awareness. We process how mindful awareness can become an ongoing reflective exercise for both performers and practitioners. 

Enjoy the show and if you can, don't forget to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Feel free to share the episode and show with those that you think would be interested an or bennefit from the conversations 

Adam Bernero is a former big leaguer (MLB) and current Mental Performance coach with the Seattle Mariners. In this episode we talk about identity, fear of success, pressure, the spotlight, and his story of change which began on May 23, 2005. 

Adam's story of change is powerful and he shares his story on his Circle Change Podcast where he speaks with folks about embracing and overcoming difficulty and change. I encorage you to listen to his story for context before listening to our conversation. 

From 3 Million Dollars to Lost Soul:

https://feed.podbean.com/circlechangeperformance/feed.xml

Quick hitter on motivation 

1. Acknowledge and normalize the obstacles

2. Ask "what would doing this or not doing this mean to me"?

3. Take action that will bring about the traits and values of committment and discipline

4. Act

5. Enjoy

6. Reap the bennefits from taking action.

Intrinsic Action = Intrinsic sustainable motivation! 

*Other topics mentioned:

Long-term goals = short term motivation

Purpose = underlying reason to take action