Self-discipline turns great athletes into great players.

In this One Percent Better podcast Joe Ferraro 🎤 & Brian Kight absolutely nail it when taking about Confidence. Every mental skills coach, or any coach in general, should not only listen to this podcast, but really think about the material presented. Challenging. #growthmindset

If a coach wants compliant athletes, give more commands and ultimatums. If a coach wants self-disciplined athletes, give more freedom to make choices within a structure.

What difference does it make?

Compliant players require constant external force. Disciplined players don’t.

📌 Brian Kight & I recorded a conversation about one word: CONFIDENCE

Here’s a snapshot [full episode in comments]:

I had no idea how strong I was until being strong was the only option.

We get stronger because of adversity, not in spite of it.

Humanity and Humility: if you lose those, it’s hard to keep anything else.

No time will ever be right, but now is the time you have.

Struggling to get and stay disciplined?

Save these 13 simple questions that activate uncommon discipline:

1. What am I trying to accomplish?

2. What do I want most?

3. What do I care about?

4. What do I not care about?

5. What is the highest excellence I am capable of?

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“It’s not culture’s job to make people feel good. A lot of times the things that feel good don't help us win. A weak culture prioritizes that you’ve got to feel good all the time. It says, ‘If it doesn’t feel good, don’t do it.’ It means the culture is unwilling to sit in the

The moment someone criticizes the culture but stops putting in effort and energy to improve it, they are personally responsible for the very culture they criticize.

The process doesn’t look like the product. Don’t judge an end point according to its starting point. The starting point is not the end product.

You don’t need to make progress to stay consistent. You need to stay consistent to make progress.

You can wait until something forces you or you can be the force yourself.

Solutions are there for the issues you’re struggling with. It’s up to you to choose a solution and act on it. If your mindset is:

• “I’m nervous.”
• “That’s too hard.”
• “I can’t.”

Then the problem isn’t with the solution. The real issue is within you. Solve your inner

We harm people in two ways:

1. By creating conflict where it is unnecessary.

2. By avoiding conflict where it is necessary.