The Race Driver Coach by Enzo Mucci

Episode No.3 was created to answer the question put to me by Steve from the US, he asked: "From time to time I let my emotions get the best of me when in car. I can do things fine on certain days but then others I let pressure get to me as I'm driving. I know I am self creating this. Have you got any tips to help me stay in control of myself in car?" Thank you Steve, this is the perfect question because we all can relate to this performance related question. No matter what we do in life we all have time where we need to be at our best, where we know we have the skills to do the task in hand, yet we allow our emotions or mental distractions get in our way. The ABC TechniqueIn this episode I will teach you a cracking mental skill called the ABC Technique. It is used in many guises in all kinds of mental sciences, in fact you have used it many times already in your life so I know you can apply this right away. PrepareBefore you apply any mental technique to change behavior or emotions, you must first get to a place where you have reason for change. You must communicate to the brain that this absolutely must change and that you have mass motivation to do this. Only when the mind is in this determined state will it fully allow you to offer a different path. I explain this in the audio. AThen to apply the ABC, when competing, first you become AWARE that the old self sabotaging emotion is creeping in. You feel that familiar feeling of stress, anger, uncertainty, hast, fear.... whatever the emotion is that keeps screwing you over. That's all A is, be aware of it. BThen immediately, before it sets in you BREAK the pattern, the mental process that it takes you on by shocking the brain out of that mindset. Instead of going down the old process that you have been running for years you do something with your body and mind (whilst keeping safe in the car) that confuses the brain and causes it to look for a different meaning. CAs soon as you have broken your mental thought process you immediately use your mental focus and body in a different way to help the brain feel different. Again, I explain this much better in the audio.

In this show Enzo shares what he feels is the most important ingredient for succeeding and achieving your goals.Thank you for listening and feel free to subscribe and join our community of racers who are ready to make things count from this moment forwards.

Ok here it is, this is the first episode of The Race Driver Coach Show. In it I talk about what to expect from this and then we get into the nitty gritty of who you were last year. I want this to hit home the fact that if you want different results this year, then we have to take a quick look and ask who you were last year. How you were approaching things, working, being and the areas that are bringing you down. We need to shine the light on the things that you have been doing that have created this current situation that you find yourself in (that's if you are in a situation that you want to improve). This is just one step to help us turn things around but it can be a good one for most of us. Thank you

Here is a bit of an in-car rant for you.Whilst at a test last week I was reminded of something that many of us do but in doing so we kill our dreams - Procrastination.We are persistent offenders of putting things off, yet in doing so we are robbing ourselves of the small window of time we have to get shit done.You know all too well that if you are to achieve your goals and dreams in life then you are required to take constant small and big actions every single day. Yet most of us still ignore this truth and put things off.We say things like "Ah I will do it tomorrow", in the hope that tomorrow we will be a more motivated and proactive person.But all too often we get to that next day and find out that we are in fact still the same person with the same lazy mentality.It's not us being lazy, it's us having dormant goals or not having a big enough reason to act. It's the way we are viewing things, not reality.Our actions are created by the decisions we make.Our decisions are created by the way we see things (evaluate) and by what we are focusing on. As a by-product we also allow our emotions to get involved at this point.The amount of success you experience in life is directly linked to how you mentally process what is going on and what things mean to you.With this in mind if you are to perform at your best and take the actions that are required for you to succeed then you must control what you focus on and how you are translating the outside world. This is to be done at critical times throughout each day.These critical times are when you are planning the next course of action that will allow you to attain your goal.In this quick video I will touch upon this but it is a subject that I will go into and give more practical strategies on in future posts and podcasts.For now, take a look at this in-car rant and let me know your thoughts in the comments section.I look forward to hearing from you.

Many people who see this blog post will view a race car as just a vehicle that you thrape the guts out of and drive as fast as possible. But I am here to show you that a race car can be even more useful than that and can teach you some serious self development lessons that will help you achieve what you want in life. Even though you are human, consisting of flesh and blood and a race car is an inanimate object consisting of metal and oil, you will be surprised at what you can learn from it. A race car is designed to do a specific task, to win, to be first and to be the best out there. So it shares many of the goals as you do and is built with this in mind. The approach a designer takes when creating a winning race car shares many beliefs and rules that cross over to us as humans, who are also attempting to win at something. As any racer knows, if you want to drive your race car (or whatever you race) and be quick in it, then you must become one with it. Once your car fits you like a glove you drive it better right? You feel more confident then in turn you perform better. Well I want to take this on one step further, and get you to learn a few things from a race car because it is automatically doing things that you can model to help you achieve what you want.

Whether you're a race driver or not, I bet that more often than not you are letting your lack of confidence hold you back.That you are allowing it to prevent you from being all you can be, and getting what you deserve whilst here.We make up bullshit excuses for why we cannot achieve something or do a certain thing but at the end of the day you are kidding yourself.You are more more powerful and talented at this thing called life than you give yourself credit for, it's about time you started believing in yourself and come up with ways of acting even though the consequence may seem scary right now.We are raised in a social system that trains us to conform, that ridicules anyone who dares to stand out, so it's no wonder that we mentally punish ourselves and limit our actions.What you are about to listen to is an excerpt from Get The Drive, an audio track where I talk about sticking your fingers up to what society has done to you and how you can generate the confidence needed to succeed.It's criminal to hold yourself back and live under the radar, to beat yourself down due to what others may think of you.You deserve much more than that.No longer let lack of confidence create the life that you take to your grave.

If you want to make a career in Motorsport, as a driver, then you need to see things for how they are. Plus what you need if you are to make it nowadays.

During a season it is far too easy to let your guard down, to lose your edge and to under perform.In this podcast Enzo teaches you how to restart your season, to re-energize it and get yourself back on track so you race as you did at the beginning of the season.

There are traits of drivers who succeed, these are Enzo's favourite.