Mastering the Mindset: Unlocking Peak Performance | Avetik Grigoryan

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🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 128 minutes

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To be the best in the world at something requires a lot of skill, some talent, and a lot of hard work. In this episode, James sits down with Grand Master Avetik Grigoryan, the founder of ChessMood.com, to explore the importance of mindset in achieving peak performance at work. Avetik shares his experience as a professional chess player and coach, highlighting the role that mindset plays in achieving success on and off the board. Join James and Avetik as they delve into the importance of mindset in achieving peak performance, and explore the power of the motto "right mood, right move".

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0:00.0	To be the best in the world at something, I always knew it requires a lot of skill, some
0:15.0	talent, a lot of hard work, but I never realized how much mindset is important and what is
0:22.5	mindset and how do you get confident and how do you feel optimistic when sometimes it feels
0:28.3	like there's nothing to be optimistic about. I never realized the critical role this played in
0:33.3	peak performance, no matter what it is you're trying to be good at. I've had a lot of chess
0:39.2	coaches over the past 30 years and right now I've been working with one of the best coaches I've
0:46.8	seen in any field ever. It's one of the strongest players in the world, Grandmaster Avitik, Regorian,
0:53.8	he runs their site, chessmood.com and his whole thing is right mood, right move. And his site, if you
1:01.7	visit it, and by the way, today is their fifth year anniversary, they're unlocking all their
1:05.4	courses for free today, but if you visit their site, chessmood.com, it's incredible, hundreds of
1:10.8	hours of videos and it really, no matter what your level is, it teaches chess and you also get
1:18.3	it since this is a guy who's not only gotten great at chess, but he's read every self-help book out
1:23.9	there is a huge fan of many of actually former podcast guests on this podcast, whether it's Derek
1:29.9	Sivers or Ryan Holliday or Tim Ferris, but I was curious to hear his story. He was a poker champion,
1:36.8	a chess champion and now an extremely successful chess coach. What does it take to have peak performance?
1:44.8	So here's Grandmaster Avitik, Regorian on the fifth year anniversary of his coaching site,
1:51.5	chessmood.com and we have a great discussion about peak performance.
2:15.4	Although, how is it going? Very good. Today I was listening to your interview with the crazy guy.
2:21.1	I couldn't believe it was like really, it's like you recorded and put it under your shoes.
2:25.2	Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. He's pretty funny. He's got a crazy style.
2:29.3	Yes, yeah, yeah. So I got the good mood. It was so like, so like real, so open.
2:36.6	A lot of people still listen to that one and Jay, we should get Andrew on again at some point,
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