Performance Improvement Starts Greater Self-Awareness and a Mindset Shift with Justin Su'a - Ep.120

The Michael Caz Podcast

Michael Cazayoux

Business, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 16 October 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

I'm back this week with my man Justin Su'a. Justin was a guest here on episode 42, where we talked about the body's ability to achieve what the brain believes. I'm thrilled to be back with him today to talk about some of the mental aspects of training and performance that we're both super passionate about. We dive into the why behind self-awareness, vulnerability, and mindfulness, and some questions you can ask yourself in order to improve your performance. We talk about why coaches need to ask the right questions and then get out of the way, how to teach your brain to step back so your body can do what it's trained to do, and why your actions reveal how badly you really want to up your game. Justin drops atom bombs of knowledge all over the place on this episode, and I know you're going to gain some serious insights from our conversation, too. Enjoy the show!

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Topics of discussion:

[:44] How Justin practices what he preaches.

[3:35] Looking into the Johari Window.

[5:02] Should athletes be vulnerable?

[9:15] Adapting a growth mindset proves you can change.

[11:13] Why athletes need to seek feedback.

[14:50] Learning how to fail and how to change.

[18:05] Conversation starters for shared discovery.

[26:40] How mindfulness brings self-discovery.

[33:44] Don't take counsel from your emotions.

[35:57] Practicing positive self-talk starts with awareness.

[41:23] Four questions to ask yourself.

[46:20] How elite athletes are just like you.

[49:31] Performance improvement starts here.

[52:50] The mindset shift that will up your game.

[59:01] What's changed in Justin's mind over the last year.

Links:

@justinsua

"Episode 42: The Body Achieves What The Mind Believes with Justin Su'a"

The Johari Window

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck

Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work, by Stephen Pressfield

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Mike Cashew and you're listening to the Brute Strength podcast. This week, I'm back with my good friend Justin Sua.
0:06.7	Justin is a sports psychologist of the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Browns. If you haven't listened to our first show, please do yourself a favor and go listen to that.
0:16.8	On this show, we go into tactical ways you can improve your self-awareness, your mindset,
0:22.5	and what you can learn from some of the elite athletes that Justin works with.
0:27.0	As you'll hear me say in the show, there were some absolute knowledge atom bombs on this episode.
0:34.8	Enjoy this show.
0:35.9	I'm back with my man, Justin Sua. Justin, you're one of the
0:39.5	busiest guys I know, and I really appreciate you making some time to do this show with me.
0:44.4	Oh, man. I appreciate it, Mike. Any opportunity to have to jump on the call or jump on the
0:49.0	podcast with you. I'm jumping at it. Well, I'm fired up, dude. One of our first conversation was not only one of the most downloaded podcast that I've
0:59.9	ever done, but it was one that resonated with me so much because it's, what you do
1:06.3	is something that I'm so passionate about.
1:08.7	You teach people the inner workings of their mind and how to make the best use of it.
1:16.8	Before we get into it, give us a little update. You recently joined the Browns, well, within the past, like, year or so.
1:24.7	How are you juggling all of this? You work with two professional teams, you do
1:29.0	your own speaking engagements, you have a family that is incredibly valuable to you and important
1:36.0	to you. How do you juggle all of this? You know what? It really comes down to practicing what I preach.
1:41.3	And one of the things about I've learned from elite athletes is they are
1:45.3	dedicated to their craft and they weed out anything that is, that does not lead to success.
1:53.2	Any kind of fluff, any kind of gray, and that's what I've had to learn to do. Actually,
1:57.3	having these two organizations and being with my family, that has become my daily purpose.
2:04.8	And so now I don't, I don't watch TV. I don't go and do these, I don't get lost on my cell phone.
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