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🗓️ 24 May 2021
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Lauren Johnson is the New York Yankees ex-Performance Psychologist and a mental toughness expert.
We all have a lot to learn from people who are performing at the limits of their ability. As the person in charge of the New York Yankees' mindset for 4 years, Lauren has seen first hand just how important mindset and mental toughness are for enabling peak output.
Expect to learn how we can improve our self talk, how athletes deal with pain & discomfort, Lauren's best advice for dealing with criticism, what the difference is between a good and elite performer, how to avoid being too outcome-focussed and much more...
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0:00.0 | Hello you beautiful humans, welcome back to the show. |
0:03.6 | My guest today is Lauren Johnson. |
0:05.6 | She's the New York Yankees X Performance Psychologist and a mental toughness expert. |
0:10.4 | We're talking about the mindset secrets of elite athletes. |
0:14.0 | We all have a lot to learn from people who are performing at the limits of their ability. |
0:18.8 | As a person in charge of the New York Yankees mindset for four years, Lauren has seen first |
0:23.3 | hand just how important mindset and mental toughness are for enabling peak output. |
0:29.0 | So today, expect to learn how we can improve our self talk, how athletes deal with pain |
0:33.8 | and discomfort, Lauren's best advice for coping with criticism, what the difference is between |
0:39.0 | a good and an elite performer, how to avoid being too out-come-focused and much more. |
0:45.4 | This conversation is so good. |
0:47.1 | You can tell that Lauren spent a lot of time around people who've needed their mental |
0:50.8 | architecture reframing and just to be given some perspective on how their mindset works. |
0:56.1 | It doesn't matter that all of us aren't elite athletes, the lessons that she gives today |
1:00.3 | I think can be applied pretty much across all of life. |
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