#430 - Dr Nate Zinsser - A Battle-Tested Guide To Unshakable Confidence

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Nate Zinsser is the Director of West Point's Performance Psychology Program, a Mental Performance Coach and an author.

Having genuine faith in our abilities is a trait all of us want. To be able to step into our chosen arena and not only perform well but to do it without dreading that we'll fail. Nate has coached some of the US Army's best and brightest for 3 decades alongside world champion NBA, NHL, NFL and track & field stars to fulfil their potential and create true confidence.

Expect to learn how to stop negative self talk, why self-deception is a tool you can use to enhance performance, what Dr Zinsser learned about confidence from Lady Gaga, how to break a negative performance cycle, how to overcome negative experiences, how to deal with imposter syndrome, Dr Zinsser's daily practices to tie everything together and much more...

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0:00.0	What's happening people? Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Dr Nate Zinser,
0:05.9	he's the director of West Point's performance psychology program,
0:09.2	a mental performance coach and an author. Having genuine faith in our abilities is a trait
0:15.1	all of us want, to be able to step into our chosen arena and not only perform well,
0:20.4	but to do it without dreading that will fail. Nate has coached some of the US Army's best
0:25.5	and brightest for three decades alongside world champion NBA, NHL, NFL and track and field stars
0:33.2	to fulfill their potential and create true confidence. Expect to learn how to stop negative
0:38.6	self talk, why self deception is a tool that you can use to enhance performance. What Dr Zinser
0:44.0	learned about confidence from Lady Gaga, how to break negative performance cycles, how to overcome
0:50.1	negative experiences, how to deal with imposter syndrome, Dr Zinser's daily practices to tie
0:55.2	everything together and much more. This episode is exactly the sort of shit that I'm here for,
1:01.8	just real good fundamental understandings of the principles that underpin something everybody
1:07.7	wants, which is confidence and then some easy to apply practices that help you to instantiate it
1:12.5	on a daily basis. Some great stories from sport and history and army life that helped to drive it
1:18.0	home. Dr Zinser has served the cult well and for that he can now become an honour remember.
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