#69 - Focus Cycle: Controlling your mind and body in Big Moments
Oct 5, 2021
They explore the science behind staying calm and focused in high-pressure moments. The conversation outlines common performance derailers like negative self-talk and fight-or-flight reactions. A step-by-step, workbook-style process for spotting off-track moments and building personalized plans is described. Practical uses beyond sports, from business to emergency situations, are highlighted.
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Control Is A Teachable Skill
Controlling mind and body in pressure is a learnable skill, not an innate
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Course Owner Used A 'Course Statement'
A golf-course co-owner made a 'course statement' and used forced muscular relaxation to manage anger.
The plan helped him stay calm and keep perspective in stressful business situations.
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Cyclist Stayed Calm At A Crash
A cyclist reached a car crash and used Focus Cycle skills to prioritize rescuing children and calming a hysterical adult.
Her ability to control panic helped her act effectively until emergency responders arrived.
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Welcome back!! Today Ben and Zeke chat about Ben's book Focus Cycle: a guide to controlling your mind and body in Big Moments. Today's episode takes a look at the science behind controlling your mind and body during high-pressure situations. We all instinctively know that when an athlete begins thinking negatively, acting negatively, and speaking negatively that they start to feel lousy and don't perform at their best. The problem for athletes, coaches, parents, and people in the business world is knowing exactly how to get back on track so that you can avoid choking in pressure situations. There was a time when we thought that high-performing athletes, performers, and business executives just had an "it" factor that helped them perform at their best when it mattered the most. However, modern research in fields like neuropsychology has shown that this "it" factor is not something that some people are just born with, rather it is something that you can learn and improve like any other skill or technique.
This book is designed to help you control your mind and body so that you can perform at a high level. Don't just hope that you will be at your best when the game is on the line, make your plan to be sure of it!
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