#137 Justin Su'a: Peak Mental Performance

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

Shane Parrish

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Justin Su'a calls on more than a decade of working with the world’s top athletes to discuss how to improve your mental performance. Su’a explores the strategies you need to be your best mentally with lessons that resonate well beyond the world of sports — including how to connect and build trust, the relationship between consistency and intensity, the fragility of confidence, the difference between success and talent, how to raise the bar of your own performance, and so much more.

Su'a has spent the past three years as the Head of Mental Performance for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball, where he works with players to optimize their mental performance and perform under enormous pressure. He has also worked for the Boston Red Sox as well as the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, and as the Head of Mental Conditioning Department for the IMG Academy, which develops star athletes of the future. He’s also written two books on the subject of developing mental toughness in adolescents.

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0:00.0	because losing is so painful. It's so embarrassing. It's attached with negative emotions. You remember
0:08.1	them more. You think about them. You can't sleep. You can't eat, especially if they're compounding
0:14.2	over and over again. But when you win, a lot of times you think, all right, yeah, that was supposed
0:21.1	to happen. Okay, moving on. Instead of pausing, insane, what did I execute? What was out of my control?
0:29.2	Where did I get lucky? Another question is, what did I learn today? When or lose? That's a great question
0:36.0	ask yourself.
0:37.5	Welcome to the Knowledge Project podcast. I'm your host, Shane Parish. The goal of this show is to
1:00.2	master the best what other people have already figured out so you can unlock your potential.
1:04.1	To that end, I sit down with people at the top of the game to uncover what they've learned along
1:09.1	the way. Every episode is packed with timeless ideas that you can use in life and business.
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1:28.1	Justin Sue is here today. Justin is the head of mental performance for the Tampa Bay
1:34.8	Rays, a major league baseball team. Before that, he was a mental performance coach for the
1:39.3	Cleveland Browns and a mental skills coordinator for the Boston Red Sox. I wanted to talk to Justin
1:45.6	because he helps people be at their best mentally. And this episode is packed with insights that
1:51.0	transcend sports. We talk about mental performance, how he measures the impact of his work,
1:56.8	how he connects and builds trust, consistency versus intensity, the fragility of confidence,
2:03.3	the difference between success and talent, and how you can raise the bar and so much more.
2:09.6	If you're interested in learning the things that you can do to be at your best mentally,
2:13.8	this episode is for you. It's time to listen and learn.
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