Ep 96 - Become Mentally Tough with Dr. Jason Selk

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

While serving as the Director of Mental Training for the St Louis Cardinals, Dr. Jason Selk helped the team win their first World Series in over 20 years, and in 2011 he assisted the Cardinals in the historic feat of winning their second World Championship in a six-year period. In addition to working with world-class athletes, Dr. Selk helps business leaders, executives, and top sales people develop mental toughness, increase confidence and focus, and substantially grow the bottom line.

Today on the show, Jason and Eric dive deep into the topic of becoming mentally tough. Other topics include:

(2:15-4:45) - Growing up in Iowa, Football career

(4:45-10:00) - Best thing about Jason's job, embracing your humanity

(10:00-13:05) - Mental health issues on the rise

(13:05-16:30) - Acknowledge success, confidence is the #1 variable for all human performance

(16:30-22:45) - Developing self confidence

(22:45-25:50) - The importance of a centering breath, performance biology

(25:50-29:40) - What fulfills Jason the most in his work

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0:00.0	Anytime anybody hires me, this is where I start.
0:11.0	This is what I call kind of the foundation, the base of mental toughness.
0:15.0	You must learn to recognize when you're doing something well.
0:19.0	And I wrote this in 10-minute toughness,
0:21.2	it may be one of the best things ever put on paper. Unless an individual does learn to recognize
0:25.4	what they've done well, discouragement is inevitable. Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood,
0:36.6	where we will prepare you to make your what's next in life your best yet by learning from high performers in a variety of industries.
0:44.8	Our next guest is Dr. Jason Silk.
0:48.3	Jason is considered to be one of the top performance coaches in the United States.
0:53.9	From well-known professional Olympic athletes to Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 executives and organizations,
1:01.7	Jason trains individuals and teams to develop the mental toughness necessary for high-level success.
1:08.9	Jason specifically worked with the St. Louis Cardinals during their World Series runs in 2006 and 2011.
1:16.2	I have learned and have been impacted tremendously from his work, and you will greatly benefit
1:21.7	from hearing his words on this podcast today.
1:25.3	There are over 100,000 new podcasts being released each week, so it means the world to me
1:31.3	that you spent your time tuning into this episode.
1:34.4	Please rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast, share it on social media, and do all
1:39.8	you can so we can continue to make an impact.
1:43.3	Enjoy.
1:47.7	Jason, welcome to the show. Eric, thanks for having me. Yeah, this is a pleasure. I've been super excited about this one. I poured into so much
1:52.7	of your work over the past few years and I truly appreciate the impact that you make through all
1:57.4	your work. You share some behind the scene stuff through your books. One of my
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