🎙️ Many athletes unknowingly perform for approval — coaches’ praise, teammates’ reactions, rankings, or validation from others. In this episode, Tyler breaks down why chasing approval makes confidence fragile and inconsistent. When performance depends on reactions, confidence rises and falls daily. Elite athletes operate differently. They perform from internal standards, not external praise. Approval fades. Identity lasts. When you compete from who you are — not how you’re received — your confidence becomes steady, calm, and durable under pressure.

Takeaway: Confidence rooted in approval is fragile. Confidence rooted in identity is unshakable.

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